In the northern hemisphere, autumn is getting underway, and there is a calming down of the hectic activity of the growing season. The Equinox, which has just passed, represents days and nights of an equal length. October energy dares us to find our own equilibrium, even as the physical weather/emotional landscape changes somewhat dramatically. The quieting of external activity may expose feelings of melancholy or discomfort. October asks us to experience the things we have been ignoring in our lives.
Focus Questions for October:
- Where is the balance point in your life? Where on the line between active and resting should you fall? Where are your thoughts between summer and winter?
- What have you been avoiding in your life and why?
- How can you expand your vision of life beyond yourself, your family and your current attachments and into a greater vision of community?
My Favorite October Affirmations:
- I seek truth.
- I am a peacemaker, soothing ruffled feathers.
- I instinctively restore harmony to my body.
- I give my whole self in service to others.
- I adjust to the rhythms of nature.
- I challenge unearned privileges and powers.
- I value the permanent over the transient.
- I dwell above the normal stresses of existence.
- I command quiet inner strength.
- I see life as a whole.
- I share experiences whenever possible.
- My confidence is strong; my perception is spiritual.
- I dare to plunge into my purpose.
- I strategize to win before the battle needs to be fought.
- I embrace the harmony of colors, and the sounds of poetry.
