02/02/2021
The Rhythm of Nature.
Tuesday, January 26 was an ordinary evening – as ordinary as an evening can be in these extraordinary times. After preparing the evening meal, it was time to head back to the cabin for the evening. Except on that particular night, big, wet snowflakes were falling from the dark sky. Of the few guests here, some had just made it in before roads closed at higher elevations. The last few months have brought several natural rarities: a Blue Moon on Halloween; Mars’ closest approach to Earth since 2003; Saturn and Jupiter in their closest conjunction since 1623; and now, waking up to snow laying gently on the hills and along Sulphur Creek.
We often speak of the benefits of being at Wilbur Hot Springs, where you can feel the natural rhythm of the land synchronizing you as time passes here. Rudolf Steiner said, “Only man is permitted to live without rhythm in order that he can become free. However, he must of his own accord bring rhythm again into the chaos.” Here at Wilbur, we can feel the deep truth of those sentences. The swish of the water dripping from the flume to the creek, the wind whistling through the hills and the reeds, the owl’s cry in the darkness; Nature composes a sense of peace that’s not audible above the roar of technology, vehicles and information. Here, when it snowed, we all experienced joy, went outside, smiled and remembered what it was like to stop and admire Nature, ‘bringing rhythm again to the chaos.’
