Silence, Winter, & Svadhyaya

When trees have blossomed, fruit has ripenened, and leaves have fallen, we are left with just the bare naked self.  In the dead of spiritual winter we have this deep invitation to turn our attention inward, to look at ourselves very deeply.

We may look, as in svadhyaya, at the patterns, conditioning, phenomena of the mind, body, and emotion.  And we may look simply through silence, through remaining in the still dark quiet beneath thought, body, and emotion.  This time of cold, of short days, of resting, is opportune to begin investigating our lives so that this season may be used to get to the root. When springtime comes, the fruit blossoms very sweet.