Into the depths of
Winter
As we continue on another spin around the sun, we are tilted away from its heat and light and as a result we have shorter days of sunshine, but much richer darkness. it is the time to renew, restore, nurture, rest. It is the element water that peaks now, with its coolness, tranquility and into the depths of inner reflection.
Do not ever think that water however is weak. it is the abundance of what this planet is made of, it can be solid as ice, and steam like vapor. It can move around, through, and gradually move dams, rocks and mountains. You are the same 70% water inside as all the water on this planet that is made of the same 70% water on the outside. Find the connection, be like water my friend!
November 7 begins the transition into winter which will peak on the Winter Solstice on December 21. It is easy to understand when we look at the earth and the cosmos just as we look at ourselves as volumes of space instead of a flatness of a calendar with a mark on a square. Feel the change, as we know the wind of Autumn came in to transform and move the winter heat out and the cold in. The same happens to the body. Entropy happens everywhere.
The second law of thermodynamics is one of the most fundamental laws of nature, having profound implications. In essence, it says this:
The second law - The level of disorder in the universe is steadily increasing. Systems tend to move from ordered behavior to more random behavior.
One implication of the second law is that heat flows spontaneously from a hotter region to a cooler region, but will not flow spontaneously the other way. This applies to anything that flows: it will naturally flow downhill rather than uphill.
If you watched a film forwards and backwards, you would almost certainly be able to tell which way was which because of the way things happen. A pendulum will gradually lose energy and come to a stop, but it doesn't pick up energy spontaneously; an ice cube melts to form a puddle, but a puddle never spontaneously transforms itself into an ice cube; a glass falling off a table might shatter when it hits the ground, but the pieces will never spontaneously jump back together to form the glass again. Many processes are irreversible, and any irreversible process increases the level of disorder. One of the most important implications of the second law is that it indicates which way time goes - time naturally flows in a way that increases disorder.
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