Over the past twenty four hours or so, a warm front sitting over the state has removed all the signs of winter from the landscape. Fierce winds and rain have lashed the west-facing windows and sidings as a reminder of the transition. The “wind tunnel” effect that pulls the wind off of the lake and guides it in the space between the back of the house and the forest, has created a continuous roar for two straight nights.
The unseasonal weather has resulted in seemingly erratic behavior among many birds and animals, if not some humans. Unanticipated transitions tend to remove clarity from our minds and replace it with doubt. When our outer environment is greatly disturbed or disrupted, the antennas that monitor our inner space try to recalibrate and reorient themselves.
Our spiritual practices — those that help us build reservoirs of resilience, patience, calmness, jurisprudence open-minded acceptance, and discernment — are often tested during ‘unseasonal’ weather. It is in these seasons of great disruption that the heart draws on our reservoirs of intuition to restore clarity. When we evoke the heart’s trust, it helps ensure that we remember to operate from a state of calmness in the midst of confusion.
Clarity of the heart helps us see the temporary for what it is, and remember the permanent for what It is.
The forecast is for a bit of snow to return over the next day or so. The heart awaits in the knowing that every season brings its own clarity.
Kumud
P.S. Join us for our weekly twitter gathering Sunday Jan 12 at 9amET in #SpiritChat. Bring your heart’s weather with you – I will bring some tea and we shall chat. Namaste – @AjmaniK
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Looking forward to seasonal and spiritual clearing whether from fog, clouds, wind, storms, snow or rain. Into the calm and brilliant light which seems to always return.
Such a gift!
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Yes – like one of my greatest influencers (Swami Vivekananda) often reminds me in many of his writings – “remember – if there have been Rishis before, so can you be one – Arise, Awake – to the divinity inherent within you” – and that remembrance, always bring back the clarity in the moment… Appreciate you, Gary. Thank you. Namaste.
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