Sunday, 24 May 2015

The Truth of Beauty

I have been thinking on the truth of beauty. And how we each see it. When I came across the makings of a poem in an old manuscript, amongst some notes I was clearing. The poem, describing a day progressing, reflected on contrasts while going to work in a busy city. And here it is...

The house is dishevelled. But I've hugged my child.

The lawn needs a mow. But oh, the grass has a dewy glow on my feet as it grows.

The windows need cleaning. Yet the patterns glisten with the Sun streaming, creating dreamy pictures, in the evening.

The bills are strewn, being paid on the run...Yet my dog's been washed, and he's soft to the touch.

This rug's a little worn. But it's rich in colour and gloriously proud.

A focus, on the bright, un-forlorn. A new dawn in the morn. A new norm.

Then the rain pummels down on the trip into town. I slow down, and watch. A beautiful chaotic of colour I found. A new morn. A new norm.

A walk, and a bus, and a train all in one, travelling the route to the day to be done. My feet on the run.

I buy shoes that are flat, throw stillettos to the ground. My hips now move better as I step on a cloud. A new morn. A new norm.

A client in tears, with mascara running down, more beautiful than ever as her guard comes down, clearing the way for more real work to get done.

The perfection previously perennial, a new attitude now preferable.

The spiritual sensuality of a heart now found, with mind, body and soul unbound. Noticing the pleasures all around. Participating in the feelings, out loud.

Open, for beauty. Slowing down. The wild sensual world of sight and sound.

From an abandoned manuscript 'Dying to the Old, of Controlled', now re-found.

The truth of beauty is in the attitude you find. Your own spirituality. Your own soulful reality. An attitude you choose to listen to. The practices that maintain you. The beauty you attend to.

And in that contemplating I recalled a friend's story in the retelling, with a varied attitude that it too was unfolding. Called, My Life Sucks, It's Amazing. Perhaps you will find the beauty message in it for you.

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Consider where the truth of beauty is uniquely rich for you, the poetry that life creates for you. The poetry you bring into a life that is true.

Much Love

SaraSwati Shakti

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Illustration: Flames of Beauty by SaraSwati Shakti © 2015. From her Heart Art collection. Heart Art is a registered therapeutic service trademark of SaraSwati Shakti.




Tuesday, 12 May 2015

Natural Joy

Notice the Joy
That sets in

When you pause
For the in love things

When you pay attention
Taking it all in

The love in things
And all they bring

Natural joy comes 'round
And settles in

A riveting feeling
Spreading

A heartfelt singing
Widening

Into everything
Radiating

A Wellspring
Tantalising

Your loving psyche
Broadening

Your living being
Breathing

Natural Joy
Entering


SaraSwati Shakti

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Photo illustration: Wellspring mandala by SaraSwati Shakti © 2015. From her Heart Art Collection. Heart Art is a registered therapeutic service trademark of SaraSwati Shakti. 


Saturday, 2 May 2015

Sweet Kisses

When the news looks bad
And the world is sad
It's a time to refine
Where the Soul is Glad
A Soul Kiss,
A Heart's Bliss

Heart Blisses, Soul Kisses
The Sweetest Things
Happenings, Around Us
Noticing
News stories, differing...

A Boy waiting
With an Umbrella
For another, Juggling
School Bag and paraphernalia
A Good Fella, Helping

A smile at the Checkout
At supermarket peak hour
And a Laugh Out Loud
Of patience, found
In a grocery traffic crowd

A whistle in the wind
As a couple walks by
Getting drenched
In the rains, washing from high
A nod and a wink, happy to be alive

A delectable chocolate
At a David Jones counter
Offered for tasting
With European banter
A sweet treat, in any language, a delicious sigh

A call from a friend
Been away, for awhile
Nothing affected
Conversation connected
From a time long by

The little things
The sweetest things
Countless happenings, around
Eternal echo's, worth noticing
Little news stories, abound

Sweet kisses, Soul Blisses
Profound Gladness, Filling you up,
Heart blesses, Love caresses
Overcome stresses.
Lucky. To be alive.

SaraSwati Shakti


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Photo Art: Sweet Soul Kisses by SaraSwati Shakti © 2015. From her Heart Art collection. Heart Art is a registered Therapeutic Service Trademark of SaraSwati Shakti.