WINTER IS ALIVE IN ME

The dawn of a new day brings much mystery for the day to come.  Will it be bright and shiny? Will there be many clouds? Will there be rains and downpours?

Winter is just like this - the time between sleep and daybreak.

When you cannot see the day ahead, but know it is coming.  When you cannot see the greatest plan of your life, but know it is about to unfold.  When you long for more light and sunshine and warmth to fill you up - but realise you cannot find it from the environment around you.  If it is cold and dark outside, where do you find the light? Where do you find warmth?

The very nature of winter is a time of retreat, of softening into ourselves.  Of saying that ‘Life is not always the darkness or the light, Life is not always dawn or sunset, life is not always sunny or cloudy - life just is!’.  Just like it is certain the sun will rise and the moon will shine, you too are certain that life is an evolution of your soul in the deepest form of matter.  Yet your soul is housed in matter, the vehicle of your body.  You wake and you sleep, you rise and you fall, you grow and you decay.  You and your body are a reflection of the subtleties  of nature, cascaded in the arm of life for you to enjoy and relish.  No greater sight is there than the wind blowing in your hair, no greater sight is there than the rustling of leaves by your feet, no greater sight is there than the blessings of a rainy day to wash away your tears.  You my friend have embarked on the greatest adventure of all - the adventure of your life.

So as the darkness lays before your eyes, and you cannot see your way through,

Peel back the layers of mystery that are deep inside of you.

Keep promises made, and promises lost, as ways to enter the cave,

For in your heart you hold the truth, not free or a slave.

The winter dawns as time to seek, the truth within your heart.

The winter dawns for you to break, the habits of the past.

The winter dawns for you to see, that life has much more to share.

The winter dawns for you to see, that life is a love affair.

Love affair with what you ask? A love affair with life?

How can I love myself, when my life is full of strife?

How can I be blessed with bone, when my skin is worn and saggy?

How can I be blessed with feet when my hands have nothing to carry?

How can I be blessed with scent, with no nose to hear it with?

How can I be blessed with bread but no spoon to eat it with?

The lies we place upon ourselves of ‘This and that and this’,

Is just a way to turn our heads away from our true bliss.

The bliss of truth, the bliss of life, the bliss of feeling free,

No matter the situation, no matter your decree.

So how, you ask, do we enter ourselves on a cold and frosty night?

When walking in the darkness, we walk towards the light.

The light is shining within you, you see it when you know.

It's always been there guiding you, the light you have thus glows.

It calls you, it beckons you, it says ‘you know my name’

My name is long before your body, my name is an everlasting flame.

I call to you with grace and awe, I call to you today,

Will you come and rest with me, will you come to play?’

So going within doesn’t seem too bad when the tunnel is lit by the heart.

So going within doesn’t seem too bad, when the treasure chest is art.

Colour and flare the artist has, she bends her knee in faith,

That the picture she paints is beautiful, yet unfinished in her wake.

She calls to you, the artist within,‘How can we create life today?

Open your heart to all that is, and let's play, play, play.’

The trouble you see, is not knowing light, how can I hear its voice?

How do I know what's true and right, or a false promise I should avoid?

The light within is always there, you know it true and big,

You know this light you have seen before, it laughs and it does sing.

The light is golden, the light is yellow, and every shade in between.

For lighting up your vehicle, life chooses many peculiar things.

A life of wonder, a life of praise, a life of giggles and fame.

A life of despair, a life of hurt, a life of losing games.

How do I know which one I chose, or did life choose it for me?

Ask the golden light within, and then you will see truly.

You will see your truth when you turn within, you will see the golden flicker.

The truth that sometimes disguises jest, as serious and thicker.

For you my friend deserves all life, not just that which you think you know.

You deserve all of life, to see that inner glow.

You deserve all of life, it is your teacher and your saint.

You deserve all of life, to become your greatest great.

I leave you now with words of truth, of honouring your mind.

Close your eyes and count to 10… what do you find?

A muddle of thoughts, a muddle of ways, can you truly see clear?

Steer your direction towards your heart, and this is when you will hear.

The golden light, it streams from here, it elevates all that you do.

It's shiny and vibrant and positively great, you receive it as true.

Cherish its voice, land in its lap, create a vision of love.

The prose it speaks is beautiful, like heavenly from above.

The angels sing through this space, their chorus loud and clear,

‘Love all your life, it's a wonderful this, to live with love so dear,

I hold your hand through all life’s trials, we understand your pain,

But know it's not for you to suffer, it's just part of the game.

The game we chose to rise above, the game we chose to see,

The game we chose to undefine the way you talk to me.

The game is clear to those who know, the game is undisturbed,

The game is sweet and fulfilling, when you recover from hurt.’

So bounce right back and you will see, that pain and pleasure combine,

To produce an air of wisdom that is subtle yet refined.

It creates a sense of purpose, it creates a sense of wise,

It creates a sense of living with the truth deep inside.

Your truth is this, the light within, do you feel it in your bones?

Sit down by the fire and turn to your hopes.

The hopes of truth, the hopes of love, the hopes of a better world.

All of this can be found above, and also in your sound.

Speak the words of truth and faith, speak the words of love.

Speak the words of the brightest world you can muster in your heart.

How can you plant seeds of faith, how can you plant seeds of another way?

How can you plant seeds of coming back to the truth of life today?

Enter into life this way, and you will find it to be dazzling, bright and ever giving.  Enter into life this way, and you will find life as everlasting.  Enter into life this way, and you will find life as the greatest dream.

Written by Vayshali Sehra

23rd January 2025