Everything that man accomplishes or does, that he teaches or wants to learn, must have its right proportion; it must follow its own line and remain within its circle, to the end that a balance is preserved, that there be no crooked thing, that nothing exceed the circle.

Paracelsus, the alchemist, 1493-1541. (Paracelsus, Selected Writings. Jolande Jacobi, Editor. Bollingen, Princeton University Press. 1973)

Daily Guidance:

Time to review what's been covered during this final Introductory week. We take up the first Law of Balance next month, carrying it through the quadrants in the same way looking at mental, emotional, physical and spiritual Balance.

Cynthia's Journal:

You have been introduced to some of the things represented in the North quadrant of the Wheel: Wind, breath, air, Spirit, midnight and starlight, Winter, animals whose hair turns white in wintertime and Elders whose hair turns white in the winter of their years. 

You’ve learned that wind, breath, air and spirit are synonymous and that peoples’ spirits are imprinted by the season of their birth.  The first breath you took into your lungs at birth was full of the qualities of that season. The changing seasons are one of the most visible aspects of the Great Calendar which regulates the rhythms and cycles of all living things.  (New research has linked birth months to the propensity for certain types of physical aliments.  Additional research is needed to discover how to rebalance the body and avoid illnesses triggered by natural changes in energy cycles.  We will include many things about alternative healing therapies in these emails. 

By now you (may) know your Birth Law and the Law that balances it, the one directly across from it on the Wheel.  Birth Laws come in pairs.  For example, Forgiveness balances Enlightenment. 

All the Laws are important all the time.  They work in concert with each other.  By studying the wisdom of the Wheel, we learn more about how to work in concert with the natural cycles: what to do during each Season of the year and how to pace and prioritize the years of our lives. 

Some have said that the Wheel represents the eye of God.  Mystics like Meister Eckhardt said, ‘The eye with which I see God is the same eye with which God sees me.’  You can use the Wheel to look for God, in a way that works for you.

We hope you have enjoyed these introductory emails and this page-per-day method.  Please stay with us for the rest of the Journey around the Wisdom Wheel so you can put it into practice, and receive its many gifts.

 In the life of the Indian there is only one inevitable duty – the duty of prayer-the daily recognition of the Unseen and Eternal.  His daily devotions were more necessary to him than daily food. Ohiyesa

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