Continuing to share with you the various aspects of my morning practice, I light a candle.Simply sitting with the candle light and enjoying the sense of warmth and presence it exudes is meditation. Yogis, swamis, priests, shaman all sit by the fire, the flame, or a candle. This connects us to all others who have participated this most basic spiritually centering practice throughout all of history.
The flame is like our spiritual aspirations,buffeted about by the changing winds. The wick, like our spine keeping our heads upright, keeps our efforts ever Upward. The wax is like our daily experiences, which when processed, melts, in order to keep the flame of aspiration burning.
How does the candle serve you? What other object may bring you such a service?Ki to Happiness lives close to the flame.