04-24-2014, 04:15 AM
Thanks Tom,
Yes, it is vague, but also specific. How's that.
Violet is the color of the sixth chakra, the sixth chakra is the third eye. When it opens, one sees what has previously not been seen. I'm not just talking out of my hat, I've done that, it is accompanied by such an ecstatic feeling it hardly matters what you see. This whole poem is a description of the awakening of the kundalini as it rises up the spine. This is a fairly personal piece for me as I used the alternate symbol for Scorpio (which is my astrological sign) of a dragon to represent the
kundalini energy. This energy is usually seen as a snake. When a Scorpio becomes transformed (which is one of the few zodiac signs to be able to do so) the transformational sign is a dove, thus the last stanza. The problem is there is no one enlightenment, one continues to go through the process, becoming hopefully a better person along the way, but as my Southern Baptist relatives would say, you can always backside. So there is no ultimately getting there, but there can be dramatic personality changes. Of course I know you don't believe in all this crap (so this is more of just an explanatory note, I figure I owe you that), and in most cases it is true that it is only play acting. Sometimes however, when it is a matter of life or death, you are able to put your entire will towards something; become willing to give up any belief (even cherished ones) that get in your way, and do what ever it takes to achieve that goal. The end result which is a personality change. Anyway, it doesn't matter, I'm not trying to convert anyone to anything, cause I don't have anything to convert them to. This was all just a response to a poem by Marianne. Hopefully that makes it clearer...or not.
Dale
Yes, it is vague, but also specific. How's that.
Violet is the color of the sixth chakra, the sixth chakra is the third eye. When it opens, one sees what has previously not been seen. I'm not just talking out of my hat, I've done that, it is accompanied by such an ecstatic feeling it hardly matters what you see. This whole poem is a description of the awakening of the kundalini as it rises up the spine. This is a fairly personal piece for me as I used the alternate symbol for Scorpio (which is my astrological sign) of a dragon to represent the
kundalini energy. This energy is usually seen as a snake. When a Scorpio becomes transformed (which is one of the few zodiac signs to be able to do so) the transformational sign is a dove, thus the last stanza. The problem is there is no one enlightenment, one continues to go through the process, becoming hopefully a better person along the way, but as my Southern Baptist relatives would say, you can always backside. So there is no ultimately getting there, but there can be dramatic personality changes. Of course I know you don't believe in all this crap (so this is more of just an explanatory note, I figure I owe you that), and in most cases it is true that it is only play acting. Sometimes however, when it is a matter of life or death, you are able to put your entire will towards something; become willing to give up any belief (even cherished ones) that get in your way, and do what ever it takes to achieve that goal. The end result which is a personality change. Anyway, it doesn't matter, I'm not trying to convert anyone to anything, cause I don't have anything to convert them to. This was all just a response to a poem by Marianne. Hopefully that makes it clearer...or not.
Dale
How long after picking up the brush, the first masterpiece?
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.
The goal is not to obfuscate that which is clear, but make clear that which isn't.