In the beginning, we often pray for our circumstances to change.
We pray for the relationship to become easier, the uncertainty to resolve, the obstacle to disappear, or the path ahead to reveal itself.
As we grow, the prayer begins to change.
We pray to see differently. We ask for the perspective that allows us to meet what is here with greater clarity, compassion, and freedom.
As our inner state changes, so does the way we meet our lives. A shift in perception creates a shift in feeling. That feeling changes the signal we send, the choices available to us, and what we are able to receive.
We begin with the field itself.
On October 22, Frost Descends begins.
Frost Descends is the final Qi node of autumn. Its phase is Yin enclosing Yang, as the energy of the year gathers inward in preparation for winter.
Autumn has been asking us to discern what remains and what can be released. At Frost Descends, that sorting begins to come to a close.
The central image of this node is the closing of the storehouses.
The harvest has been gathered. Now we take stock.
What will sustain us through winter?
What needs our care?
What do we have enough of that we can share?
This can be a practical accounting of food, resources, time, and energy. It can also be an inner accounting. We can look at what has accumulated in our homes, schedule, relationships, and vocation.
What is nourishing you?
Which beliefs and patterns are you feeding through your attention?
Frost Descends asks for a quiet kind of clearing. Lean back. Let the body be held. Allow the breath to move without your supervision.
Notice which kinds of exertion leave you depleted. Protect your rest, reduce unnecessary demands, and let sleep do some of the work that effort cannot.
Take a walk without exhausting yourself. Drink tea by a window. Practice somewhere warm and protected from the wind. Dim the lights in the evening and let an early bedtime bring you into rhythm with the season.
If you feel an urge to force one more conversation, resolve one more question, or arrive at one final conclusion, pause.
Some things need action. Others become clear when we stop pressing against them and allow our perspective to change.
What can you close with care before winter?
I'm including here a link to a guided meditation on how to see differently.
When we change the way we perceive, it opens up the possibility to be with our process in a clear way. As our feelings change, so does the frequency from which we meet life.
Bring to mind a person, pattern, or situation that feels charged. This meditation will help you soften reactive perception and open into a clearer way of seeing. From there, a different relationship with your circumstances becomes possible.
Listen here:
This way of seeing is the ground of the Mystery School. Reiki is the vehicle. Awakening is the deeper subject.
It picks up where most healer training ends, which is right where the real work begins.
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With love,
Bronwyn