Like so many others, Penny, a former proofreader for the blog, has been waiting for the Reval. But then she realized that she had a pot of gold and it really contained love, that could not be hoarded. It had to be shared.
What is in Your Pot of Gold?
Penny
“Dating back to Old Europe, the legend of the pot of gold is claimed enthusiastically by the Irish. They’ll tell you that fairies put the gold there and then the leprechauns guard it. This folklore has become part of the symbolism of St. Patrick’s Day, a holiday that celebrates everything Irish, including the hope and luck it takes to find that elusive pot of gold.” (1)
What would you do if you found a pot of gold…or won the lottery…or received a big check from the IRS? Would you spend it all? Hoard it? Would you give it all away? Or, would you keep some for a rainy day and donate the rest to a worthy cause?
For the first time in many years my husband and I will be receiving a tax refund, and we’re wondering “what should we do with it?” It’s not a fortune but it will be dollars we weren’t expecting so it feels somewhat like finding a pot of gold, which the full Irish legend says is at the end of the rainbow.
“The famous Irish lore is based on a bit of eye trickery. In case you didn’t know, there really is no end to a rainbow. The way the physics work, rainbows are actually full circles, except the Earth itself gets in the way of us seeing the complete circle. As humans, our vision is limited to only as far as the horizon.” (2)
My vision is being limited to only as far as the nearest horizon? If that’s true…maybe I’m not seeing the entire “elusive” pot of gold either. Gold and money would be so nice—but is that really all we search for in this life? And if we’re searching for more than that, what do we do if, and when, we find it—hoard or save some and then give the rest away?
As an energy healing practitioner, I know everything is energy. Mass is just energy vibrating at a slow pace so we can see, feel, smell, taste, and hear it. Where does energy come from? Physicists tell you about the Big Bang and physics of mathematics underlying everything in the Universe. But if energy is forever and only changes its form, then… what if energy comes from love? Love doesn’t negate the Big Bang or math—love just is. Love is all there is, so the Beatles sang. Love, I believe, is the energetic creative force of our world and Universes.
The rainbow is light energy we are blessed on occasion to see. The pot of gold is energy too—it might seem we have to search for it, but in fact it’s not at the end of a rainbow—it’s right there in front of us waiting to be seen and acknowledged. Trying to see “the full circle” I’ve realized my pot of gold has always been with me and it’s up to me to decide what I’m going to fill it with. The trick is to see if it’s filled with gold or is it something that just looks like gold.
There were times I thought gold was in it, but when looking closer I discovered it wasn’t true “gold” after all; instead, I found rocks (depression), ice chunks (fear), and Oreos (anger and guilt).
I tap the feeling of love into my heart every day so it becomes a part of my energy field. When love becomes part of my energy field, I can’t hoard it—I can save some as “fuel” for my body, cells, and energies, but the rest is given away through my heart’s energy field. It’s my choice to fill my pot with love as the “gold” I create in my heart and, when focusing on love instead of fear, judgment, anger, etc., I give love away when I touch someone, when I provide a healing energy session, when I hold compassion in my heart for the neighbor, next door or on the other side of the world, who is struggling.
What’s in your pot of gold–joy, zest for life, laughter, love, music, beautiful sunsets—or rocks, gloomy fog, sand, broken glass? The Irish legend reminds us we get to decide (i.e., find) what is “gold” and then fill our pot as full as we can with it. Rainbows—what beautiful, inspiring energies we can tap into our energy field to create what is truly “gold” for us!
Footnotes
(1) https://www.bellaterreno.com/art/irish/irish_potgold.aspx
(2) Loc. cit.