Sangam
Wake early in the morning
To laugh
Walk barefoot
In the home
Eat six times a day
With your hands
Honk please
Before you pass
Beware
The falling coconuts
No matter how poor
own clothing rich in colour
Love the god
Inside each person
Heal the soul
And the body will follow
Leave the front door
Open always
Come together
Like the rivers
-Gabriella March
I got this beautiful poem from a young woman who is traveling in India. She posted this on her blog-click on the title of this post to see her blog. I envy her traveling in India and hope to go there someday too. Both Joe and I would really like to do that before we die!
The Rangoli (above) is a traditional women's devotional art from India. A Rangoli is a physical prayer, drawn on the ground to create a sacred space for the presence of a deity. Rangoli are created in the morning with rice flour, spices and flowers on clean swept ground. Traditionally the senior woman of the house creates this sacred space each morning for the household puja (prayer) room and threshold, though on special occasions it can extend through the courtyard and around the house. At the end of the day, the rangoli is swept away, so ants and small creatures can consume the flour and thus return the prayers back to the infinite.
Sounds very meditative...
Talk to you later,
Lynda
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