For our ancestors the rhythms of the seasons were their calendar,
the rising and setting of the sun their only clock. Today our clocks
seem to spin much faster and it is easy to ignore, or even forget
these more primal seasons and their meaning. And yet as our world
appears to spin more and more out of balance.....there is a pressing
need to return to a deeper rhythm, to the cycles that belong to
healing and transformation, and the seasons of the soul.
Returning we may find a balance resurfacing from deep within,
a balance that reconnects and restores us...
If we are to participate creatively in these toxic times, to bring
rain to a land where the inner and outer wells have run dry,
first we need to be present "in another country where things are
in order." And this "other country"can be found in the space
between the in-breath and the out-breath, where the soul is present.
But first we need to reconnect, to return to this place of balance.
And the simplest way is through stillness and silence.
Silence draws us inward, away from the clutter and the distractions
of our outer life, to the deeper roots of our being. Here our soul
nourishes us, here we can be replenished, and here we can help
replenish our world..... In the silence we can drink deeply of the
waters of life that are still pure, we can commune with the primal
forces of nature, we can return to what is sacred and essential to our
life and to the life of the Earth.
Here in this "other country" the air is not toxic, and the miasma of
today's world in this post-truth era is not blurring our vision. The
laughter of children still rings true. Stillness is here, and the seasons
are in balance. Every in-breath and out-breath is sacred. The breath,
the soul, the Earth and its seasons, are linked together, nourished by
each other. It is time to heal.....
Excerpt from an article published by Garrison Institute
Happy Spring Everyone!
Or Fall, as the case may be :)
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...your breath is a bridge between you.....and the universe.
The breath is also a bridge between you, and space and time.
Breath touches the body and the universe,
it touches you and that which transcends the universe.
Osho
The Book of Secrets
