“The dance between darkness and light will always remain — the stars and the moon will always need the darkness to be seen, the darkness will just not be worth having without the moon and the stars.” – C. JoyBell C.

The two-day period of Equinox marks a moment of exquisite harmony in the yearly cycle when day and night, light and dark are perfectly balanced.  As our lives and world are experiencing huge shifts Equinox represents a turning point where we can choose to calm any heightened energies we may be experiencing.

Equinox is the midpoint between the polarities of light and dark, feminine and masculine, spirit and matter. Although our experience of this significant point differs according to where we live, the underlying energy is the same for us all – balance. This is the energetic point of the year where we are able to experience conditions not as polarity but merged as one, in perfect harmony and balance.

As we travel through this brief window of balance and unity, of equal day and night, light and dark, we are given a fleeting moment to bring balance and wholeness into our lives. At this turning point we’re reminded to bring our awareness to the trajectory of our earthly experience and apply the energy of the moment to our experience.

Duality

Equinox marks the union of opposites, reminding us of the harmony of the whole.

Lying midway between the solstices, it is the time when night and day, feminine and masculine, action and rest, matter and spirit, are in perfect balance. It is the point of balance when inner feminine and outer masculine energies shift and change to meet in harmony. And it is our reminder that balanced equilibrium is the ideal state for our own lives.

Wholeness

Equinox is a powerful portal into higher consciousness. It’s the time when feminine and masculine energies merge, bringing unification of the duality within ourselves.

“The place where light and dark begin to touch is where miracles arise.”  ~ Robert A Johnson

In order to truly understand the light we must also experience the dark. Our Earthly experience is one of duality. Within our lives we continually swing back and forth from one extreme polarity to the other. From stillness to action, achievement to failure, certainty to irresolution, material to spiritual, we must experience both sides of any polarity in order to fully understand the other. It is through this process, back and forth, we come to understand ourselves.

The midpoint of this swing between duality is the fulcrum, the place of balance. It is the point of harmony between the extremes and the point at which we find unity and wholeness. Equinox marks the midpoint, the energetic position of balance, between the Solstices, the time of extreme light or dark. Equinox highlights the balance we must find and experience in the duality present within ourselves.

Stillness

Equinox is a transition moment of stillness which supports us to expand our awareness. When we slow down, go within, breathe with consciousness and enter the place of stillness, we can gain access to universal consciousness. We create a safe space to tune-in and hear the guidance of our inner voice. As we expand our awareness in this stillness, we open the channel to Source energy that allows us to engage more deeply with deep ancestral wisdom.

Within this vessel of feminine energy, this place of stillness, we can reflect and regroup. By just ‘being’ in this stillness rather than feeling a need for action, we gain awareness of our true needs and what we need to think or do to support our inner growth. With this knowledge we can then formulate a clear intention of the action needed to create change.         

Balance

Balance is the Keyword for Equinox: balance in personal and collective relationships, balance in taking and giving, balance between having and not having, balance between doing and Being.

Many of the crises we experience originate from our demands to have so much of everything. In addition to creating misalignment with our own heart path and purpose, this leads to imbalance with the land and its resources, and to a distortion and lack of mindfulness in human relationships.

Our modern technological world has distracted us from awareness that we are an integral part of an interconnected living network and all of the life within it. But it’s our responsibility to maintain a natural balance and harmony so that all life can flourish and be nurtured.

Celebrate this time of balance and bring your awareness to harmonising your own earth walk with the natural world and all it contains.

Equinox Practice

Equinox is a time to pause and give thanks. In the Southern Hemisphere where we enter Autumn, we give thanks for the harvest and all the bounties of Mother Earth. In the Northern Hemisphere show gratitude for the abundant new growth as Spring bursts forth.

This is a time to reflect on growth in your personal journey. It is a time to acknowledge and enjoy the fruits of your soul growth as well as the sprouting buds of new opportunity. And it is a time to contemplate the path that lies ahead of you.

As the point of perfect balance in the annual cycle, Equinox is a time when the natural energies support us to create greater harmony in our lives. It provides an opportunity for you to really examine and assess whether your life is balanced and harmonious.

Go within and reflect on where you need to bring balance and unity into your life and Earthly experience.  What do you need to change to bring about that balance? 

Ask yourself:

• Does my life flow?

• Is it in balance?

• Am I operating in constant duality, where everything is right or wrong?

• Am I consciously aligned with the greater cycles?

• How can I create more balance and harmony in my life, on all levels?

Equilibrium

Each of us holds the power to consciously bring balance and equilibrium into our lives on all levels – body, emotions, mind, spirit – as well as into the outside world as one soul.

Celebrate this time of balance and bring your awareness to harmonising your own earth walk with the natural world and all it contains.

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