Yesterday, I was on the bus, noting a Rainbow with several co-travellers. I overheard someone making a comment to her friend, wishing she could just get to that Pot of Gold at the end of the Rainbow. And they laughed. I didn't.
We all deserve to find our fortune. We deserve to have our dreams come true.
I started to do a little "nudge" manifestation on her behalf, willing that the Pot be closer to her than she knew and that a clear opportunity come her way that she could easily understand and would find her right path to her goal. That the time until it happened pass quickly so she needn't feel she is waiting in vain (etc.). I was pretty pleased with that one.
But then, I realized that it went against my personal code.
This is a life-path issue. This is a temporal issue. The Rainbow is a metaphor.
Metaphors, often cryptic, are magic. If the universe can give me a sign that I can interpret, why not use a metaphor to send similar requests? Why not indeed. This is what I do. Regularly.
Technically speaking, of course, a rainbow is the apparent chromatic splitting of the full spectrum of light, caused by a bright light source refracting through moisture. There are any number of scientific descriptions which would have some variance on that, but that's the gist. Wiki has a lot to say on the subject: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rainbows
For me, a Rainbow is also a visible component of the energy all around us. Instead of spiritually shooting a sacred, cosmic arrow into the heart of the universe (as i do sometimes), taking our Manifested Will with it, the Rainbow can be used to connect our will to an earthly goal. It splits it into many parts, which are yet bound together toward a common result. Each band of color can be said to represent its own part of that manifestation. For each manifestation has many parts...
Whether you desire:
- Freedom from pain and suffering
- Love, whether romantic, family, friendship, etc
- The right home
- Or, yes, a big cauldron full of money.
Often these could be the type of desire that the Universe would manifest for us too, just a different way of "making a wish" so to speak.
The Rainbow is the connection. And it is the Journey. A visible, seemingly tangible expression of the elements being agreeable to being bent to our will.
But how do we make it work for manifestation; for spiritual work? For some work, it is an actual path. For others, it is a way of pointing out the eventual destination. There are any number of ways to follow that Rainbow to get to the Pot of Gold, but we must keep our eyes on the Rainbow to find the end.
I'm not suggesting we move ourselves physically to either end of the Rainbow (though theoretically possible), but instead to let our minds visualize the travel. To choose the spot where it appears to end, and concentrate on how we'll get there.
We can walk the Earth in a straight line (going around landmarks or over them).
We can soar like a bird, in our mind's eye, over treetops, streams, mountains, oceans, and beneath clouds.
The best way I've found is to meditate that I am actually stepping onto the visible lighted path and letting it carry me, effortlessly, to my dreams.
So many questions arise:
- But which end do we need to travel to? What if we traverse to the "wrong end"? Is there a wrong end?
- How long will that Rainbow shine in the sky? Will I have time?
- What happens if the moisture dries up before we get there and the Rainbow disappears? Is that a metaphor for our dreams drying up?
- And so on.
But the real point is that there is no "what if" because we know where the Rainbow is going. It is a specific point.
And guess what? The pot of gold is at the end of the Rainbow for a very special reason. the Rainbow is a path. A journey. We don't really "know" how that journey is going to go. But we can visualize taking it, and the result being our dreams.
But we have to take that step, climb aboard, follow the path to our dreams if we want them to materialize. Sometimes we do, and the dream materializes different than we expected. I think that's from going to the "wrong end" - but no matter, because the path of the Rainbow still leads where you need to go. And the energies know. And your "meta" will choose what's right for you.
What do all the mystics say about the journey? That it, in and of itself, is the Thing. We are here to live this life. While we might want to win the Lottery, that will just change the path we're on. The money, and even the winning itself is not the reward, but it opens the door on another journey. But if we choose to take a path, embark on a journey, to manifest the things we desire, we can let the energies around us figure out how. How about we each embark on the journey and experience it all in the best possible way?
At the end of the Journey, we will have our dreams.
At the end of the Rainbow, we will find our Pots of Gold.
So back to why I didn't try to add a little magic to speed up my co-traveller on her way to her Pot of Gold: It is inappropriate for me to take away whatever Journey she has chosen. Even to hasten the time it takes for her to traverse the Rainbow and get to her goal isn't OK, for it will affect others' journeys as well. Each of us has only so much time in "this body" we each incorporate, and I have no wish to remove any of that time or experience.
I changed my tack. I wished simply that she board the Rainbow as best suits her, that she should have an easy Journey, filled with exactly what she needed, and that once she got to the end of that Journey, her Pot of Gold be just what she desired, and left her ready to find the next Rainbow.
Find your Rainbow, people. Climb on board, and enjoy the ride. Your Pot of Gold awaits.
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