Soothing voices of Spirit and Nature

 
    As the Winter Solstice draws near, I am reminded of my own longing for time and a space to sink into the mystery of winter's darkness and rest.  In this more-than-busy season, this longing in me seeks the soothing voices of Spirit and Nature inviting stillness to prevail. What would keep me from entering in? 
 
     I remember something written in an Essene calendar years ago about this time of year: "The seed lays still within the Earth".  I loved contemplating this seed in frozen ground resting, waiting for warming soil to provide a bed from which this seed will soften, openup...yielding...and begin to grow seeking its light.  All that life tucked up inside that hard little seed! 
 
    Yes, the seed can grow, but what about this dark time in frozen ground?
 
    I love this seed-resting imagery even though the time laying in wait can sometimes feel unfriendly or lonely.  Does the seed know?  Can the potential know its own fruit?  Maybe.  And, maybe it is only by listening and letting the Creative Impulse draw us into surrender and flow that we can come to face to face with the Mystery...

Paulette Lieska

 

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