Colors Of Lotus Flowers

Everyday I sit on a bench surrounded by this great big trimmed hedge in my mothers garden, sipping my coffee and slowly introducing myself to the new day. I love to sit and feel the Sun's gentle morning kiss upon my face as the sweet, milky flavor of the coffee rolls on my tongue. I take as much time as necessary allowing myself to fully absorb the beauty all around me as I search out every color of the rainbow in the garden...

The red that explodes on the petals of the inpatients.

The orange tinge outlining the edges of the sunflowers.

The yellow of tall wild yarrow.

The green of the leaves that sway in the wind.

The blue of the bright morning sky.

The violet that peeks out of the lavender bushes that perfumes the air.

As of late, each new day presents another lost color, another wilted stem and the reality of winters fast approach, as mother nature begin preparing for her last dance of color in her magnificent display of the autumn season.

The bees that buzz around, fight over the last of the flowers that adorn that garden. Covered in pollen they covet this precious commodity, knowing full well this is the end of the supply till the next spring makes it's grand entrance.

The Butterflies....they dance.

Flower to flower.

Tree to tree.

Leaf to leaf.

Wherever the next breeze guides them.

A vibrant display of the grand design of the universe, delicately painted upon their wings as they playfully, float and flutter in the wind. A carefree lesson of life is what I feel as I watch them waltzing through the air. Their fragile beauty, a potent source of strength for my inner spirit as I embrace the wonder and awe they present to me.

Their time as butterflies is short and the process that leads them to themselves is one of absolute transformation. They don't begin this life as the beautiful exquisite creatures they are...they begin as something else.

A little spot on a leaf is how their life begins, from here they emerge as little worms: caterpillars munching away at the life source around them. They grow by shedding layers of skin, different layers of their existence, until at one point this skin, becomes the home for their next transformation.

Even today it is not know fully how a butterfly comes about. Housed within a shell of itself.....it completely liquefies, then slowly reorganizes itself, transforming into the delicate, dancing delight that floats about.

As of late I feel such a connection with these butterflies I see gliding before me. They show me, without words...the power of transformation. The power of releasing myself of what I was..the power of allowing myself and my beliefs to liquefy in the here and now...the power of permitting myself to become more then I can conceive.

Who I am, who I was and who I want to be are all part of the same. Each contributes to the other, melting away and yielding as they they liquefying. No longer separate beliefs, ideas or experiences...but all parts of the whole of who I am.

The butterfly isn't a new creature, it always is the same caterpillar it began this life with. It carries with it always, the parts of itself it has shed. All the pieces and every experience becomes the catalyst for it's transformation. Without it's past contributing to it's future self.....it would be impossible for it to be what it is.

An expression of choice, freedom, awareness and total self-acceptance of every aspect of its being....

Dancing in the wind, it flutters gently around the very edge of my consciousness. It's beauty a delicate reminder of who I really am. A way for me to recognize the truth of the opportunity I have in each moment to embrace all the aspect of myself in a silent surrender of healing to become the absolute and magnificent creatures I am.