A Prayer Whispered into the Threshold
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We're past Midsummer and into the heat of summer. A friend of mine mentioned we're on the dark side of the year now because each day we have a little less light. The phrase stuck with me as I worked through my days.
Every day we shift to a minute or two less of light. The clock is ticking, ticking, ticking to remind us to finish whatever our goals are for this year. How many times have you heard someone say - where did the year go or where did the month go?
...My continued exploration of homeliness* must also embrace this season of lengthening dark. At Mother Grove Goddess Temple this morning, the priestess led us in an exploration of this dark time and the importance of sitting in it, being in it, learning from it. In the guided meditation, I saw the remaining days in this intense agricultural year stretch before me like a long hallway. Or better—one of those collapsible spy-glasses that grew more dense as it stretched toward the Solstice.
In my spiritual tradition, we cheerfully refer to the months after the Green (Summer) Solstice as the Time of the Long Dying, and particular attention is paid to the few weeks after Samhain, the final Harvest. These are the weeks, the hours of the deepening dark, when messages from the unseen people are lessening in frequency but more potent, more desperate for a hearing.
...What do you see when you look into your own eyes? Do you take the time to stare into a mirror at your own eyes, your own face? If the eyes are the mirror of the soul, what do your eyes say about you?
My life is busy without a doubt. I rush off in the morning to work. Rush through my day helping faculty, students, staff, student workers, and the public. I'm at the center of a maelstrom of activity. I come home to cram in an hour or so of quality time with my husband. After he goes to bed, I might manage to take a breath and think about ME or the state of my soul.
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