THE NEW MILLENNIUM

Fall is the season to let go, to clean and to remember. Our dry summer is becoming a memory as the scent of leaves and wood mulch blend in a fall bouquet. What a perfect time take the guidance of our environment. Just as the trees cast away the old leaves, we can think through our lives to see what is no longer needed. As Zsuzanna Budapest says "Go through your soul as if it were a long-forgotten attic and see where cleaning up is way overdue". Allow your psychic garbage to turn to compost. Trust that the universal will do something productive with prana that remains.

Let go and clean out in material ways too. You can go through your closet and give away the clothing. Go through your pantry and give unneeded dry goods to the food bank. Donate your old books to a prison. Decide how much money you can "let go" of for charities soon. Make yourself lighter and cleaner as winter approaches. Know that the winter will draw your energies inward and slow them.

Take time now to recall events, conversations, stories or moments that gave you heart to persevere on the sometimes-difficult path life laid before you this year. Remember those who have passed away. And remember those who were born this year. And celebrate them both.

2000 B.C.E is just around the corner. I feel a little disillusioned regarding the Millennium hoopla. I think "What is the big deal about?". I suppose people wish to leave their mark on time or perhaps they look for an opportunity for change. But, I think Mohandas Gandhi said it so concisely "We must be the change we wish to see".

It may be an illusion indeed to await the end of the calendar year for something significant to happen or be or not be. Do what you can now. DonÕt wait to see what will happen. Caste your spell on the future by being present in the now. It is only then that the wheel of Karma/time really starts to turn.