Today is the spring equinox (fall equinox for the northern hemisphere). The day where everyplace on earth receives an equal 12 hours of sunlight. A balanced distribution of light, so to speak.
It’s hard to give a single sense of being in balance in any one day. It woud require, it seems, a look at the disparate elements of the whole day. Out of this might emerge a sense of balance and one could then say:
The [balanced] whole is greater than the sum of it’s parts.
While doing my round of morning walking meditations, just as the dawn light came upon the Peace Spiral I took a lovely photo showing its reflection in the still water of the pond thinking that this would be a nice visualisation of the day’s equanimous character. But I have chosen not to use this image.
I took another photo of the Peace Spiral around noon when the ABC film crew were next to it during a shoot while they were interviewing me for the Stateline TV program. But this hasn’t captured the full balance of the day either.
I took a third photo of the surf just after my swim while perfectly formed long lines of swells came into the beach then crested into waves with white manes spewing off their back. But this didn’t quite hold the full essence of what an equinoctial day might be about.
At sunset, while doing some repair work on the Peace Walk path and the low yellow/orange rays of the sun cast a deep serene light over the landscape, I took a photo of a circle of same aged trees that looked all harmonious. But….. not really suitable.
After dinner, with just a few small, sharp tools, I spent a leisurely hour working on the second of a group of table top altars where stones are perched atop mesa like structures. Interesting close up photo, but….
It’s getting late. And I have to choose a photo of something before the equanimity of today becomes tomorrow’s imbalanced, stressed out craziness.
Eennie, meenie, miney mo…….catch a tiger by the toe…..
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