{"id":71,"date":"2020-01-01T00:07:15","date_gmt":"2020-01-01T00:07:15","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.exploringtheword.com.au\/wp\/?page_id=71"},"modified":"2023-07-16T06:02:22","modified_gmt":"2023-07-16T06:02:22","slug":"colour","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/www.exploringtheword.com.au\/wp\/colour\/","title":{"rendered":"Colour"},"content":{"rendered":"

that the world has light.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Thick heavy clouds<\/span><\/p>\n

are causing him anger.<\/span><\/p>\n

Then he kicks through<\/span><\/p>\n

with thunder and lightning.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Frost he arranges<\/span><\/p>\n

in star-like patterns,<\/span><\/p>\n

breaking icicles at times<\/span><\/p>\n

into new forms that<\/span><\/p>\n

emerge from his weaving<\/span><\/p>\n

of darkness and light.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Or when a shape<\/span><\/p>\n

gets swallowed by fire,<\/span><\/p>\n

he guides its transmutation<\/span><\/p>\n

by pulling the flame in<\/span><\/p>\n

and guiding the soul<\/span><\/p>\n

to the yonder world.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Blue serves as a bridge<\/span><\/p>\n

between two worlds<\/span><\/p>\n

joining spirit and matter.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

When the sun shines<\/span><\/p>\n

on winter days,<\/span><\/p>\n

the whole earth lies<\/span><\/p>\n

enwrapped in the Blue\u2019s love<\/span><\/p>\n

for her dreams and memories<\/span><\/p>\n

on the last season\u2019s warmth.<\/span><\/p>\n

In her night-like lap<\/span><\/p>\n

Earth broods and nurses<\/span><\/p>\n

seeds, roots, decaying bodies<\/span><\/p>\n

which had their life and colours<\/span><\/p>\n

entombed by the Fall,<\/span><\/p>\n

longing\u2026.longing to become<\/span><\/p>\n

remade and reborn.<\/span><\/p>\n

Everything waits hoping<\/span><\/p>\n

for a Christmas star<\/span><\/p>\n

to strike out of the Blue<\/span><\/p>\n

which holds the threads<\/span><\/p>\n

from past to future.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Yellow<\/i><\/span><\/h4>\n

 <\/p>\n

Then a bell rings.<\/span><\/p>\n

A star is alarming<\/span><\/p>\n

a seeds inner core<\/span><\/p>\n

with light activity,<\/span><\/p>\n

germinating its own<\/span><\/p>\n

warmth and will<\/span><\/p>\n

to crack and to break,<\/span><\/p>\n

to explode its hard shell,<\/span><\/p>\n

rolling aside<\/span><\/p>\n

the husks of entombment,<\/span><\/p>\n

rousing the rocky flesh<\/span><\/p>\n

of Earth to the light above,<\/span><\/p>\n

the Yellow comes to birth.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

It is Easter for the seed,<\/span><\/p>\n

peeping out freely<\/span><\/p>\n

into the sunlight<\/span><\/p>\n

to yell out and around,<\/span><\/p>\n

to yell up and below,<\/span><\/p>\n

being uplifted<\/span><\/p>\n

by the yellow sunlight,<\/span><\/p>\n

as it licks the soil<\/span><\/p>\n

from the coolness,<\/span><\/p>\n

moulding the green leaves<\/span><\/p>\n

in a new globe<\/span><\/p>\n

filled with light.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

There one can meet<\/span><\/p>\n

livelier beings:<\/span><\/p>\n

wind, bees, butterflies<\/span><\/p>\n

and the very<\/span><\/p>\n

being of Sun,<\/span><\/p>\n

which imparts everyone<\/span><\/p>\n

with its own self,<\/span><\/p>\n

joyous in giving,<\/span><\/p>\n

loving and blending<\/span><\/p>\n

soul into soul<\/span><\/p>\n

by its warmth.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The Yellow gives out<\/span><\/p>\n

its own being,<\/span><\/p>\n

and the Earth likewise<\/span><\/p>\n

blooms out her forces<\/span><\/p>\n

towards the Sun.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Human souls also loosen their fetters<\/span><\/p>\n

expanding towards<\/span><\/p>\n

primeval state<\/span><\/p>\n

of Paradise where:<\/span><\/p>\n

all the God\u2019s creatures are<\/span><\/p>\n

swaying in the Sun:<\/span><\/p>\n

flower blossoms, ears of corn<\/span><\/p>\n

tree-tops of the mighty forests,<\/span><\/p>\n

elder people, little children,<\/span><\/p>\n

all young maidens, all young men.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Light in itself<\/span><\/p>\n

we never know,<\/span><\/p>\n

but its weavings<\/span><\/p>\n

with the darkness of earth<\/span><\/p>\n

gives us the feeling<\/span><\/p>\n

of the many colours,-<\/span><\/p>\n

a meaning to life.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Sunshine appears<\/span><\/p>\n

