KAIROS (The Opportune Time/ Time of Grace)

The opportune time has come

To let the heart filled with tears

Be drained to breathe the new birth

Symbol of an end to a new beginning,

Letting the pain of birthing

Turn into joy and not mourning

To turn into smiles not gasping.

This is the opportune time

Of the new birth that I said,

Not of a little child

But, behold, of the adult.

He is the adult, man enough

To accept the child whose past so tough,

To embrace the child whose past so hard

And to love the child with all his heart.

The opportune day has arrived

To conquer the darkest night

By tasting the fresh sweet light

That soul will be revived,

A symbol of a great rising

From the grave of shame,

The child within the man’s dwelling.

This is the opportune day

Of the revival that I said,

Not of the child’s shame

But of the adult’s claim

Of his preserved innocence

Making the man fully convince

Of the love this life contains,

Neither of fear nor shame but of confidence.

Mandala: The Journey Within

The word "mandala" is from the classical Sanskrit language. Loosely translated to mean "circle," yet far more than a simple shape. It represents wholeness, and can be seen as a model for the organizational structure of life itself--a cosmic diagram that reminds us of our relation to the infinite, the world that extends both beyond and within our bodies and minds.

Describing both material and non-material realities, the mandala appears in all aspects of life: the celestial circles we call earth, sun, and moon, as well as conceptual circles of friends, family, and community. http://www.mandalaproject.org/What/Index.html

Indeed, this moment of the opportune moment

The man brings no more of torments

But the heart of the soul that commends

To love this life well

By going back to the well

To have a drink of the beloved’s identity

The wellspring of his story.

This is the moment of the opportune moment

The Kairos of the new birth,

Kairos of the soul’s revival

To welcome the rays

Which bring forth the grace

Of singing and dancing,

Rejoicing the rising

Springing from within.

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