I was recently talking to a woman who is into buying oysters for the pearls inside. She enjoys opening the oysters to see what color and shape the pearl will be and giving them to her friends and family. While she was telling me all about her new hobby I had an aha moment. I thought that the oyster symbolizes our Soul journey during each lifetime. We come into this lifetime with a body and personality (shell) and when we have to deal with problems or lessons (sand) we take it inside and find the best way to deal with the situation, once we have dealt with the situation the lesson is put away. In order to move on we have to look at what happened in the most positive light (cover the irritant sand with a coating). Each time we learn a lesson and understand it happened for our greatest good we coat the sand and move on. When our journey is over and the shell is no longer needed what is left is a beautiful pearl that represents all we have learned in this lifetime. Some will have small pearls, and those who had the most lessons to learn will have the largest pearls. You may think that the oysters that have no pearls had no lessons to learn, but I think the oysters with no pearls lived so many lives and learned there lessons so well they don't let the sand irritate them and have no need to grow a pearl.
What are your thoughts on the oyster?
