Crimson
08-26-2002, 01:38 AM
7. Trust and Openness
The seventh year is a time for gratitude in remembering the Source of all the fruit of all the trees. Not as goal oriented, it is a time for enjoyment and ease, a time to look back and learn from the years that have come before; the first years's creative impulse, the second years' teamwork and cooperation, the third year's vulnerablity and doubt overcome, the fourth year's regrouping and consolidation, the fifth years' harvest, and the sixth year's sharing. To this is now added the gratitude for it all, seeing how all prior challenges contributed o the present moment. Autumn has come.
8. Abundance and Power
The eighth year brings, for those with the willingness and command to reap the harvest, abundant rewards for the previous seven years. The harvest directly reflects the quality of all that came before. The tree now stands tall and strong, mature and valued, ready to harvest. Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn.
9. Integrity and Wisdom
This ninth year is a year of completion, of letting go, of quiet reflecion that leads to wisdom-a time of looking backward and understanding that all cycles end, then begin again. Attachment never avails here, for all things pass; the fall has ended, and now is the time for plowing under, turning the soil, so that next spring cycle we can plant anew, with renewed hope and vigor, improving on this cycle through the wisdom gained. Winter's bittersweet presence brings a period of inner silence, and stillness, as we wait for the light to come again.
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This was taken from the book "The Life you were meant to live" by Dan Millman p.415
The seventh year is a time for gratitude in remembering the Source of all the fruit of all the trees. Not as goal oriented, it is a time for enjoyment and ease, a time to look back and learn from the years that have come before; the first years's creative impulse, the second years' teamwork and cooperation, the third year's vulnerablity and doubt overcome, the fourth year's regrouping and consolidation, the fifth years' harvest, and the sixth year's sharing. To this is now added the gratitude for it all, seeing how all prior challenges contributed o the present moment. Autumn has come.
8. Abundance and Power
The eighth year brings, for those with the willingness and command to reap the harvest, abundant rewards for the previous seven years. The harvest directly reflects the quality of all that came before. The tree now stands tall and strong, mature and valued, ready to harvest. Autumn leaves shower like gold, like rainbows, as the winds of change begin to blow, signaling the later days of autumn.
9. Integrity and Wisdom
This ninth year is a year of completion, of letting go, of quiet reflecion that leads to wisdom-a time of looking backward and understanding that all cycles end, then begin again. Attachment never avails here, for all things pass; the fall has ended, and now is the time for plowing under, turning the soil, so that next spring cycle we can plant anew, with renewed hope and vigor, improving on this cycle through the wisdom gained. Winter's bittersweet presence brings a period of inner silence, and stillness, as we wait for the light to come again.
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This was taken from the book "The Life you were meant to live" by Dan Millman p.415