nature's heartbeat | dark moon magic

the heartbeat of nature

—aka the spiral of transformation—

is reflected on every surface of existence.

it's how you breathe:

inhale > contain > exhale > soften

how the moon phases:

waxing > full > waning > dark

how life flows:

growing > maturity > aging > death (= birth)

you can try to avoid this cycle

(i mean, you know you can only hold your breath for so long, right?)

you can consciously align

(and let the truth that 'all is one' become a lived reality).

"how so?" ?

well.

the law of polarity—paradoxically—proves all is one.

(because through this law,

"opposites are identical in nature,

but different in degree"

we understand all "opposites"

—cold-hot, dark-light, yin-yang—

aren't separate entities,

they are two extremes of the same phenomenon;

cold and hot—different degrees of temperature,

dark and light—degrees of illumination,

yin and yang—energy.)

the spiral of transformation

(ie the transition from one pole to the other)

is how this intellectual understanding we can live by

becomes a felt experience we can live from.

(and this knowing that no feeling is final—that every fall is a climb in the making—is how we cash in on our power to not just transform lows and 'fails'—into highs and wins—but to meet and experience the ebbs with grace.)

living rhythmically ≠ being a vegetable half the time.

it's about

shifting focus—from inner to outer and back—so we can course-correct,

and slowing down—to conserve our energy—so the speeding up can be unleashed when it's time to jump the canyon.

yin

is the embodiment of cold.

· it's where things have come to a stop ·

the night · winter · dark moon

here, energy is facing inwards

and outer stillness reflects

the building of inner resources.

yin becoming yang

embodies warming up.
· here, the pace is picking up ·
this is the dawn · spring · waxing moon
it's where energy is turning outwards,
inner resources awakening
to power vibrant growth.

yang

is the embodiment of hot.
· it's where things are at their peak ·
the day · summer · full moon
here, energy is directed outwards
and external vibrancy reflects the
fullness of inner growth.

yang becoming yin

embodies cooling.
· here, things are slowing down ·
this is dusk · autumn · waning moon
energy is turning inwards and
outer abundance invites
relaxation into inner reflection.

you can waste your energy fighting the cooling down and outer stillness.
(...aaand, eventually crash at the bottom of a steep drop from hot to burned-out—where a much longer stillness you won't enjoy is waiting to balance the debt of all the little rests you tried to skip.)

or

you can ebb to flow
(and—like a canoe moving gracefully with the current—allow yourself to be pulled along while you see the sights and build momentum when the rapids make it easy).