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Summer Time

I’ve been grappling with change lately. Big changes, like the floodwaters that ravaged the towns near my home, and little changes, like the progress I am making each day toward healing my injured elbow.

All of this against the backdrop of the sun’s migration southward and the shifting of sunlight and shadow, the changing birdsong in the mornings, and the familiar sequence of blooms in the gardens outside my window.

And this brings me to an exploration that is currently top of my mind, an exploration of the nature of time.

What happens when we imagine each moment as filled with all the possibilities we can envision (and many we cannot!)? Is it possible to play with time as a construct—what happens if we sit in this moment with a full acceptance of life as it is, allowing our resistance to dissolve and be replaced by curiosity?

Time zones are arbitrary lines of demarcation superimposed on a revolving planet—like the post-Renaissance emergence of time tables and clock-driven jobs, time zones were created to facilitate flows of information and goods across continents and hemispheres.

What has this definition of time done to humanity’s focus and attention?

Do we notice the shift in solar patterns when we move from the eastern edge of a time zone to the western edge? When we step over the imaginary line into another time zone?

And what about this delineation of time zones unravels when we remind ourselves that, at any given moment, the sun is rising somewhere on Earth, in the exact same moment, setting somewhere else?

I enjoyed this piece by Isabelle Boyer de la Giroday in which she differentiates between time and timing.

She compares a linear conception of time, which creates a sensation of pressure toward immediate action, to a multi-factorial sense of timing, in which we tune into both inner and outer signals to determine the most fortuitous, the most auspicious, the most skillful time to take action.

The need to control and the sense that we might miss out on an opportunity is replaced by a trust in our inner knowing and a sense of open listening to ourselves and our unique harmony with world around us.

Summer is a season...

Summer is a season to invite patience and inner harmony with ourselves, a season for self-nurturing and relaxation. Allow yourself to indulge in the gifts of Summer: the gentle breezes, the warmth of sunshine, the abundant fruits and flowers.

What happens when you drift through a day fully awake and aware of Summer's gifts? In my experience, the tensions and contradictions come into perspective, and often fall away, as I recognize the joys of where I am right now.

In addition to feeling more relaxed, I have given myself the gift of resilience that comes from grounding in the moment rather than forcing my way into the day, the week, the year ahead.

A Summer meditation

Sit comfortably and breathe deeply into your belly a few times. Come fully into your body—feel the soles of your feet on the Earth, and allow your energy to flow downward.

Invite any tension you have at this moment to flow down your body and out through your feet.

Tune into the center of your head, just behind the place where you feel your thoughts swirling around. Allow yourself to step out of linear time for a moment.

Take a few more deep breaths and sense a flowing of energy that connects you to everything and everyone, to all space and time.

Now bring your senses back into your body and invite neutral green Earth energy to flow in through your feet. Invite golden Cosmic energy to flow in through your crown.

Sense these two energetic flows bringing warmth and resilience into your entire energy body.

Take a few more deep breaths and come on back.