We are all obsessed with immunity from Covid, but what we really require is spiritual immunity from all negativity.
This Thursday we celebrate the New Moon in Virgo, Friday night begins Rosh Hashana in the Jewish tradition and the official beginning of Fall (autumn Equinox) begins on September 22nd.
One of my favorite rituals at this time of year is the ritual of Tashlich… It is a symbolic releasing of our sins (meaning to go astray) into the water. What I love about it is the connection between our taking action to release and the helping hand that comes from Spirit. As we move into action… spirit comes to help us. This year it is held on Saturday, September 19th.
Traditionally we throw small pieces of bread into moving water. This way the bread feeds the birds and fishes. Each piece represents the things that blind us to our own truth. We release anything that we have done by our words, deeds or actions that have harmed others or ourselves. We release our sense of inadequacy, our limiting viewpoints, and anything that has hardened our hearts. In fact, the biggest sin is the one of forgetting our own Divinity and connection to God. Rabbi David Ingber called it a ritual of scrubbing the soul clean.
Even if this is not in your tradition, I recommend you try this ritual:
Reflect on the past year and focus on the things that you are ready to cast off.
Take small pieces of bread and throw them into moving water. If you are not near water, fill up a bowl with water and throw them in the bowl.
Throw away the pain from the past.
Throw away the judgments that keep you from seeing the bigger picture.
Throw away the resentments and anger that keep your heart closed.
Throw away the shoulds and coulds.
Throw away the need to compare yourself to others.
Throw away anything that keeps you small and stuck.
Throw away any fear, anger or resentment you are holding about our upcoming election in the US.
"May your actions transform this world from a world of harshness to a world of compassion, from a world of ignorance to a world of enlightenment, from a world of death to a world of life renewed, and from a world where sin destroys us to a world where we destroy sin.” - Prayer Un’taneh Tokef.
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Many Blessings,
Barbara