Sivan: Reaching Your Full Potential
Two moons ago, in the month of Nissan, we started our journey to freedom with the ritual storytelling of Passover, freeing ourselves from the personal pharaohs prohibiting us from becoming our most expansive selves. Last month, in Iyar, we took the first steps in our new freedom. We healed, making time to transform everything we’d experienced as slaves into a newfound sense of wholeness and wellbeing. Now, in this month of Sivan, it’s time again to harvest.
A Time of Acceptance and Receiving
We relish the first fruits, marvel at the clarity of vision gained from the journey of spring, and appreciate a new sense of fulfillment borne of personal growth. In Sivan we celebrate the Torah’s birthday — Shavuot. AKA the day when Moses received Judaism’s teachings from the Divine on Mount Sinai, and transcribed this wisdom to share with all the Israelites. We remember that, as a people, they said “We will do and we will hear” as they accepted and embraced the Torah, becoming a Jewish nation. This belief about Shavuot is very cool: that the soul of every Jew in history was present at Mount Sinai, passing on the story of faith, heritage, and custom through all space and time.
The work of Sivan is all about acceptance and receiving. We ask ourselves, what does it mean to receive? How can we fully prepare ourselves for this moment?
Perhaps an answer is in the invitation to practice presence, to practice being right here, open and without agenda. Remember, our capacity for openness correlates directly with how much we can receive. Sivan is the time to express your creativity, bring forth and communicate whatever’s inside you, and revel in the clarity of your life’s purpose. This is the month to get in touch with where you’re going, identify the goals you’re pursuing, and plan how you’ll actualize your passions.
This open-hearted month is the perfect moment to share your vision with others, inviting those you love to witness you in your clear truth.