Day: Oct 9, 2019

As the leaves fall, the plants and trees, having produced future life in the form of seeds, nuts and fruit, begin their descent into the earth, into the very centre of themselves.All of natures creatures on the land are listening and feeling the changes that are whispered into the air and sung though the earth. The stories of this seasons knowing, told to each living being.
As natural beings ourselves, as part of this network of life, us two legged creatures; human animals, are filled with the sensation of change, of shifting energies and a different way of being too.All around us, creatures are preparing what they need to nourish themselves through the more inward time that is ahead.
Nature is shedding what is no longer needed, and all those parts that have been let go, become good compost, the perfect nest, for the seeds to feed on and grow strong amongst.No matter how much more advanced you think you are as a human animal, with the hum of electricity, the shine of plastic and 24hr access to foods, often from other lands or processed and intensively grown. All sending confusion to our natural centre.
No matter how many street lamps cover the concrete roads and electric light filled boxes surround our days.We are still, deep down, despite it all, wild, still animal, still connected to this web of life, this wheel that keeps turning; we are still nature. And her songs run deep in our bones, our wilder, more original selves feel it; the change, the shift that inhabits the air.And so to be able to go with our natural nature; our knowing. Enables a sense of togetherness, with the two home we all inhabit, inside and outside ourselves. So what is it that would serve you to let go of, what do you no longer need to be carrying. Allow yourself to let go of what does not bring good medicine into your life, allowing it to compost down, feeding what it is you want to grow and begin to flourish in the spring. And so, with a life less burdened, a human can go into rest time, into the winter, with more ease and grace. They can rise up in spring, nourished and lighter.This is the invitation of Autumn, to fall into our hearts and into the earth with care. This invitation is one of self care, of love. It is a message, of how to grow good and strong; in connection with your needs and with the cycles of life.

Words by Brigit Anna McNeill
Photos are blank cards from http://www.greenpebble.co.uk