The Ecstasy of the Embrace

Today as I walked up the hill from the dining hall at Ananda Ashram -

I felt such a wonderful

prana filled embrace from the wind that rustled my hair

the blue sky that wore itself on my head like an ceaseless cape of protection

I giggled in ecstasy

as the leaves dropped around me

touched me

like the most elegant kisses one could ever wish for

not filled with need

nor longing

nor wanting

And I looked up to see an apple tree shining with bright red apples

and this scene almost had me out of my skin with an absolute incomparable happiness

I can't even begin to explain

so beautiful to be loved by God and Nature -

the way we all are when stop

and are held by the Ocean of the Blue Sky -

as she rocks us gently back to shore

or pulls us in deeper into her depths

The Ashram lake shone back my reflection and

I saw the atmosphere holding

this little one

until the body is no longer even mine...

a chat with an opera singer friend

this morning

and I was in La Traviata - by Verdi - with her

and the songs we sing

when we are not of this world

though

in it,

are the very angels

reminding us

of how far we have

come

along

this

path.