The Bridge
September 2025
3 min read
Friends,
The equinox arrives tomorrow as a quiet threshold.
Light and dark stand in rare equality.
A pause before the tilt.
In this balance, we’re invited to notice what’s ready to fall away,
to gather the fruits of what we’ve sown,
and to turn gently inward as the year leans toward stillness.
Welcome to the September issue of The Bridge.
Your monthly pause-point:
An insight.
A practice.
An expression.
And, if you’re called, ways to work together.
The bridge is here.
Let’s take the first step.
The Equinox and the Middle Way
The equinox illuminates the teaching of the middle way.
When day and night stand in balance,
it reflects the insight that freedom is not found in extremes
neither grasping nor rejecting,
neither indulgence nor denial.
The turning of the season reminds us that change is constant,
and peace comes not from clinging to summer’s light
nor fearing winter’s dark,
but from resting in awareness as both arise and pass.
As Thích Nhất Hạnh reminds us:
“When we are mindful, deeply in touch with the present moment,
our understanding of what is going on deepens,
and we begin to be filled with acceptance, joy, peace, and love.”
The core teaching is this:
Impermanence is not loss, but liberation.
To see balance clearly is to see that all things are in motion,
and in that motion lies the illumination of harmony.
Sitting at the Threshold
The equinox is not only a date on the calendar; it is a living threshold.
To honor it, it can be helpful to enter into a practice of balance:
Enter the field of balance.
At dawn or dusk, find a still place.
Close your eyes and bring awareness to the rhythm of your breath:
the inhale rising like light, the exhale descending like dark.
Do not try to control it.
Notice how balance is not fixed,
but a continuous exchange.
Contemplate impermanence.
Bring to mind something in your life that is nearing completion:
A project, a season, a pattern.
Instead of forcing release, simply ask:
What is ready to fall away?
Allow the answer to reveal itself gently,
like a leaf loosening from the branch.
Rest in the middle way.
Consider one polarity you often lean toward:
Work or Rest.
Speaking or Silence.
Certainty or Openness.
For a few breaths,
hold both without preference.
Sense how peace arises not from choosing sides,
but from resting in the spaciousness that holds them both.
Seal with devotion.
End by placing your hands on your heart.
Offer the balance you’ve touched not only for yourself but for the world,
That harmony within you might ripple outward as compassion.
Rothko’s Balance
A powerful example is Mark Rothko’s No. 61 (Rust and Blue) (1953).
At first glance, it’s just blocks of color.
But linger, and you notice the way warm rust and cool blue press against each other...
Not merging, not rejecting, but held in tension.
The thin veil of lighter hues between them acts as a threshold,
much like the equinox itself:
A moment where opposing forces meet in fragile balance.
Rothko spoke of his paintings as “dramas” of human emotion.
This one embodies the equinox teaching:
Freedom is not found in clinging to one pole,
but in resting within the charged space between them.
The painting becomes a meditation on impermanence, harmony, and the middle way,
inviting us to sit in that balance until it transforms us.
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A Closing Thought
Tomorrow, as the equinox arrives, we stand together at nature's own bridge,
that fleeting moment where light and dark meet as equals,
neither advancing nor retreating,
simply present.
This is the bridge we're always seeking:
Not a crossing from one extreme to another,
but the living space between,
where opposites touch without collapsing,
where change moves without violence,
where we can rest without grasping.
The equinox reminds us that balance is not a destination but a practice,
a continuous return to center even as the world tilts and turns.
In this turning season, may you find your own middle way:
gentle with what's falling away,
grateful for what's been harvested,
open to the stillness approaching.
The bridge is not somewhere we're going.
It's where we already stand.
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