Hello and welcome to Five Minutes in Nature with me,
Liz Scott.
And I'm still in Glastonbury and sitting in the Chalice Well Gardens.
The Chalice Well is a beautiful sacred spot.
It's where the so-called Red Spring rises here at Glastonbury.
And the spring rises from the rocks below the ground and steadily pours down the gardens through a little series of waterfalls,
Fountains and pools that take it then off down through the gardens and out of Glastonbury.
And it's called the Red Spring because the water rises up through rocks which have iron in them and it leaves a trace of red on the waters as they come down through the pools,
Through the rocks,
Through the streams and it leaves a trail of red and it's well known,
Just so well known for its healing properties.
I came here during my pilgrimage and sat by the chalice well and I've done that again today,
Felt an extraordinary energy.
It's a busier day.
It's in the height of summer.
There are children and families about.
Very different from when I was here last time.
They've still got a special quality.
And I've been in the Pilgrim's Pool,
Which is a pool of water which is always at 11 degrees.
That's 11 degrees Celsius.
That's the temperature the water rises out of the ground.
So it feels very cold.
Through the pool of water in the opposite direction that I walked during my pilgrimage.
And it felt as though the message I was getting from the gardens was very much about taking this sense of stillness,
This sense of peace,
This sense of reverence back into the world again.
I was going in the opposite direction.
So when I came here on my pilgrimage,
I was in the midst of my pilgrimage and it was deepening that of spiritual connection.
But today it's a reminder and I think it's a reminder as well with this being busy with children and families.
It's a reminder about taking this stillness and peace into the outside world.
That's what I feel I'm being tasked to do.
And today I came with two questions to reflect on what do I want to leave behind and what do I want to welcome into to my world and life.
And it feels to me that the message that's coming through today about what to welcome in is welcoming in stillness,
Welcoming in reverence,
Welcoming in slowing down or being slow in life.
I am so thrilled to feel that with me so clearly as I speak with you today in this incredibly special place here in Glastonbury.
So I have a clear message about what to allow into my life and be open to my life.
It's all about stillness.
It's all about presence.
It's all about being here now.
Let me know your reflections on what you are welcoming into your life If you were to give yourself time and space and a delicious moment to reflect,
And you were just to ask with curiosity,
Not with your intellect,
But to ask with your heart,
What am I being asked to let into my life?
What am I being asked to be open to in my life?
Sit with that question,
See what arises,
See if there's a clear answer for you.
Let me know your reflections to that question,
What am I open to in my life?
What am I allowing myself to be open to in my life?
And let me know what arises for you.
And of course,
Don't forget to join me again tomorrow for another five minutes in nature.
