September is a time for us to practise watching our words and make friends with our mind.
It is also the equinox – a time when day and night are in balance.
The Bhagavad Gita in chapter 6, verse 8 tells us,
“For one who has conquered the mind, the mind is the best of friends;
but for one who has failed to do so, the mind will remain the greatest enemy”.
Krishna
King Solomon told us that “There is one whose rash words are like sword thrusts, but the tongue of the wise brings healing.” Proverbs 12: 18.
Chapter 56 of the Tao Te Ching tells us, “Those who know, do not speak, and those who speak, do not know”.
Our words are powerful. They have a frequency and a vibration that shape our lives and those around us.
We all have memories of when someone spoke harshly, jealously or in anger towards us – and their words stung. It is easy to hold on to those memories and carry the pain and suffering in our minds and hearts for decades afterwards.
We have to work consciously to let those negative vibrations go, and when we do this, we begin to heal.
Words hurt
Did you know that the words we use toward other people are a reflection of the words we use when talking to ourselves?
How often do we put ourselves down, criticise ourselves, tell ourselves we are fat, stupid, or ridiculous in some way? Is this being kind to ourselves? And how do we speak about or towards other people?
This month is an opportunity for us to be intentional about our words – what we say to others and how we speak to ourselves.
We are encouraged to become friends with ourselves and also choose to be kind to other people, even those who frustrate or anger us.
When we use positive words, we raise our vibration, and this energy radiates out around us, blessing and lifting the people, places and situations around us.
We are co-creators, and through our own perceptions and actions we create our reality.
The question is: What do you want your reality to look, feel and sound like, and how would it feel to make your mind your friend?
The Message from Nature
On Sunday, 26th September, we will see the Corn Moon rising.
This full moon is also called the Harvest Moon because it is the closest moon to the Autumn Equinox.
September is also the time of the Equinox – the Autumn Equinox in the Northern Hemisphere and the Spring Equinox south of the Equator.
Equinoxes always symbolise a time of internal and external balance, reflecting the fact that both day and night are themselves in balance.
Nature is reminding us to create balance in our lives.
Click on the links below to read how you can celebrate the equinox where you live.
Some final thoughts about words…
I send you bright blessings of balance and profound peace,
/I
Lee-Anne x![]()

