Daily Meditation: Sunday, November 9, 2003

It is important to learn to work with the different phases …

11/09/2003

It is important to learn to work with the different phases of the moon. During the waxing moon, the physical and psychic energies that nature has deposited in the human being help him to manifest as a conscious, active, and self-willed being. Then, during the fourteen days of the waning moon, his energies tend to withdraw in order to nourish his roots, that is to say his stomach and sexual organs. His appetite and sensuality increase during this period, but his mental activity tends to diminish. Since these alternations exist, we should know how to use them. For example, it is better not to begin new enterprises during the waning moon, because there is the risk that they will fail or meet with great obstacles. But whatever the phases of the moon, you can use them to do psychic work. For example, during the period of the waning moon, you can work on certain weaknesses, certain faults that you wish to get rid of, repeating: 'As the moon wanes in the sky, in the same way may such and such a weakness within me decrease and disappear.' And conversely, during the period of the waxing moon, you can concentrate on the qualities that you wish either to reinforce or to acquire.