Epiphany happens
in your body.
Friend, think of Christ
as this breath
and the Virgin Mother
as a living silence
as a living silence
where this inhalation is born.
Or just breathe
and be grateful.
No thought is required.
Mannas, Buddhi, Atma,
Memory, Intellect, and Will,
follow a star that shines
from the clear night
in your crown
to the valley below,
the dark feeding trough
between the falling
and rising
of your chest.
Even the wisest
kneel here, stilled
by wonder.
______
Or just breathe
and be grateful.
No thought is required.
Mannas, Buddhi, Atma,
Memory, Intellect, and Will,
follow a star that shines
from the clear night
in your crown
to the valley below,
the dark feeding trough
between the falling
and rising
of your chest.
Even the wisest
kneel here, stilled
by wonder.
______
The Feast of Epiphany, January 6, coincides with the Eastern Orthodox Christmas. In the West, Yuletide was a 12-day festival of light and evergreen at the darkest time of the year. The adoration of the newborn Christ by the three Magi, called the Epiphany, is the culmination of the 12 days of Christmas. The painting is by Edward Burnes-Jones.
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