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Happy Holi: The Colors of Life

Let us splash vibrant frenzy colors on the eve of Holi… ... Gulal ...

red, blue, purple, yellow or green A riot of colors ... let them free, let them fly A day's melee or a life's canvas
let me paint an everlasting imagination
shades as beautiful as a dream Like petals of a spirited flower
these are colors of a different kind
they touch us, they soothe and they bind All trees - old or young, big or small
Smile in their tender sprouts
and laugh in their blooms… What is the color of smiles and laughter?
Multitudes of the Universe in its chime What is the color of innocence? A gaze that cleanses the mind
purifies the heart of all evil
and fills it with love and adoration ... Love ...
as childlike, playful and pure as Radha and Krishna Shaded in a feeling rich and wholesome,
A flight as gentle as a dove What is the color of success?
Survival of faith when challenged by evil
And satisfaction dyed in the sweat of giving your best Year after year,
A myriad of strings rages within my spirit
Each thread drenched in the hue of Existence What is the color of Existence?

Smiles, tears, joy and sadness
flowing from the Heart of Life itself
A heady concoction of moments
happy, sad, bitter and sweet
igniting embers of hope, faith, kindness and forgiveness in the yearning fire of spirit

The yearning fire
dancing in the vast expanse of Love and Beauty – of My Father.

What color is My Father? ... And yours ...

And what color is His blessing? Blessings that fill our canvas of Life
in hues and shades of all humane colors and more. I wonder if I or anyone can really ever know.


All pictures from the International Yoga Festival held at Parmarth Niketan Ashram in Rishikesh, 2015 - the only time that I can remember having participated in Dhuleti or the color day of the Holi festival!


Posted by Arti at 2:29 PM
Labels: Colors, Festivals, Festivals of India, Festivity, Happiness, Holi, Holi 2017, Holi Dhuleti, International Yoga Festival, Life, Life Journey, Parmarth Niketan Ashram, Photography, Poetry, rishikesh, Smiles