Elemental Balance: South Energies
South energies teach us how to give with our emotions with tenderness, which is a means of “energy motion” or “E-motion.” Emotions are meant to be expressed, to flow freely. In other words, if we are angry, we give our anger; when we are happy we give happiness; when we are sad, we cry and give with sadness. Our emotions are a part of our beauty that we have to give away. As long as we are giving our emotions with tenderness, our emotions are true, clear and clean expressions of what is happening with us. We are in balance.
When our emotions are out of balance, we can go to Nature’s waters and ask for a reflection of how we can move back into balance. We can also look to the south energies of each of the worlds.
The sands (and soils), which sit in the South on the Mineral World Wheel as holders-givers, dance with the fluidity of water. Watch how the sands dance when waves crash the shore. They are the skin of Grandmother Earth, holding everything in place. Sands and soils absorb and hold the light and heat from Grandfather Sun, eventually transforming it and giving it as nourishment for plants.
The grasses and grains sit in the South of the Plant World wheel, which, like Grandmother Earth’s skin, hold the sand and soil in place. They are like her hair, protecting her skin and preventing erosion. They are the double givers, in that they hold nutrients, water, sunlight, and carbon dioxide, and give all that as nourishment for other life.
The swimmers move through the waters as the receiver-givers, sit in the South of the Animal World. Fish receive through the water whenever energy is present and hold it in their flesh. The highest incidents of food poisoning in the world result from eating seafood contaminated by pollution in the water. The cetaceans – dolphins and whales – are the greatest receiver-givers and holders of genetic memory on this planet.
As an incarnation into the south race of humans, we have the opportunity to align with the energies of the South – learning how to flow with the waters and be as the plants to give of yourself in life and in nature. We learn to align with the heart and fluidity of emotions and our heart connection with Nature.
