What if I carried the torch of my own Light into my own darkness?
I have cultivated the awareness of the divine Light with my spiritual practices. It is this Light of awareness that provides the torch that can shine through the darkness in my own heart. It is never about looking outside to find fault; it is always looking inside to shine the Light into the cracks and crevices. And– nobody ever said it was going to be easy.
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It was if this rose was calling to me to take its photo, so I did. I am focusing more and more on the nuances of season and taking such joy from it.
Purity does not lie in separation from but in deeper penetration into the universe.
–Pierre Teilhard de Chardin
Today I joined people all over the world posting photos of today’s sunrises and sunsets in celebration of Bhagavan Nityananda’s Solar Punyatithi (www.siddhayoga.org). Thanks to Brian for driving with me. We watched as the sun, veiled by clouds, skimmed the tops of the Chugach Mountains and painted the inlet waters flamingo. It was a tender, subtle sunrise. The air was chilly and my hands got cold; I wished I had brought gloves. We are descending into fall, with winter close on its heels!
For sunset, I had lots of company. Folks were lined up along the fence facing Sleeping Lady with their cameras. We were all alone with the beauty, yet also joined in a mutual joy. The force of Nature working her magic upon our common humanity!
This morning I heard the sound of geese on the move. It was a sunny afternoon, golden and precious, a day to sit on the grass. The days are numbered.
I have been working on this drawing of the Sitka rose hedge that fronts our yard for quite a while. The season moved on between the time I began the drawing and the time I finished it. So, it’s probably more “grounded” than it would have been had I finished it in July. There is the intimation of elementals that seem to rise out of the very shapes of the sepals that contained the buds and eventually shed the roses. Because of the five-petaled nature of the roses (like apples), there feels to be a connection with the stars, as if they are being brought down to earth.
There is less of a feeling of the presence of elementals than I experienced when I did the drawings closer to the solstice. The peak of summer is over and we are on the descent into fall.
