Today while I was doing yoga and meditating I had the privilege of watching an Orange Lily, which was in a vase on my puja table, grow from bud to bloom. Right there before my eyes I watched this beautiful bit of nature crack open and fully express It’s beauty to the world. I was truly blown away and as it was happening I gained a greater understanding of our Divinity and our Divine connection to Nature. When buds bloom into flowers they grow and expand and become full of themselves on the inside until they quite literally explode from the inside out. They turn themselves inside-out and radiate their truest most vibrant selves out for all the world to see. In Sanskrit we call this Divine Beauty Shri and we too hold the light of Shri right at the center of our beings. This is the gift that the practice of Anusara Yoga and the practice of Meditation give us. These practices invite us to turn inside so that we may cultivate and expand the beautiful light that resides in the core of our being. And then, eventually, our insides becomes so big and so bright and so full that we too explode and our inner beauty, our Shri, shines out for all the world to see. That is when our insides turn out in the form of our bodies and our lives and our relationships. We are just as much a part of Nature as that amazing orange flower and we too are just as beautiful. I feel so blessed and so gifted to witness and participate in this miraculous Divine Dance.
As a side not: for those of you who are keeping up with the waves of the Mayan calendar, “coincidentally” on July 31st we entered the fifth day of the ninth wave, also known as the time of ”budding”. From July 31 – Sept 4 it is a time to go inside and expand our beautiful lights and then from Sept 4 – Oct 10 we too will be flowing. Blessings and love to you all ~ Rosemary
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