Waxing Crescent Moon of Early November

Photo by Alan Gillespie

Now the young moon is waxing, getting larger every day. As the sun increases its illumination on the Moon, our energy is growing as well. In these next days of the waxing crescent moon, I will give attention to my growing energy, take first steps towards my intentions, and find my motivation to follow through with persistent action.

Agenda:

1. Create inner synergy

2. Mindfulness practice

1. Create inner synergy:

Today, at the waxing crescent, I prepare to act on my priorities. I often choose one task or project to focus on and build energy as the moon waxes. "Inner synergy" is when your body, mind, spirit, and heart are all cooperating to produce a combined effect greater than the sum of their separate effects. 

Today I decided to give attention to my kitchen pantry shelves, and I:

1. Engaged my mind by visualizing the shelves tidy and clean, with fresh foods in new glass jars, and I made a list of shelf organizers and storage jars I might like.
2. Engaged my heart by writing about the lovely way my husband and I share the cooking tasks now, and reminded myself that I would need to engage his help in the planning. When that "teamwork" insight caused me a slight panic, I had a quick Love Meditation and sent the "pink light of love" to both of us.
3. Engaged my spirit by writing out the mantra "Feed Our Eyes", which I posted on the pantry; I will pause to center myself and read it several times a day for the next few days.
4. Engaged my body by measuring the shelves, and scheduling a trip to buy jars and a sliding shelf.

2. Mindfulness practice:
The first step towards giving full effort to my priorities is attention; I want to remember my deepest, most essential, most passionate reasons for acting on my intentions, every day, and hold my intentions with gentle awareness all day long.

This morning I reviewed my intentions, and turned them into shorthand mantras. My top three intentions today are to: 

• Express myself.
• Feed our eyes (pantry plans).
• Rain walk / Toddler adventure.