Changes

Thoughts and feelings are like

waves of coloured threads

woven on a loom of sensations and intuitions.

Thoughts, both fine and strong

ripple along life

winding their way from

the sub-conscious to the conscious

as feelings interlace the warp of thoughts.

Warp and weft form patterns of

thoughts, feelings, actions.

Criss-crossing the cloth

are the clear red vitality

of youth and passion,

the orange of joy and happiness,

the yellow of spontaneity and of

being in the moment.

The calmness of blue

brings much desired peace and truth.

While green gives balance

both in relationships

with self and with others.

All is woven upon a foundation of

self-acceptance and self-respect

portrayed on a violet coloured loom.

But as gold and silver

gilded moments

are captured in the flowing threads

now and then they are flecked

with sparks of…..

the deep blood red of

anger, fear and ugliness

Out at the edges

struggling to keep hold on the loom

are a few frayed, split ends.

They are the greys of depression

and the black wisps of despair

The pattern shimmers and the weave flows

Shifting from valleys to peaks

warp and weft form patterns

The cloth shimmers all over

with brilliant turquoise

It is a scintillating blue-green

infusing us with desire

for personal growth and self

The pattern shimmers and the weave flows

This cloth is the pattern of

changes of the heart, mind, body

The loom holds us together

protecting us from the rigours of

the outer world.

The pattern shimmers and the weave flows.

Gradually the pattern clothes us

in the magenta of love

and of transcendence over

our human egos

And with the blessing of time

Finally the cloth is shed

The pattern shimmers

and reveals the final change

a pure white bliss……

our spiritual selves.

© Lai Chew Yarn 2001

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