The transition into new or different states of being brings a necessary pause and time of reflection for me. It’s a mixture of growing older, discerning and scepticism. Expanding on this idea, it’s also a way of digesting what has gone before. I relate it to Agni (the fire needed to digest and transform what’s consumed) and Ama (the build-up of what is undigested, that becomes stagnant and eventually toxic).
