The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary 317
Good morning everyone and welcome once more to Ballinwillin House Farm, gardens and RetrEat centre on day 27 of our latest lock down. This morning the neighbourhood is cold with the winter freeze but soon we will experience the death of winter and the birth of spring, but also this morning in Ballinwillin we mourn the death and passing of Joe Mulcahy our neighbour, a legend in the music business and a founding member of the famous Maurice Mulcahy Band. A band that gave huge enjoyment to thousands of people worldwide. This morning our prayers are with his family, friends and neighbours. Now destiny calls Joe to a place of music where his trumpet will sound again for all our spiritual enjoyment, where his heart will always remain generous, all heavenly doors will open to his musical light as you now quietly befriend your death and you have no need to fear. You are among your own orchestra in the big band with your pure white suit you are now equal to your destiny and nearer to Earths heart. Rest in peace Joe. Continue to pray, bless and power healing to all who need it and wear your smile.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 61
I was thinking this morning on my rounds of the farm “what about the traveller who is not travelling now?”. In the past 20 years people were travelling huge distances across the world for business, for pleasure, for holidays, even for weekends away. But now how do we manage?
Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Ballinwillin House Farm and gardens on this beautiful morning. Yesterday was a very busy day on the farm and delivering orders to the Neighbour Food markets and I would like to say a huge thank you again to everyone that runs the markets because we would be fully closed without you all! I was thinking this morning on my rounds of the farm “what about the traveller who is not travelling now?”. In the past 20 years people were travelling huge distances across the world for business, for pleasure, for holidays, even for weekends away. But now how do we manage? Every time you leave home another road takes you into a world you were never in before. New strangers, new people, new places, but now when we are cocooning at home we might visit old places that know us well. But do we know much about these places that are so near to us? Are we afraid to visit the dark, strange space that is so easy to travel away from? During this time when we are not travelling, take time to discover more of your hidden life and the urgencies that desire to claim you. May you travel inward in an awakened manner. Do not waste any inner invitations that await you and that may transform your life and those around you. May you travel home to yourself refreshed and live your new life to its fullest. Return to yourself rich and free now that you can balance the gifts of days which you can call your own to yourself.
Continue to pray, heal and bless each other.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 56
Sometimes people can be deeply wounded for various reasons by violence, abuse, depression and many other issues and may need professional help. In my situation o was lucky. I relied on prayer, love and dreams.
Good morning everyone and welcome once again to Balllinwillin House Farm. As usual on a restful Sunday morning I will take you on the garden tour so relax and settle in for the next few minutes and try and give yourself more time today to be yourself. Today I am going to talk to you about mindfulness and how I began practising mindfulness and meditation as a child and recovering from a very serious and suspected brain injury. Thankfully all went well and I slowly recovered but there was a lot of trauma in that recovery, fear, worry and above all being beaten and bullied in school because I was seen to be different headgear and a helmet for approximately 12 months. How I dealt with it by meditating on the farm by the river under trees and by dreaming and praying and with the help of a very loving mother and father and work on the land and dreaming about the future, my future, as a farmer albeit in an arcutious route. Sometimes when you are very young love might not be enough and without work ethic, skill, knowledge, it can be a hindrance. Sometimes people can be deeply wounded for various reasons by violence, abuse, depression and many other issues and may need professional help. In my situation o was lucky. I relied on prayer, love and dreams. The reason I am explaining my situation is that it may help people out there and sometimes people don’t have the adequate resources or channels and may need professional help to deal with the messages that spring through their minds on a daily basis. My point here is that it is an essential part of caring to be able to recognise when outside help is need. So, be mindful and watchful of people around you who are near and dear to you, friends, aquaintences, be prepared to help people especially in light of the darkness into light situation. When we meditate we help our mental well being and it leads us into being mindful which is an all day, every day state of mind. So today, I ask for you to search for peace, joy and love and if you are not finding it immediately, pray for it and it will come. Have a lovely Sunday.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 44
If we listen, as you are doing now, the earth can soothe our troubled hearts, refresh our weary limbs, soften our hardness and redirect us where we are lost. If we allow the sacredness of the earth to surprise we will not be sad or withdrawn or bitter or worn out and we will retain our vigor and our zest for life
Good morning everyone, The Mindful Farmer here again. I hope you had a restful and mindful night and are ready to embrace the gift of a new day. As I sit here this morning having already completed my morning meditation, then a few hours farming, I am now having a little rest as I speak to you. If we listen, as you are doing now, the earth can soothe our troubled hearts, refresh our weary limbs, soften our hardness and redirect us where we are lost. If we allow the sacredness of the earth to surprise we will not be sad or withdrawn or bitter or worn out and we will retain our vigour and our zest for life. The world will become an inexhaustible source of delight, textures, colours and sounds just like you are hearing here this morning. The world, our world, yours and mine can be a bottomless well full of wonder and surprise which we can draw from daily to recharge our spirits.
So be calm, be refreshed while you are resting there and that is why I devote my gardens at Ballinwillin House to Mindfulness.
Continue to pray, bless and heal each other. These three will conquer Corona and are will on their way to doing so.
Have a great day.
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick
The Mindful Farmers Daily Diary Day 42
Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day here and in the evening when I had the lawns cut I was able to stay in the grass with the grandchildren, we had a ball and their parents were delighted as they were so tired at 7pm they were begging to go to bed and then we had a little celebration.
Another Sunday and another day of Sunday rest. Good morning everyone, The Mindful Farmer Patrick here on a dullish morning so far on the farm but all the animals are looking great and very happy and I am very excited. I had 100% take in the egg department this morning but hopefully I am getting to grips with this problem but early days yet. Yesterday was a beautiful sunny day here and in the evening when I had the lawns cut I was able to stay in the grass with the grandchildren, we had a ball and their parents were delighted as they were so tired at 7pm they were begging to go to bed and then we had a little celebration. John cooked a beautiful dinner with venison fillets cooked medium rare, mushrooms and fresh onions washed down with a glass of Cabernet Franc. It is a nice thing to do at the end of the week and to give oneself a little pat on the back and acknowledge our survival of another week in lock down. It is good psychologically as well and you sense you are freeing your heart and parking all your worries and problems for a while and you let joy roam freely inside you. Then at around 10pm I went out to the garden and did a gratitude meditation for a while, lying down with full body contact with Mother Earth and thanking her for all the gifts of the past week and then bed early for a good nights rest and when I woke up this morning around 5.30am I felt great and full of energy for the gift today.
Continue to pray, bless and heal each other and have a lovely Sunday
The Mindful Farmer
Patrick