connect the dots
Back from a speedy jaunt to New Mexico for a few days of performing and teaching at the Taos Hanuman Temple.
*Rachael: You move worlds, oooo Goddess of De-Light!
Thank you for it all!
These trips seem to end up being a whirlwind of pilgrimages to shrines, temples, stupas and missions. Feels as though my life is mapped out as one continuous connect-the-dots on which I am hopping from one sacred spot to the next. The universe winks at me when I arrive at the closed doors of a temple and the priest walks out saying, "Here, take the keys, you know the drill. Enjoy!" ...being handed the keys to the temple is one those moments of sheer delight for me.
Chimayó (just south of Taos) is a fabulous adobe mission to visit around lunchtime as the tamales are made with sacred water (who could ask for more from a tamale?!).... but the shrine is nice too! Somewhere around 1810, a Chimayó friar was performing penances when he saw a light bursting from a hillside. Digging in the dirt, he found a crucifix, quickly dubbed the miraculous crucifix of Our Lord of Esquipulas. A local priest brought the crucifix to Santa Cruz, but three times it disappeared and was later found back in its hole. By the third time, everyone understood that El Senor de Esquipulas wanted to remain in Chimayó, and so a small chapel was built on the site. Then the miraculous healings began. These grew so numerous that the chapel had to be replaced by the larger, current Chimayó Shrine. Be sure to stop in for a chat with the Padre, his manner is so refined and his words are spoken is a voice smooth as velvet.
This time of year, New Mexico is a riot of color. I know words can't touch the moment but as the tangerine orange and sagebrush greens pressed against the slate gray sky and the rain clouds embraced the Sangre de Cristos mountain range, it all became quite the trans-lucent dream!
*Rachael: You move worlds, oooo Goddess of De-Light!
Thank you for it all!
These trips seem to end up being a whirlwind of pilgrimages to shrines, temples, stupas and missions. Feels as though my life is mapped out as one continuous connect-the-dots on which I am hopping from one sacred spot to the next. The universe winks at me when I arrive at the closed doors of a temple and the priest walks out saying, "Here, take the keys, you know the drill. Enjoy!" ...being handed the keys to the temple is one those moments of sheer delight for me.
Chimayó (just south of Taos) is a fabulous adobe mission to visit around lunchtime as the tamales are made with sacred water (who could ask for more from a tamale?!).... but the shrine is nice too! Somewhere around 1810, a Chimayó friar was performing penances when he saw a light bursting from a hillside. Digging in the dirt, he found a crucifix, quickly dubbed the miraculous crucifix of Our Lord of Esquipulas. A local priest brought the crucifix to Santa Cruz, but three times it disappeared and was later found back in its hole. By the third time, everyone understood that El Senor de Esquipulas wanted to remain in Chimayó, and so a small chapel was built on the site. Then the miraculous healings began. These grew so numerous that the chapel had to be replaced by the larger, current Chimayó Shrine. Be sure to stop in for a chat with the Padre, his manner is so refined and his words are spoken is a voice smooth as velvet.
This time of year, New Mexico is a riot of color. I know words can't touch the moment but as the tangerine orange and sagebrush greens pressed against the slate gray sky and the rain clouds embraced the Sangre de Cristos mountain range, it all became quite the trans-lucent dream!
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