Sunrise to Sunset: Sunset Meditation {part 3}
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Our January meditation series comes to a close with a reflection of sunset and the practices that are asked of us at this time.
Sunset is the time when the masculine energy of the day {the heat, fire, planning and passion} is met with the feminine energy of the moon {the cooling, nourishing, restorative and creative}. In some cultures, this time of day is seen as a portal -
A time to descend into the netherworld to collect fuel, firewood or the creative spark. A time to close out the cycle of the day, to honor birth and death, conscious and unconscious…
Sadly, as with so many things, modern culture has taught us to bulldoze right through this transition with no notice or pause. I’m as guilty of this as the next person. From 5 - 7 p.m. it feels like a full out sprint in my house. Dinner. Baths. Bedtimes. Clean-up. Crash. Who has time to savor the striations in the sky as day and night meet…
And yet… There is something in this nightly invitation to pause that teaches us about wholeness and about balance. Not the mythical I-can-do-it-all-perfectly-all-the-time balance, but the balance of give and take. Sometimes the masculine. Sometimes the feminine. Sometimes with the doing. Sometimes with the being. It is an invitation to honor the ritual of cycles in our lives and the wholeness that comes when we don’t miss any of the steps in the cycle.
Sunset is the opportunity to invite in the element of compassion within our meditation practice. We can feel the sunset wrap her arms around us like a wise, ancestral grandmother and say something warm and lovely - Good job today. What a beautiful heart you have. I love you.
We need those words spoken to us and it is quite possible no one else will say them as often as we need. So, we learn how to say them to ourselves - literally and metaphorically.
Join me for today’s episode of The Mindful Minute as we learn how to meditate at sunset and cultivate the quality of compassion as part of this practice.
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