By Banji Ayoola
The Lord in His Wisdom made a day 24 hours. And wisely too, He broke these into two equal halves of the daylight, and the night.
In the first half, which is the morning, earthly human beings are to exert, and subject ourselves to mental, and physical work, as we go our separate ways, and immerse ourselves in the struggles to earn our living legitimately.
During this first half, we go out based on our individual abilities, free choices, and what fate has in store for us, which we must experience individually, to work and sweat for our daily bread. We subject ourselves to pressures of various kinds.
When we rise in the morning, we wake up to the visible physical commotion, the more intense struggles and the noise in nature and join these. We are thrown into the palpable seething and surging, the foaming, and the cooling off.
This process is joined by the noise ensuing from the physical activities of our fellow wandering human beings.
Currents streaming, flowing or sweeping through nature more powerfully, more forcefully in this first half, with greater intensity, rouse us to mental, and physical activities, in this first half.
And we wake up to discern these currents sweeping through, compelling us, and rousing us to mental, and physical exertion.
Daily, cocks crow at regular hours to announce the break, the dawn of a new day.
It is the period when we actualise, bring into reality in the physical sense, when we materialise the impressions or what we have been permitted to draw, to receive from the womb, the storehouse of Nature, into which always stream gifts from the ever richly laden Table of the Lord, usually earlier during the night, the second half of the day.
And these gifts are inexhaustible from which we could, and indeed should gratefully draw continuously for earthly application, for our benefit, and enjoyment, in our existence, and wanderings on Earth.
This second half, the night, is more relaxed, soothing and quiet. It is gentle, more delicate, more refined, and devoid of the seeming harshness of the day; as we, in the normal circumstances, are relieved of the intense activities of the first half the day, the daylight.
It is the period when blackness envelopes the Earth, and everything on it. As if sending strong signal to us, as if compelling us to apply rest from the rigorous activities of the first half of the day, the daylight.
At night, the weather is cooler, and more friendly. Thus this second half of the day is for us to relax, rest from our rigorous activities of the daylight, and recuperate, draw, and receive new strength for our use when the new day breaks.
The night is the period when we are usually given recognitions, impressions, and gifts. It is the period when we often receive out of the gifts, and blessings streaming endlessly out of the great abundance of the Lord.
It is often during the night that authors, writers, artists, inventors, mediums, and others endowed with special abilities, or gifts, receive higher impressions, and models, which they transfer onto the Earth for earthly application.
Thus the Night is feminine in her activity, which is that of giving, of mediating gifts, help from distances above the Earth unto earth-men for earthly application.
It is the period when we usually dream and in our dreams, we are often given solutions to problems. We are given hints, warnings, guidance, and help, and oftentimes, new gifts entirely to ease our wanderings, and for ennobling the Earth.
There are some men, and women who work in the peaceful silence offered by the Night, as their most productive hours, when they are free of the hassles, noise, and other pollution of the day.
The Night gives so much. So much that we should ever be grateful for. So much that assures the welfare of all the recipients, the creatures on Earth, including the wandering human beings.
So much that we should treat the Night with respect, and honour. So much that we should do everything to protect the Night, against attack, or disturbance; against the noise, or pollution of whatever form, of the daylight.
So much that we should fence the Night off, and away from any disturbance.
The Night gives; we receive. We should receive, grateful that we are permitted the Grace of having the Night, the Mother of the Day.
The Night is a sanctuary, another refuge of peace, another fountain of love from which we daily draw fresh strength, for our wanderings, for our existence here on Earth.
So enriching that we should treat the Night as fragile, precious gift of the Almighty Father, and Most High, for our well-being here on Earth.
As she gives us in love, we should equally reciprocate, and treat the Night with love, with honour, caring for her in our thoughts, words and deeds streaming with so much love, and respect.
