Cycles II

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The cycle of day and night is tied to the sun. When we can see the sun, it is day; when the sun has fallen below the horizon, it is night. Consequently the days are light, the nights are dark.
Still we know that, even though the sun has disappeared and darkness is upon us, the sun will rise again tomorrow ~ bringing light to us once again.

The full cycle has a part that we can see, feel and be aware of ~ and a part that we cannot see, but when we trust that whatever is there, it will work out just fine.

Looking at a tree, its cycle doesn’t end when it falls down. It’s cycles lasts until the last tiny amounts of minerals have been absorbed by the earth, nurturing the earth such that it can sustain new trees.
The part of its cycle that we may be less aware of, the parts where it decays and gives back to the earth, is just as important as the part where we could see and feel and experience the tree ~ when we sought its shadow on a hot and sunny day...

The same is true for animals, and even for insects.

So how does that work for us humans?
Many cultures believe that the soul doesn’t die. The soul is eternal. Ever on a quest to grow further and wiser, always looking for new and different experiences ~ the soul has a cycle, like the sun, from the seen to the unseen and back again.
When the soul is in the body, incarnated, we can experience its expression on an earthly, physical level. And this expression can be shared and celebrated with others that have a physical existence. When the soul passes on and the body dies ~ the soul embarks on a new and different part of its cycle in the unseen world of spirit. And unseen to us, the souls now has an opportunity to share and celebrate its expression with others in the world of spirit...
Or, as the Seraph Julian taught us: “When you die, you are being born into my world.”

From our human perspective; the soul and spirit that inhabited ‘the temple of the soul’, the person, is lost to us when he or she passes over. And when they move into the unseen part of their personal cycle, embarking on a new adventure ~ what is left for us are how we remember them in our hearts.

And although we cannot see it or experience it (yet) ~ we trust, and have faith that whatever is there, it will work out just fine.
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