I might have sensed your first laugh
at a lantern festival
when yellow threads of light
flickered the reflection
of a distant shore in your eyes.
I might have brushed by your shoulder
while you tamed your flute in the woods;
and in that frequency, I also heard
the faint tappings of a drum
spread across a mossy rock.
It must be in this fleeting moment
that bits of our lineage crossed
as we watch snowflakes
soften underneath the moon
making space for plum blossoms to bloom.
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.
