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Seeing the Light on the Darkest Night
It’s the shortest day of the year — Winter Solstice — December 21st — darkness, quiet, and stillness, are the qualities of the energy that surrounds us. This is a time to become aware of and feel the dark, still aspects of your Self that come into focus at the beginning of Winter.
A Quiet Celebration
In preparation for the more outward-focused seasonal festivities of Christmas, Chanukah, and New Year, host a short, simple, and quiet celebration for your Self sometime between Winter Solstice and New Year’s Day.
… of the Darkness
Plan to spend 20, 30, or as many minutes as feel right to you, in a quiet, private place, where you can simply, and comfortably, sit or stand, with the lights turned down low, or perhaps in candlelight, and become aware of your breath.
… and the Light
Follow the rhythm of your breath … in and out … up and down … until the day’s problems make their way into the background … then … with your eyes closed … in your dim, quiet surroundings … look at the subtle ‘milky-way-like’ Light dancing around your eyes: that Light you may remember from lying in bed at night as a child. That vaguely familiar Light … which has never gone away … just not recalled … a Light … that is a bit easier to see at this time of year … if you take the time to look at it.
And … as always …
Wishing you health & well-being
Kitty and Michael
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