She burns the ghee lamp, summons Agni,
holds the sea in her cupped hands, looks
for the reflection of Krishna’s smiling face,
floating in her palms: that ricochet of
certainty that her love’s been ingested,
delivered via whispered mantras just barely
audible under the bell’s din, the drums,
the tsunami of voices aching to be saved,
rumbling around the world seven times,
inundating the shores of impermanence.
The Braided Way is a framework to see every faith tradition as a strand, braided into a larger whole of spiritual awareness. In the Braided Way, combining spiritual practice from various faiths allow us to explore sacred experience and wonder in forms that resonate with our personal spiritual needs and sacred intuitions. In today’s culture, many people shun religious dogma, but yearn for spiritual connection. The Braided Way allows the ceremonies and practices of multiple faiths to be available without the confinements of cultural dogma.
