Seasonal Wisdom - Autumn/Fall

"Going with the flow" does not come natural to our western culture. Honoring the seasons as a source of how to live life is a deeply rooted part of eastern cultures. Autumn is about letting go
just as the trees begin to let go of their leaves.
A time to ready ourselves for resting thru the
cold months.
The Five Element Theory of Chinese Medicine
reveals how mother nature (the macrocosm)
shows up in our daily lives (the microcosm).
Each season is represented by a pair of organ
system. In autumn/fall it is the lungs and large
intestine. They are both about exchange and elimination. The lg int. is well understood as the elimination of waste (a letting go). The lungs
are about the exchange of chi/prana thru our breathe. If you listen to how people's voices sound you may also understand what may be out of balance in their body. Here are some of the sounds that may reveal the imbalance needing attention. Sighing or a weepy sound The
taste they may be craving might be spicy. It make sense for smokers or people with breathing issues as it dilates airways to bring in more air.

This is a small taste of the multi-layered facets of this theory. I will try to do a blog for the season as they come up.
Nature is food for the soul with its cycle of growth, abundance and beauty, decay and compost.
And then, new life. Watching the cycles and feeling and understanding the changes will help
us to reap the rewards it offers. Namaste Ginger the picture is called pink autumn girl by Nuttpukki.

I want to share something I read by Thomas A O'Kane who is a world traveler who speaks of the planet in transition; a planet trying to give birth to a greater consciousness.

The Center Must Hold

In our personal lives times of great transition are marked by deep uncertainly, fear, anger, grief, disillusionment, even despair. This can be balanced by the sense of a new calling filled with possibilities, hope, growth, dreams, expansion and a revivified life. During such passages we are asked to wait, listen, and stay connected to our soul while not clinging to the old identity or grasping onto a premature way of escaping. Imagine this condition magnified billions of times throughout the planet.

Given what is occurring throughout humanity we should not be surprised to find these conditions mirrored in our lives and all around us. It is a naive form of specialness to expect that because we are on a personal spiritual journey that we will not be affected by the state of the planet in crisis. The great gift of spirituality is that it offers us, through various traditions, a body of proven teaching and practices that will aid us in holding our own center.

Namaste