go play in the world,

then come back to center

or better yet, play in the world from center

like the child going back to melt into the mother's lap

to feel secure and centered again

the mother

the whole universe

to the child

they are one

the child can move away and play

but always comes back for the reassuring warmth

the reassuring union

this is meditation---- sinking into the loving lap of the universe

folded into the warmth for maybe a second

if blessed for longer

to feel no separation between self and universe

~ Gauri (Karen J. Booth)

from Nirmala Devi's Daily Inspiration e-mails