Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me Liz Scott.
It's the 15th day of my pilgrimage and I'm finishing today at a place called Tedburn St Mary.
I'm at the church here and the pilgrimage is following the Michael and Mary energy currents across England and the energy current of the Mary line goes through St Mary's here at Tedburn St Mary and it passes through the porch and the church tower and I'm aligning myself with what with what looks like a battered old cross that's fallen over and I think it goes through there too.
It's hard in the description from the book that I'm reading to exactly know if I'm in the right place but certainly I am at a diagonal angle from the church and the church tower and the porch and today has been a real mixture of times where I have felt delight walking along the River Teane for what felt like miles probably about five miles along the banks of the Teane.
Beautiful simple walking,
Spring daffodils were out looking resplendent and I've also been walking through very very quiet country lanes,
So quiet it felt like I was the only person in the world and it didn't feel lonely it felt delicious and then the end of my walk just before I came to the church here at Tedburn St Mary I've been walking along a very busy busy road not on the road itself on a quiet road that runs parallel to it and then crossed over a road bridge but the noise of the traffic was quite jarring for a day that's been just full of tranquility and peace and so it's been a delight to end up here at the church where I feel there is just something rather special about the energy of just standing here in the churchyard and feeling the energy of the Mary current and we were out last night for a bite to eat with some strangers I say strangers we we met them just a few days earlier and they were very curious about my pilgrimage we had a cup of tea with them and they out of the blue asked us to come for for supper and we did that last night and one of the things I've been reflecting on today is the way that I keep looking in to know whether this is the right thing to do or not one of the inevitable questions I get asked is why are you doing the pilgrimage and I just don't know the answer to that it's because it feels right that's all I can explain and one day maybe I'll get out of bed get my walking boots on and I'll realize that it's no longer the day for me to walk or maybe my pilgrimage has ended and it was lovely talking to these people because they understood that they understood this intuitive sense of looking within and seeing if it was right and even just going to see them for a meal that in itself was me looking within we were invited out do I want to do that it's the end of the day I'll be tired I really cherish my time of writing in the evening and reflecting on the walk itself do I actually want to be in a space of conversation which might feel a bit discombobulating to a settled mind and I look within and the answer was yes yes I actually I really really do want to connect with these people and I think what I'm learning so clearly and it's a lesson I'll probably keep coming back to because it's like it's shedding its skin time and time again is that there isn't a right or wrong answer there is all there is is to look within and see if it is right in the moment and sometimes the answer will be yes this is the right thing to do and sometimes the answer will be no this is no longer the right thing to do and I think I've got the luxury on this walk of having the time and space to look within just to keep checking it's the right thing I think this is partly me developing that intuitive deeper wisdom helping myself practice hearing what it is trying to say and then following the nudges and maybe that's something for you too is to keep looking within and following your nudges
