Butterfly Satsang

Last night when I came home, I noticed a very delicious fragrance enveloping me. The jasmine is not in bloom, so I knew it couldn’t be that stealing through window drafts, and the incense had long gone out.

Was it Lakshmi [the goddess of wealth]? Her heavenly fragrance perfumes the three worlds and I sensed an unusual lightness in the atmosphere. This morning I still detected a unique aroma, though not as pronounced.

I went outside, in the backyard, to let the dog out and observed two orange, speckled butterflies dancing near her doghouse. I shooed them away protectively. As I did this, they moved over to another location, but one hovered near my hands.

It fluttered around my hands for a good minute. I was able to hear, witness, and breathe in the amazing oscillation of its fragile wings. Gorgeous mosaic patterns glittered between the rays of sunlight bathing our golden communion. I could clearly see its ebony face peering curiously up at me.

Soon a third butterfly joined the party, and a trinity of sweetness pulsated close. After awhile they all took off in different directions.

Later, I reflected while swinging in the garden jhoola [swing] how wonderfully connected we all are. This unity transcends the mental, emotional, and physical barriers, preconceptions, and dimensions of our ordinary awareness. Love has a lot to do with it; respect, peace, truth, and right conduct, too.

Heaven is at our doorstep.

“All Nature sings and round us rings the music of the spheres.” [Christian hymn]

~Sonya Ki, USA