There have been times when I have created and participated in Fall rituals and other times I have just let the date quietly slip by without any attention or focus. As I look back over time to see if my participation of a Fall ritual really made any difference at all in the world, it was obviously very difficult to trace any direct correlations to improved world events to my Fall ritual activities. But what I did realize is that when I took the time and effort to create a Fall ritual and honor the season and the earth, the real and obvious difference was what was made in ME.
If I let the Fall equinox slip by like it was just another day, it became just another day. There was no memory of this calendar milestone being any different. There was no spiritual experience. There was nothing to mark the day as being different. But if I took time off work, for example, and made a trek to an earth energy location to do a fall ritual, it became an opportunity for a spiritual experience. The Fall ritual event now became different from the other days. I had made effort to make it different. I had focused my thoughts on the earth, the seasons, and gave thanks. My attitude changed. My ability to receive messages changes. When I included in a blessing of seeds in the ritual, I would think of the correlation to the seeds being ideas being scattered and dormant until the time was ready to wake up and grow. This type of focused attention provided energy for this concept to grow and through the next few months, I was more likely to pay attention and notice new ideas taking root in the world. The Fall ritual had benefits that were not always immediately obvious.
So is there value in creating a Fall ritual? Yes. Most of the value will be in what it does to you, the person involved in creating or participating in the Fall ritual. You will be creating an opportunity for a spiritual experience. You will be creating an opportunity for thoughts of hope and possibility for a better world, for yourself and others. Because thoughts have power, those thoughts will lend itself to helping to improve not only your life, but also the world.
So on this Fall equinox, may I bless you to take a time out of your day and give honor to the season, to the harvest, to the earth. May I also bless you to scatter seeds of hope for an even better world filled with even more opportunity and possibility. May you enjoy this milestone marker of the passing of time.
Related Information:
- Rituals
- Rituals and the Seasons
- Fall Equinox Ritual
- A Fall Equinox Ritual Experience
- Rituals, One of the Ways to Connect Body, Mind, Spirit Together
