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"Believe nothing, no matter where you read it, or who said it, even if I have said it...unless it agrees with your own reason and your own common sense." --Buddha

AUTUMN EQUINOX 2020

2/5/2021

 
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For some people, Autumn can be a melancholy season.  Along with colorful leaves and welcome harvests, comes an awareness that the darker, colder days of Winter loom ahead. The additional stress of these uncertain times may heighten feelings of sadness and grief.     

And that’s okay. 
It is appropriate to mourn what is passing, to acknowledge where we've been.   However, we can honor and appreciate the past without clinging to it.  Seasons, Life, even our individual lives are cycles within cycles and those energies are dynamic and evolving.  Take time to mourn and honor what is passing, but then release it to welcome what comes next. Make space in your life for the new season and all its gifts. May you receive them in abundance. 
 

Gratitude for the image to ANJA at Pixabay. 

VERNAL EQUINOX 2020

4/25/2020

 
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At each equinox, our planet strikes a balance between daylight and dark.  This astronomical dance between the Sun and the Earth’s orbit is a reminder of a larger pattern of energy which includes us all.  As our attention is necessarily drawn to the current crisis, it is important to remember that we are not separate from these greater cycles. 

Today--especially today--step outside and let the sun warm your face.  Feel with your heart the swing of seasons and cycles, moving within and without, and know you participate in all these arcs of energy.  I encourage you to connect with awareness and gratitude. 


HARVEST

9/1/2019

 
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"From this Life, Life to come."
            Prayer for the gathering of seeds.

The Full Moon in September, sometimes called the Harvest Moon, presages the arrival of fall and the Autumnal Equinox. It also marks the final gathering of many crops as well as seeds for next year's planting.

Seed diversity, vital to the survival of all life, is threatened by pollution, genetic manipulation and climate change. Organizations like Seed Savers Exchange (www.seedsavers.org) work to preserve heirloom varieties of plants and “bank” their seeds for future generations

AUTUMNAL EQUINOX

9/14/2017

 
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The Equinoxes remind us that balance is not a static state. 
Life is both expansion and contraction-a dynamic dance. 
As trees shed their leaves in autumn,
we may choose to shed those things which no longer serve us.  

VERNAL EQUINOX

3/20/2015

 
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Blessing of the Seeds

Life to life
A transmutation of energy
Sun, soil and rain.
Tiny seed to abundant harvest.
We give thanks.
 


At the Vernal or Spring Equinox, ancient agrarian cultures often held a ritual blessing before sowing new seeds.  As we move into this season of growth and rebirth, consider what intents you wish to sow, and the harvest you wish to reap

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