On My Mind
By Joseph Dispenza
November 7, 2008 San Miguel de Allende

The lesson of marigolds

A marigold (Tagetes patula) flower, once it has bloomed and spent itself, begins to dry and shrink, and as it does it forms tiny, black slivers of seeds. The number of seeds varies, but if you open the dried pod and begin to count them you will find 50 seeds or more.

Fifty seeds in one flower.

The marigold plant itself produces, in a normal blooming season, at least 50 flowers—in a good year maybe twice as many. By the end of the season, these 50 flowers will yield at least 2,500 seeds.

Here is the miracle: the next growing season, each of these 2,500 seeds will produce not 2,500 marigold flowers, but 2,500 marigold plants…and these plants will produce around 50 blooms each, or 125,000 flowers.

At the end of the third season, those 125,000 flowers will make 50 seeds each, or 6,250,000 seeds. These seeds will bring forth, a year later, 6,250,000 marigold plants—yielding 312,500,000 flowers.

When the fourth season comes to a close, those 312.5 million flowers will have made 1,562,500,000 seeds. And so on into many future growing seasons, producing billions, then trillions, of marigold.

When we feel ourselves starting to believe there is scarcity in the world, it might be good to remember that the world itself, operating by the spiritual law of sacred multiplication, is abundant beyond calculation.

That is the lesson of marigolds. 

Joseph Dispenza is a co-founder of LifePath (www.lifepathretreats.com) in San Miguel and the author of God on Your Own: Finding a Spiritual Path Outside Religion. 

Abundance affirmations in a time of perceived scarcity

A global financial crisis has arrived at all of our doorsteps in one way or another. We have the choice of sinking into fear or resting in the truth that our abundant universe multiplies itself endlessly, withholding nothing from us.

Saying one or more of the following affirmations during the day can bring us back to spiritual truth...even in the face of what appears to be incontrovertible evidence to the contrary.

I am alive in an abundant universe.

Everything I need I already have.

I am safe, and everyone who is dear to me is safe.

In all ways I am blessed with plenty.

I am grateful for my abundant life.

I have enough.

I am confident and secure.

The world is a safe place.

My future is bright and full of joy.

Controlling the spread of infection
By Hospice staff

In 1969, V.W. Greene published “Microbiological Contamination Control in Hospitals,” a series of articles that identified what caused infections to spread. It is from this publication that the following procedures are identified as practical applications to limit the spread of infection in the home and workplace. Basic sanitary precautions practiced by all protect everyone.

Hand washing

Human hands are the most effective method of transmitting germs. Frequent and thorough hand washing goes a long way toward breaking the chain of germ transmission. No other action is as efficient in preventing the spread of germs as this simple act. It is very important to always wash your hands after handling money, before food preparation, after using the bathroom and following hand-to-hand contact, especially with many people.

Food safety

Serve hot foods hot and cold foods cold. Harmful bacteria can grow in food that is not kept appropriately hot or cold. All cooked food has the potential for transmitting harmful bacteria if it is not cooked at high enough temperatures. This is especially true of meats.

Clean cutting boards and food preparation counters. These surfaces are at risk for contamination and should be cleaned with a mixture of bleach and water (1:10) frequently.

Preparing raw vegetables and meat on the same surface is a risk. Sanitizing with the same bleach/water mixture between meat and vegetable preparation is important if you do not use separate cutting boards.

Wash and dry hands thoroughly on clean paper towels or hand towels before and after food preparation.

Coughing

Cover your mouth when coughing and wash your hands frequently. Whenever possible, remove yourself from the presence of anyone who is coughing to avoid infection.

Very old persons, very young persons, those with autoimmune deficiency and the terminally ill are typically at higher risk of infection.