New Moon Meditation

Thinking about the current new moon, and an appropriate meditation, led me to this. The habit of calling the dark moon the "new moon" causes some confusion because it might seem to describe that sliver of light which soon appears as the waxing crescent, as in this painting. I really intend this kind of meditation to be done around the time of the dark moon. In music, we talk about the importance of the silence between the notes. In the same way, the dark moon is a time of pause, or suspension which defines the light and energy it frames. I also wrote in more detail about The New Moon in a blog post last month.

artist: Jarle Petterson

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hush

be quiet now

be part of nothing
of emptiness
breathe

this is the moment
of dark
and stillness

nothing to fear
you are held
in perfect quiet

this is the pause

be suspended
poised
in the potential

merge
with stillness

no sensation

no thought

no fear

    ~ Kris Hughes
          2013

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The Fiery Wheel

Poems for The Wheel of the Year, and more.

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