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By Jo Mooy
Instead of planting in rich garden soil, an idea, spun out of human imagination, is planted in the vast universal consciousness where it waits to become something.
I sliced open a ripe tomato to add to a salad. It should have been a normal thing to do, requiring
no particular contemplation. But this one did. I stopped slicing because it engaged all my focus. Inside the tomato were about 30 yellow seeds, many of them falling across the cutting board. The salad went on hold as I stared at the seeds. Questions raced through my mind.
How did one single Campari tomato have so many seeds inside? Did each seed have the potential of becoming a tomato plant? Would that plant then produce a crop of more tomatoes? Would each of those tomatoes also contain dozens of seeds? Did the cycle of seed to plant to seed to plant ever stop? If so, when?
I learned that gardeners plant two seeds per pot, expecting one to germinate. Most of the time, many seedlings appear and need to be “thinned out.” When fully grown each tomato plant can create 200 tomatoes. The process made me wonder why the Earth wasn’t awash in tomatoes. For that matter, if the entire plant kingdom behaved like the tomato then logically such abundance could feed billions.
Standing at the kitchen sink, mind engrossed in tomato seeds, it wasn’t a stretch to realize that an idea could be a metaphor for a seed. Instead of planting in rich garden soil, an idea, spun out of human imagination, is planted in the vast universal consciousness where it waits to become something. The similarity of seed and idea wavered at this point—though at their core they’re the same thing. A tomato seed is always a potential tomato. It isn’t going to become a zucchini. It can only create other tomatoes. An idea, on the other hand, can become anything.
An idea can start as a random thought and soon spread into an extraordinary vision. When shared with others who embrace the same or a similar vision, it becomes fixed in consciousness and the vision takes form. In 1987 there was an exceptional alignment of planets in the solar system. The sun, moon, and six planets aligned to form a grand trine of two equilateral triangles in the sky. The visual symbol of two overlapping planetary triangles captured the imagination of hundreds of thousands of people around the world. The seeds were planted and a movement emerged from this state of collective consciousness called The Harmonic Convergence.
The Harmonic Convergence was one of the first world convocations that emerged from the planting of a visionary seed. It was believed that the planetary alignment signaled an energetic turning point to a more peaceful way of living. Groups that subscribed to that vision convened all over the planet to hold a coordinated period of meditation that lasted two days. Just like the tomato contained many seeds, so did the Harmonic Convergence—and those seeds were ignited in thousands of people on every continent. They subsequently carried the ideas and ideals from 1987 forward, creating endearing goodwill along with communities of peace.
I was sitting in the dark on top of the Ramapo Mountains in northern New Jersey during the Harmonic Convergence. I participated in the worldwide meditation along with dozens of local spiritual friends. At dawn my visionary seed was firmly planted. I didn’t know how it would take form. But the vision was clear. I knew that within a short number of years my life was going to change dramatically. I sensed that I would leave the Northeast and move south. I knew without question that groups, joined together in frequent meditation, would become a major part of that vision. I waited patiently, allowing the idea to grow. In January 2006 the vision took form in Southwest Florida and became real.
Jo Mooy has studied with many spiritual traditions over the past 40 years. The wide diversity of this training allows her to develop spiritual seminars and retreats that explore inspirational concepts, give purpose and guidance to students, and present esoteric teachings in an understandable manner. Along with Patricia Cockerill, she has guided the Women’s Meditation Circle since January 2006 where it has been honored for five years in a row as the “Favorite Meditation” group in Sarasota, FL, by Natural Awakenings Magazine. Teaching and using Sound as a retreat healing practice, Jo was certified as a Sound Healer through Jonathan Goldman’s Sound Healing Association. She writes and publishes a monthly internationally distributed e-newsletter called Spiritual Connections and is a staff writer for Spirit of Maat magazine in Sedona. For more information go to http://www.starsoundings.com or email jomooy@gmail.com.