It Works!!

My friend Arlene Johnson had an art opening last night.  The image on this flyer is her expression of Sahasrara - the Crown Chakra.  Arlene explains it as the geometric design that reminds us of our Higher Consciousness.  In other words, the mandala is a vehicle for self-realization.

My daughter was drawn to the image instantly, telling all of us that it shows how she feels when she is singing.  Last night, this image and the other mandalas on the walls drew all of us in - and their song was healing, healing, healing.  Everyone there was somehow blessed.

My immediate family of husband and daughter expanded into the larger yogic family at the opening, and then later when we stumbled onto more unexpected friends at dinner, it felt as if there was no one but family around us.

It's easy to slip, to feel as though life is a bundle of unresolved conflicts we can never escape.  Fear, anger and worry can smother the truth of who we are, paralyzing us.  And then we are reminded, hit by that sudden  "oh," that tweaks us back into joy, and we become aware again of the constant love expressing itself in and through us.  It is a feeling of coming back - a reminder of the deep-seated, ancient truth of who we really are.

Thanks Arlene.