Why do we only want to live in
springtime?
Only the beloved knows the precious weight of
his/her beloved. Only you can feel and hold the eternal weight
of your beloved. In your hands cup the thigh; tend to the toes;
stroke down the hilly landscape of body: chests, belly, legs,
buttock … it is given to the beloved to be Living Earth
for the other. It is for the beloved to celebrate the
earthiness of the other.
Consider that it is yourself as Living
Earth that you most prevent your beloved from knowing and experiencing.
In Warrior’s Quest society people want to hide their earthiness.
They are ashamed of being dust—as is it revealed to them
in Genesis.
It takes a lifetime to truly
become Living Earth for your beloved. To share the seasons. To
open yourself to be explored.
How have you presented your
living earthiness to your beloved?
How have you received?
Earthfolk’s Living Earth rituals are all
about the seasons. Each calendar year provides
us with a ritual key. So many let the years just roll-by. But
there is winter, spring, summer and fall to each year. Is this
not also the seasons of your intimate living earthiness? Your
interior cycle? The play of your intimacy as beloveds?
Do you know your beloved as winter? Even if only
eighteen—are you observing and cherishing the wintering?
It is there. As are all the seasons: celebrate and enjoy them
all!
Continue—Fire
