Water-wise containers: Designed for conservation of water and soil; Assembled with recyclables West: Supports going Within, being quiet, reflecting, honoring, listening; Teaches honor, gratitude, and sharing harvest of your seeds and all the abundance you received through the Summer; Represents your accomplished goals; Represented by Bear, Panther and Owl White: Symbolizes perfection, simplicity, innocence, chastity, life, truce, friendship, goodwill and immortality; Represents Nirvana, light, self-mastery Wind: The gentle winds continually blow all energies around Earth Mother; Taking a breath with gratitude and awareness is all that is required to be nourished by any energy that you want Winter Solstice: A time in December when you can slow down, reflect, go Within, and be nurtured by your Inner Light; It is a time to plan which seed you will plant for the next year; The seed is planted first in your Inner Heart’s chamber of Shambhalla; In the spring you can ask, “What can I do to help my seeds to grow?”—In the summer, watch for manifestation of your goals and every thought you have had since the winter solstice; In the autumn, harvest is made while expressing your gratitude to yourself, all those who have helped you, and the Great Ones who help and guide you Wisdom: Guidance from your Heartself; Sacred Directions, Earth Mother, Father Sky, Great Unseen Ones, forces of the Great Truths, Great Mystery’s Power, Light, or Love Yellow: Yang color; Supports joy, sunny disposition, mental clarity, warmth, cleansing, and intellect; In five Elements and four Elements, yellow represents the Earth element along with Brown and Orange; Represents the East, along with the color green, Eagle, Butterfly, Dragon and Rabbit
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