The Soul Flower

Standing behind the door, you wonder if you should open it. Your hands tremble. You do not know what lies beyond this entrance. What does the door look like? Is it made of wood, metal or layers and layers of thick curtains block the passage way? Again you hesitate; this familiar opening is the one thing that you refused to walk through. But you know that unless you take the first step, this path is forever closed. Your thoughts roll about like thunder while your emotions tango like wild fire.

You are tired. Whatever issues that bother you are wearing you thin and you are now aware that you longer can think or drink yourself out of troubles. You have set foot on every road and unturned all stones looking for solutions except for this particular door. And at last you surrender to the unknown.

Very gently you remove the concealing partition. As you peered through the first creak of space, you see a garden. What does the garden look like to you? Is it majestic with a grand gazebo and water fountains lined up in pairs along the courtyard? Alternatively it could be a never ending park stretching out underneath clear blue skies with rows and rows of obedient pine trees standing attentively in your face. But do not discount that crawling before you are vines and bushes that outgrow the congested garden. It is dark, gloomy and uninviting. However the garden appears to be, it makes no difference because you know what you are looking for the moment you opened the door and decided to walk this path. You will know it when you see it.

You walk. Not knowing where to turn you followed your heart. Not knowing what to search for you closed your eyes. The road could be bumpy and even dangerous, you trust. You continued walking.

You stop. Something signals to you that the object is nearby. It could be presented on a silver platter or buried underneath layers of dirt and rubbish. You know it is there. Your heart sings. A beautiful flower of purest energy radiates amidst the chaos and order of your garden.

There it stands - magnificent. It is your soul flower, your essence, the very core of who you are. It has been calling out to you. Each time you are besieged by problems or overwhelmed by human injustice your soul drops hints that there is great strength in you that is bigger that your difficulties. But the door to this garden is shut and it will be until you consciously make a choice to unlock it and allow the best of you to flow through.

You are much more than all the complications and demands in you life. You are not even your thoughts and feelings combined simply because there lies the exalted you deep within waiting to be unleashed. Just lift the veil. The light of the soul flower shines for eternity.