Vernal Equinox
We pass the tipping point and, for an instant, we are balanced between Light and Dark. For a moment, we can see clearly in both directions. But quickly--oh, so quickly!--we begin to fall and forget.
We forget how deep the Darkness was. We forget how bright it was before that. We forget that we go through this cycle again... and again... and again...
The human mind does strange things with memory. It colors the past in hues of rose or blue. Things seem better than they are now. Things seem worse than they are now. Never, though, do they seem quite exactly as they were then. And always the now gets lost somewhere in between.
Our bodies are constructs of the present, solidly anchored in it, always pulling to the Now while our fluid and free minds pull to Then or Later or simply some random When. With our attention split, our focus soft, it is easy to slip fantasy into reality. Easy to create memories that never were. Easy to forget who we are now.
Easy to mix the Light and the Dark into an ill-defined shade of gray.
It is only through practice and patience that we can achieve, let alone maintain, the view of the past and the future and the present. Even then, when we think we are at that balance point, at that Equinox, it is only a matter of time before we are swept back into the faux-superiority of one side or the other.
Enjoy the Light. Remember that it has returned from the Darkness that came before. Know that it will cycle through again.
But most importantly, be in the Now. Light, Dark, Shadowed, it does not matter. Embrace every instant one after another after another as they slip by. See Now as fluid and ever-changing, yet tangible and able to be grasped. There you will find the bridge between the body and the mind. And there you will find the true balance. Your connection to the Universe.
We forget how deep the Darkness was. We forget how bright it was before that. We forget that we go through this cycle again... and again... and again...
The human mind does strange things with memory. It colors the past in hues of rose or blue. Things seem better than they are now. Things seem worse than they are now. Never, though, do they seem quite exactly as they were then. And always the now gets lost somewhere in between.
Our bodies are constructs of the present, solidly anchored in it, always pulling to the Now while our fluid and free minds pull to Then or Later or simply some random When. With our attention split, our focus soft, it is easy to slip fantasy into reality. Easy to create memories that never were. Easy to forget who we are now.
Easy to mix the Light and the Dark into an ill-defined shade of gray.
It is only through practice and patience that we can achieve, let alone maintain, the view of the past and the future and the present. Even then, when we think we are at that balance point, at that Equinox, it is only a matter of time before we are swept back into the faux-superiority of one side or the other.
Enjoy the Light. Remember that it has returned from the Darkness that came before. Know that it will cycle through again.
But most importantly, be in the Now. Light, Dark, Shadowed, it does not matter. Embrace every instant one after another after another as they slip by. See Now as fluid and ever-changing, yet tangible and able to be grasped. There you will find the bridge between the body and the mind. And there you will find the true balance. Your connection to the Universe.