Antique plough, and shire horses
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Old-type caterpillar tractor with plough
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New tractor & 4-furrow plough
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Trophies for the grounded winners
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Spiritual beginners sometimes fly too high, too soon. Most return to Earth easily. A few don't. They stay 'up with the fairies', more in heaven than on Earth. Then they're told to 'come down to earth', or to 'get grounded'.
A favourite remedy for spiritual 'too-high-flyers' is to imagine they are a strong tree with roots; then to adjust the roots to the depth needed, then to the width needed, that day. Too shallow or too narrow roots may not ground enough; too deep or too thick roots may ground too much. For best results, grounding is customised daily.
Other favourites for grounding are walking, watching TV, or eating chocolate. The latter always works for me! :-)
Today I found a new option for earthing and grounding. Ploughing! Churning earth ready for new crops.
It was the 82nd Laughton and District Annual Ploughing Match. The 82nd... I tried to find the excitement that could lead to a ploughing competition being held for 82 years.
Contestants compete to plough the deepest and straightest furrow, sending rough chunks of earth neatly to the left of the furrow in a long heap. Then they re-plough the same furrow, this time sending the earth back into the furrow it had come from. They're judged to see who grinds the earth the straightest.
To add 'excitement', antique ploughs are pulled by cart horses or steam engines. Modern diesel machines pull huge shiny ploughs that gouge four furrows at once, and immediately return the earth back into the furrow.
Exciting for contestants perhaps. But not exactly a spectator sport. I can't imagine 80,000 people excitedly cheering an Olympics ploughing race.
I can't think of a less interesting job than to check how straight a ditch is. One official said his son was Chairman of the event, and participants just win a small trophy, otherwise there's no point to it.
At least the farmer who owned the land, who by the looks of the ground had just harvested 100s of acres of wheat, got his land ploughed for free.
But I certainly felt grounded and earthed. There was no sign of an angel anywhere.
I wondered how many spiritual 'flying-too-high' people drive tractors. They all had roughened features, and deep furrowed faces, though not in straight lines. There was not a sign of a spiritual expression anywhere.
On reflection, perhaps spiritual people in need of earthing should not do ploughing to come down to Earth. Judging from the people at the ploughing match, perhaps ploughing gives way too much grounding.
A favourite remedy for spiritual 'too-high-flyers' is to imagine they are a strong tree with roots; then to adjust the roots to the depth needed, then to the width needed, that day. Too shallow or too narrow roots may not ground enough; too deep or too thick roots may ground too much. For best results, grounding is customised daily.
Other favourites for grounding are walking, watching TV, or eating chocolate. The latter always works for me! :-)
Today I found a new option for earthing and grounding. Ploughing! Churning earth ready for new crops.
It was the 82nd Laughton and District Annual Ploughing Match. The 82nd... I tried to find the excitement that could lead to a ploughing competition being held for 82 years.
Contestants compete to plough the deepest and straightest furrow, sending rough chunks of earth neatly to the left of the furrow in a long heap. Then they re-plough the same furrow, this time sending the earth back into the furrow it had come from. They're judged to see who grinds the earth the straightest.
To add 'excitement', antique ploughs are pulled by cart horses or steam engines. Modern diesel machines pull huge shiny ploughs that gouge four furrows at once, and immediately return the earth back into the furrow.
Exciting for contestants perhaps. But not exactly a spectator sport. I can't imagine 80,000 people excitedly cheering an Olympics ploughing race.
I can't think of a less interesting job than to check how straight a ditch is. One official said his son was Chairman of the event, and participants just win a small trophy, otherwise there's no point to it.
At least the farmer who owned the land, who by the looks of the ground had just harvested 100s of acres of wheat, got his land ploughed for free.
But I certainly felt grounded and earthed. There was no sign of an angel anywhere.
I wondered how many spiritual 'flying-too-high' people drive tractors. They all had roughened features, and deep furrowed faces, though not in straight lines. There was not a sign of a spiritual expression anywhere.
On reflection, perhaps spiritual people in need of earthing should not do ploughing to come down to Earth. Judging from the people at the ploughing match, perhaps ploughing gives way too much grounding.
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