as our best friend,<\/span><\/p>\n

extending her hand to everyone,-<\/span><\/p>\n

the innocent and the wonton,-<\/span><\/p>\n

wakening, reinforcing,<\/span><\/p>\n

comforting, lifting up<\/span><\/p>\n

with her life-sustaining<\/span><\/p>\n

yellow glow of joy.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

She frees us too<\/span><\/p>\n

from our own enclosure.<\/span><\/p>\n

She opens the ways<\/span><\/p>\n

to new enlightenment.<\/span><\/p>\n

We all become<\/span><\/p>\n

as brothers and sisters<\/span><\/p>\n

while yellow sunbeam<\/span><\/p>\n

dances.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Red<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/h2>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u2018Til one bright day<\/span><\/p>\n

her shine is struck<\/span><\/p>\n

upon a smooth object<\/span><\/p>\n

throwing back<\/span><\/p>\n

her own good will.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cA bottle in dry grass.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

The sunbeam mirrors<\/span><\/p>\n

her own splendour<\/span><\/p>\n

upon this obstacle.<\/span><\/p>\n

Through it she shines,<\/span><\/p>\n

into it she shines<\/span><\/p>\n

according to the laws<\/span><\/p>\n

of her own being\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

To dissolve, alleviate<\/span><\/p>\n

any gravity she finds.<\/span><\/p>\n

But now, look!<\/span><\/p>\n

Some of the light<\/span><\/p>\n

is trapped there<\/span><\/p>\n

by that tricky<\/span><\/p>\n

man-made thing!<\/span><\/p>\n

Those very solid walls<\/span><\/p>\n

force themselves upon her.<\/span><\/p>\n

She tries to get out,<\/span><\/p>\n

Is knocked back again<\/span><\/p>\n

upon her own,\u2026upon her own<\/span><\/p>\n

shortcomings and despair.<\/span><\/p>\n

Thus, she comes to feel<\/span><\/p>\n

the might of light\u2019s opponents<\/span><\/p>\n

bottled up there<\/span><\/p>\n

on the dry grass<\/span><\/p>\n

by the roadside.<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

This should remind us all<\/span><\/p>\n

of our soul\u2019s descent<\/span><\/p>\n

from the yonder Sun<\/span><\/p>\n

to the body of flesh<\/span><\/p>\n

filled with life,<\/span><\/p>\n

yet possessed also<\/span><\/p>\n

by devils of hell.<\/span><\/p>\n

How does the soul<\/span><\/p>\n

enkindle her fire<\/span><\/p>\n

in the blood-stream<\/span><\/p>\n

to carry on battles<\/span><\/p>\n

between heaven and hell?<\/span><\/p>\n

How does the blood<\/span><\/p>\n

find its pulse<\/span><\/p>\n

to carry on life<\/span><\/p>\n

for new endeavours?<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Pressed by the grip<\/span><\/p>\n

of the adverse forces<\/span><\/p>\n

the embottled light-beam<\/span><\/p>\n

goes through an agony<\/span><\/p>\n

of changes in her nature.<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no way forward,<\/span><\/p>\n

There is no way back,<\/span><\/p>\n

no way up, nor below,<\/span><\/p>\n

but the counterpart of all,-<\/span><\/p>\n

the very nothingness<\/span><\/p>\n

as a grip for<\/span><\/p>\n

one\u2019s own self-centre<\/span><\/p>\n

filled with the power<\/span><\/p>\n

of heaven and hell<\/span><\/p>\n

in a burning heat<\/span><\/p>\n

capable to beat,<\/span><\/p>\n

revolve and to wreck<\/span><\/p>\n

any hindrance<\/span><\/p>\n

by a sudden<\/span><\/p>\n

quick explosion!<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Reddening with rage<\/span><\/p>\n

of fierce fire which<\/span><\/p>\n

sets hunger to its guts<\/span><\/p>\n

out it gushes, swelling,<\/span><\/p>\n

roaring and devouring<\/span><\/p>\n

by its sparks and flames<\/span><\/p>\n

everything they bite on\u2026<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

that had once been grown<\/span><\/p>\n

by the very delicate<\/span><\/p>\n

love of Sun and Earth,<\/span><\/p>\n

Which the\u2026savage one<\/span><\/p>\n

Meets but\u00a0 through\u2026. Death,<\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

\u201cWhat have you done?\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

Conclusion, another voice:<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/p>\n

 <\/p>\n

Such fires feed on<\/span><\/p>\n

the perishable only<\/span><\/p>\n

freeing the soul forces<\/span><\/p>\n

for a new life.<\/span><\/p>\n

And when the violence<\/span><\/p>\n

of the absorbing flames<\/span><\/p>\n

is tamed and exhausted,<\/span><\/p>\n

reds of calmer hues<\/span><\/p>\n

glow through the ashes,<\/span><\/p>\n

revealing to us<\/span><\/p>\n

the meaning of spirit<\/span><\/p>\n

which masters the self<\/span><\/p>\n

in our similarly<\/span><\/p>\n

red hued blood.<\/span><\/p>\n

Ligsma Kirpe<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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