As November comes and the days are dark, there is a kind of shutting down. Nature becomes quiet. We, too, are shut down as the nights become longer, the days shorter, and the weather colder. We are encouraged by our bodies to be more still, to take more contemplative time, and to go within. Whether or not you are affected by the seasons in this way, the spiritual change which they outline is an essential part of every person's transformation.
Spiritual transformation is a mysterious process.
It is circular, in a way. It is difficult to tell where it begins and where it ends. It appears in several places at once. The beauty of the leaves and my sense of their beauty happen together. Things can begin to get better between families and people by a kind of growing mutual consent or revelation.