Vital Lessons From the Seed

1. A seed has to die before it can multiply - Until it goes through a death process, it abides as just one seed. When it goes through this process, only then can germination and multiplication begin. Your finances are a type of seed. You will always have the $100 in your wallet all year round as long as you choose to keep it as such and not multiply it. When you deliberately take that same note and strategically invest it e.g. purchase shares on stock exchange, give some to the poor etc. and watch how multiplication of the same note happens. The death process will be the time you bury it in investments. It will seem like you have lost but when germination, growth and fruit bearing begin, you will benefit immensely. You have to give up in order to get.
2. Every seed has an instruction for multiplication - At the core of every seed is an embryo. Any embryo has the blueprint of the plant in terms of all instructions pertaining to the genetics and character of the plant to be. You do not need to infuse the multiplication instruction into a tree. This thought or trait is carried from seed level all the way up. The behavior of a tree (when to bloom, size of fruit, color of flowers etc.) is dependent on the instructions the seed carries. There is no multiplication in a tree outside of the formula carried in the seed. Coming to your mind - when you see someone acting out in a certain way it is a result of mental seeds that have been nurtured and grown to capacity. Every character issue starts in the mind. If the seeds of the mind can be given the correct instructions, the outcome in terms of character is positive. Parents, watch the seed going into the mind of your child in the early stages. Blame no one when you have to grapple with teenage and early adulthood delinquency emanating from seeds you left them to sow through TV, Internet etc.
3. The size of the seed does not always equate to the size of the tree that makes the seed - Seeds vary in size from dust like size to 20kg seed (The largest seed in plant kingdom to date being the coco de Mer). A mustard seed grows to a huge tree while a maize seed (bigger than mustard) makes a very perennial maize plant which is nowhere near the size of the size of the mustard tree. I have often seen people wonder why when they give big seed they seem to get the same harvest as someone who gave a few coins. The difference is in the motive of the sower. If your giving to charity is powered by the desire for recognition, desire to be seen and mentioned then your seed, "donation", may be going to waste. It should never be about what people say after you have given, sow seed in people's lives even without any headlines in the papers. Watch how you keep getting more to give when your heart is right.
4. A seed can only develop under the right conditions for germination and growth - There are conditions under which germination takes place. You need the soil, with the correct amount of moisture, and correct amount of warmth. The plant will grow favorably with the right amount of nutrients in the soil and access to water. Just because you have the thought of this big business will not bring about the business automatically. It will never be a big bang scenario. Every dream requires a conducive environment for growth e.g. you want to start this multi-million dollar business; it requires such conditions as you studying something in line with business, you surrounding yourself with the correct counsel; you protecting the dream from predators seeking to reap where they did not sow. The outcome of your seed is dependent on you setting the correct environment and conditions for its manifestation of full potential.
5. Timing is important - There is a time to sow and a time to reap. Seed-time and harvest will always endure for as long as the earth is there. Maize seed takes days to germinate; the coco de mer takes 2 years to germinate. Failure to acknowledge the differences in the germination period of different kinds of seed results in the sower terminating or sabotaging the growth process by continually exposing the seed by one's anxiety and impatience. Genetically modified visions and dreams will always produce genetically modified fruits. You may quicken the process of getting the harvest but natural is always better and more precious. Trust me, I tasted GMO fruits, GMO chicken and my mind is set on naturally processed foods. Be careful not to shorten the life of your dream/vision by trying to short circuit natural progressions set out in the seed. A seed sown in the wrong season may germinate but not survive the conditions it will face. There is a time for everything under the sun, time to plant, time to reap.