We call it Indian Summer. The light at this time of year is slanted. Just a few days ago light and dark were in perfect balance. It’s a time between worlds, a perfect time to catch up with yourself.
The Japanese have a word to describe the deep yearning that autumn brings. Wabi sabi. It’s a way of seeing and a recognition that all things are temporary. This experience of impermanence is the key to the subtle beauty of the season. As we open to the beauty of the fall, we become aware of the constant flux of the natural world. We are called to deep appreciation of each moment, before it fades and becomes the next. This moment. The one right here. Now.
After full-tilt boogying through life, there’s a yearning to go within, to get a little quieter. To bring home the harvest of the growing season. To balance inner and outer worlds. To appreciate the subtle fluctuations of life. We open to the sweet impermanence of the season, the passing beauty of a leaf, a baby’s face, the light hitting the window just so.
When we move into a darker and quieter time, we find out what’s in balance and what’s not. We discover the little resistances and the limited thinking that would be keeping us from being our most peaceful and free versions of ourselves. This is a perfect time to ask ourselves some questions that call us into deeper living.
Sometimes all it takes is one question to break free and discover a way of being far truer and kinder than the auto pilot that’s been running the show.
This time of year brings seasonal questions. Where are you in balance? What truths can be harvested your world during the growing season? What lies need to be busted so that you can prepare for the season ahead?
There’s a start. What do you notice when you look for your own answers? What was the question that brought you there?
