大象传媒

Good Morning.

Spring in the Sikh scripture is called 鈥淏asant鈥�, which is expressed through many poems, metaphors, and associated with joy, happiness, a state of being that leads to a rejuvenation of mind and body.

Guru Arjan, the 5th Sikh spiritual teacher said: 鈥淚t is always Springtime when I meet the Divine Guru.鈥� One meaning of 鈥淕uru鈥�, is the Infinite Wisdom which brings the light out of the cave of darkness.

Winter is a time of drawing inwards, for reflection through the lessening of daylight hours, and the cold keeping us indoors.

Spring, with its warmth and increase of light, calls us to come outside. As the earth awakens from the slumber of Winter, Spring brings an abundance of blossoming. Spring is generous, and invites us to open and expand, like the buds of flowers opening and bursting into life, each one bringing its own unique beauty into the world. Spring reminds us, as it brings more light into the day, that we are here on earth to allow the light of our spirit to be illuminated.

The anticipation of Spring called me to explore the poetry of the Gurus in new ways, and bring me to the remembrance of God permeating in everything:

鈥淎mongst all is the Light - You are that Light. By this illumination, that Light is radiant within all.鈥�

鈥淭he Glory of God has been revealed, O Siblings of Destiny, and the earth and sky have blossomed forth.鈥�

Like many, I was a shy wallflower as a child. Today, my prayer is to receive the blessing of Spring, through daring to allow my inner light to beam out brightly, and the spontaneous, generous and carefree nature of all of our hearts, to surprise the world, with whatever we each have to uniquely flower, in God鈥檚 glorious garden on earth.

Sat Naam.

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