The Brown Book Commentaries

PAGE 07
NOTE: While these two facing pages quite obviously contain many meanings related to
the moon and its various phases, a deeper glance also reveals that they also portray the Truth that
we can – if we wish, and if it is for the Highest Good to do so – let go of our rituals when they no
longer bear a better fruit. For me personally, the moon phase archetypes which used to play a
significant role in planning my route through life and guiding me through my days, now play
almost no role at all … I consult them on occasion, yes, and yet they are no longer ―needed‖ –
having learned that it is not necessary for us to find the ―best‖ or even the ―better‖ activity in any
given moment; but rather to simply find any activity that intends to serve another and then leaping
Joy-fully therein & thereto.
Image 028 (Page 7a) … Here we see a man silhouetted by a full moon,
symbolizing the immersion of the lives of many men into the pursuit of
women – along with the Truth that life becomes ―darker‖ the more this
conquest takes precedence. This is not to say that male-female relationships
are ―bad‖, but rather that focusing on our deeply impregnated desire for
partnership &/or lust for sexual release will always subvert the more
Meaning-full avenues of living available to us … If a partnership is a true
Partnership – founded in unconditional Love and not at all constrained by
the shackles of promise, duty, or commitment – then it can indeed have a
positive influence on one‘s Calling. All other relationships – not so much.
Image 029 (Page 7a – overleaf) … This image shows hundreds of lotuses
blooming on the lake at Alexzanna Farms (Wildwood, Georgia) –
symbolizing (fittingly for this page) the rebirth that comes repeatedly to those
who have the wherewithal to set aside their physical desires for comfort,
pleasure &/or self-benefit, and replace them with deeds of selfless Kindness
& Generosity. Like the human Soul that reawakens via such counterinstinctive
deeds of Goodness, the lotus too rises up in the night from the
muddy, murky depths to blossom pristine throughout the shining morn …
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