Equinox

Amity Methodist Church, Visher's Ferry, NY, 1992

At 10:29 pm, the Southern US State of Georgia experienced the 2014 autumn equinox.  

On this date, day and night are very nearly equal, balanced, in equipoise.  Twelve hours of daylight and twelve hours of nighttime.  For the rest of the year, each passing day will lean a little bit more toward the night, toward the dark.

This could be mistaken as a metaphor for sliding into ignorance or delusion, or worse yet, falling into evil, but I don't see it that way.  

With each passing day, we experience less and less of the blinding light of day and all of its attendant distractions and busyness, and we have more time to experience the tranquil clarity of the night sky and to behold the stars and the moon, and to be reminded of our place in the universe.  

It's an opportunity to let go of the mundane concerns of everyday life and return to the stillness of practice.