Thank you for writing and sharing this Emma. Like Neil, I really enjoyed your poem—particularly the stanza about reasons one’s dreams might not happen.
“Either I am blocking them with doubt
Or the time is not ripe
Or there is something better in store
I cannot see from this angle
I have to live life, walk the spiral path”
That idea of a spiral path is apt—it isn’t just point a to b, it goes indirectly and we have to trust it. A lack of trust makes us block with doubt. What I took away from this, and pardon me if I’m misinterpreting, is to trust the spiral—the time it takes to travel in a spiral allows things to ripen, allows the right things to arise. Thank you again for writing.
Thank you so much James, for reading and sharing your thoughts. Yes, trusting the spiral indeed. Trusting that there is a ripening, in one way or another. This has been such a practice for me, and the more I can lean in and know it’s all happening and flowing, the more I enjoy my present. Such a practice of course, but it feels really good when I can sink into it. And the spiral path is, of course, much more interesting than the linear one I think I might want to walk. 🙏🏼
I always like hearing what lands for you Neil. Thank you for sharing!
There is a freshness for me when I feel into that line. A permission to be new in this moment, start again if need be, and feel relaxed that there’s no one pulling any strings. Just me and my choices, and how they blend with everyone else’s.
I found you via Julie Schmidt at Liminal Walker Musings, who I found through the Creekmasons Collective - I've been exploring the web of Substack interconnections seeking resonances and parallel awakenings.
"As I dream, I tap into
The unified field of well-being
Forming a channel between the physical and the infinite, universal source of all things
My inner vision radiates
Emanating from my center
Connecting me with others of like-intent
Forming meaningful bonds of collective resonance"
I share your dream. I appreciate your perspective on astrology that feels more yin (akin to the cosmic weather) than the traditional and almost mechanistic sense of our-lives-are-determined-by-the-patterns-in-the-stars.
I'm pondering your sense of the annual cycle beginning on the equinox. There is a certain symmetry in the full season of yin followed by the full season of yang, the dark followed by the light. It matches the "water year" in our climate, beginning with the fall rains. And yet, for me, October is still a month of peak harvests, and my own timings of birth and spiritual re-birth align with the solstices. Perhaps there is no true beginning in a circle, and there is "enough space for all perspectives" :-). My most recent post focused on the cycle of the year, and the transition times in between the solstices and equinoxes: https://dendroica.substack.com/p/a-cycle-in-eight-parts
Hi Markael 🌿 Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts, resonance, and perspective! I so appreciate that.
I agree with you about “no true beginnings” - my birthday/personal cycle renewal point is in deep winter, near the calendar new year and solstice - and there is something incredibly resetting about that 2-3 week period for me. And in looking at the fall equinox being the new year point for wild nature and the elemental cycles, we have to accept that it happens twice, once for each hemisphere…it’s all so non-linear! All in all, we are just playing with frameworks and lenses right? Ways of seeing and discovering deeper levels of knowing and revealed interconnectedness.
I’m looking forward to reading your piece and getting a deeper sense of your vantage point. As well, thank you for sharing Hannah’s work. It’s really really nice to experience the community building that happens here on Substack. Thank you so much for reaching out 🙏🏼
Thank you for writing and sharing this Emma. Like Neil, I really enjoyed your poem—particularly the stanza about reasons one’s dreams might not happen.
“Either I am blocking them with doubt
Or the time is not ripe
Or there is something better in store
I cannot see from this angle
I have to live life, walk the spiral path”
That idea of a spiral path is apt—it isn’t just point a to b, it goes indirectly and we have to trust it. A lack of trust makes us block with doubt. What I took away from this, and pardon me if I’m misinterpreting, is to trust the spiral—the time it takes to travel in a spiral allows things to ripen, allows the right things to arise. Thank you again for writing.
Thank you so much James, for reading and sharing your thoughts. Yes, trusting the spiral indeed. Trusting that there is a ripening, in one way or another. This has been such a practice for me, and the more I can lean in and know it’s all happening and flowing, the more I enjoy my present. Such a practice of course, but it feels really good when I can sink into it. And the spiral path is, of course, much more interesting than the linear one I think I might want to walk. 🙏🏼
I really enjoyed this poem, Emma. I like these lines especially:
"The truth of our mind
Is that through it we create our own destiny"
This really resonates with me. I like that aspect of the truth of our mind and creating.
I always like hearing what lands for you Neil. Thank you for sharing!
There is a freshness for me when I feel into that line. A permission to be new in this moment, start again if need be, and feel relaxed that there’s no one pulling any strings. Just me and my choices, and how they blend with everyone else’s.
Hi Emma!
I found you via Julie Schmidt at Liminal Walker Musings, who I found through the Creekmasons Collective - I've been exploring the web of Substack interconnections seeking resonances and parallel awakenings.
"As I dream, I tap into
The unified field of well-being
Forming a channel between the physical and the infinite, universal source of all things
My inner vision radiates
Emanating from my center
Connecting me with others of like-intent
Forming meaningful bonds of collective resonance"
I share your dream. I appreciate your perspective on astrology that feels more yin (akin to the cosmic weather) than the traditional and almost mechanistic sense of our-lives-are-determined-by-the-patterns-in-the-stars.
I'm pondering your sense of the annual cycle beginning on the equinox. There is a certain symmetry in the full season of yin followed by the full season of yang, the dark followed by the light. It matches the "water year" in our climate, beginning with the fall rains. And yet, for me, October is still a month of peak harvests, and my own timings of birth and spiritual re-birth align with the solstices. Perhaps there is no true beginning in a circle, and there is "enough space for all perspectives" :-). My most recent post focused on the cycle of the year, and the transition times in between the solstices and equinoxes: https://dendroica.substack.com/p/a-cycle-in-eight-parts
Also, I feel like you and Hannah King really need to know each other :-): https://hannahelizabethking.substack.com/
Glad to have found you!
Markael
Hi Markael 🌿 Thank you so much for taking the time to share your thoughts, resonance, and perspective! I so appreciate that.
I agree with you about “no true beginnings” - my birthday/personal cycle renewal point is in deep winter, near the calendar new year and solstice - and there is something incredibly resetting about that 2-3 week period for me. And in looking at the fall equinox being the new year point for wild nature and the elemental cycles, we have to accept that it happens twice, once for each hemisphere…it’s all so non-linear! All in all, we are just playing with frameworks and lenses right? Ways of seeing and discovering deeper levels of knowing and revealed interconnectedness.
I’m looking forward to reading your piece and getting a deeper sense of your vantage point. As well, thank you for sharing Hannah’s work. It’s really really nice to experience the community building that happens here on Substack. Thank you so much for reaching out 🙏🏼