The Rose and the Flame

Sit comfortably

In a quiet room, alone

Enjoy the silence

Breathe in through your nose

Exhale slowly from your mouth

Slow, steady, rhythm

Picture a rose bud

Hold the flower in your mind

Push out distractions

See the soft petals

Focus on every detail

Cells pulsing with life

Simple true beauty

Dew drop caressed perfection

Full of energy

Envision a flame

Light, warmth, and vital essence

Touching everything

Powerful nature

Creation, destruction, strength

Boundless potential

Watch it dance and sway

Chasing away the darkness

The aura of hope

Joining images

Place the flame below the rose

See the flower blooms

Tender sails unfurl

Sweet aroma rises forth

Forms crystalline sphere

Imagine yourself

Entering the chrysalis

Feel the warmth

Seek out areas

In yourself that cause you pain

Visualize them

Gather them, form them

Becoming Spirit Steel bars

Re-enforce your sphere

Feel yourself growing

The chrysalis molds to you

Rose flame fuels your heart

Breathe in slow and deep

Let cool life water rain down

Drink, wash away care

Emerge clean and new

Armored in experience

Strong in conviction

Meditation is an opportunity to slow down and breathe.  The practice of meditative exercises and breathing techniques is found in one form or another in every culture.  I wanted to mimic the 5 - 7 - 5 meter of Haiku.  I hope you find healing and renewal as you envision these images and seek center.  Namaste.  Peace be with you and with your spirit.

The Truth

There are no walls for the soul

There is no cage for the heart

When you’re searching for your freedom

Knowing this is the crucial part

You can overcome any trial

Use your mind’s eye to see

Set your spirit forward in motion

Then claim your victory

Focus every desire of your heart

Through daily meditation

Manifest your destiny

Practice positive confession

Hone in on an action plan

Inscribe it in your being

Remind yourself everyday

There is no limit, no upper ceiling

Your hands are there to shape and mold

The things that caused you pain

Become your weapons and armor

Forged and formed by flame

Only you can make this change

The power of your spirit

Allow yourself to realize

The truth now that you hear it

This is truth.  No matter what you have been led to believe.  No matter what fools have tried to convince you of, nor what you allowed yourself to believe, you are the author of your story.  The armies arrayed against you are made of paper and you hold the flame to burn them down.  Rise up be the person you want to be.

The Butterfly Effect

In the space of my mind's eye

It's clear and well defined

The moment locked in history

When you, almost, were mine

Awkward and uncomfortable

Expressions I could not find

A stutter step cost me, I know 

Your love for all of time

Sometimes alone, I close my eyes

Envisioning that night

To travel back imagining

And try to make things right

If I could use my words and deeds

Why surely, then you'd see

The love I know that we still share

Would finally set us free

Some call the Universe limitless

With parallel possibilities

I'd like to think in one of them

We're together happily

I do accept the way we are

I see life rationally

Somehow the way things are today

Is how it's meant to be

Just know that thoughts of you remain

Among my precious things

My love, these dreams I now release

Take flight on butterfly's wings

I think we all have a lover in our past that haunts our dreams.  The one who didn't work out.  "The one that got away."  It's healthy and natural to reminisce and wonder what could have been.  In the end though, growth comes through acknowledgement and moving forward.  You never know where life will take you but, you can't remain stagnant if you want to find out.