036: Winter Solstice (Release)
Front of House
AT THE EDGE OF THE SEASON, THE WINTER SOLSTICE DESCENDS. THE LONGEST NIGHT. THE BRIEFEST DAY. THE EARTH LEANS FULLY INTO SHADOW. AND IN THAT DARKNESS, WHAT HAS BEEN CARRIED TOO LONG IS ALLOWED TO FALL AWAY. THIS IS THE THRESHOLD OF LETTING GO.
RELEASE – DEFINED AS BOTH CONCEPT AND LIVED POSTURE.
PATHOS (the spirit)
RELEASE IS TENDER. IT STIRS GRIEF FOR WHAT ONCE MATTERED, RELIEF FOR WHAT NO LONGER FITS, AND FEAR OF THE QUIET THAT FOLLOWS. AT TIMES, WE FEEL THE ACHE OF ABSENCE AND THE STRANGE LIGHTNESS THAT COMES WITH SURRENDER.
YET WITHIN THIS LIVES COMPASSION – FOR OURSELVES, FOR OTHERS, FOR THE HUMAN NEED TO HOLD ON EVEN WHEN IT IS TIME TO LET GO. WINTER TEACHES GENTLY, ‘WE ARE ALLOWED TO REST.’
LOGOS (the body)
RELEASING IS THE STRUCTURE AND HIDDEN COHERENCE INITIATING ALL CHANGE.
THE ACT OF LOOSENING, UNBURDENING, SURRENDERING WHAT NO LONGER BELONGS - COMPOSTING THE OLD AND ALLOWING SPACE FOR SOMETHING NEW.
WE ARE REMINDED AT THIS TIME THAT EMPTINESS IS NOT LOSS, BUT PREPARATION.
NATURE OFFERS ITS COUNSEL WITHOUT URGENCY. TREES STAND STRIPPED OF EXCESS, FIELDS LAY DORMANT, WATERS SLOW BENEATH COLD AIR. NOTHING CLINGS. NOTHING RESISTS THE DARK. WHAT IS RELEASED RETURNS TO THE SOIL, BECOMING NOURISHMENT FOR WHAT WILL RISE SOON AFTER.
RELEASE IS NOT TO ABANDON, BUT TO TRUST THE CYCLE BEYOND OUR UNDERSTANDING. WHAT IS LET GO MAKES ROOM, WHAT IS SHED CLEARS THE WAY. RELEASING IS NOT AND END, BUT A CLEARING.
ETHOS (the mind)
RELEASE ASKS FOR INTEGRITY. IT REQUIRES DISCERNMENT – THE WISDOM TO KNOW WHAT HAS COMPLETED ITS WORK AND THE HUMILITY TO SET IT DOWN.
THIS IS NOT ABOUT ESCAPE, BUT ABOUT ABOUT RESPONSIBILITY TO THE FUTURE. WHAT WE RELEASE NOW INFORMS WHAT WE ARE ABLE TO CARRY FORWARD.
TO LIVE BY THIS IS TO HONOR CYCLES OVER ACCUMULATION, CLARITY OVER CONTROL, AND TRUST OVER FORCE.
A GENTLE INVITATION ON HOW WE MIGHT EMBODY THIS SEASONAL SHIFT IN OUR LIVING AND LEARNING.
EXHALE. REST WELL.
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“Release asks for integrity”. Wow that truly hit me!!! There accountability found even within the release. Thank you!