Magic in a Coffee Cup

I moved from the office to the kitchen, and on the way I put my cup down in the hall while I went to the bathroom. I don't know what I did, but by the time I came back from the bathroom this beautiful, stark and simple form had created itself and settled into stillness in the centre of my cup.
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It is the Maori 'Koru' spiral, a symbol of new beginnings, of perpetual movement, cosmic balance (brings to mind the Ying Yang symbol too), and a return to origin. It also reminds me of the spiral of our galaxy in space; we as the micro-cosm and the universe as macro-cosm. We're made of stardust after all.
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It struck me in its simplicity, and in its reflection of my feeling today; recognising the unique potential of this enforced inward time, and of this Holy Week in the Christian (and Passover in the Jewish) calendar. Death, Resurrection and Rebirth. Letting go the old and inviting the new.
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I grew up singing in a cathedral choir, so the rhythm and inner melody of this time sits lyrically within my bones, and right now it feels like the drawing of breath between phrases. All life and all death exist in that lull; everything and nothing, directionless yet full of momentum (like the suspense in the 'turn' of a pendulum); the air I had before has now been spent in its outward spiral, and I have the chance to fill my lungs afresh with an inward spiral of reviving air: to be in-spired.
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What's my vision? How long is the next phrase? How can I best prepare, to have the available air and thrive in the yet-to-be melody? Where's my focus? Do I panic that the old breath has run out? Or do I trust that the new breath fills my lungs without a doubt, to sing the beauty and wonder of that next phrase? Today I recognise the potential in this moment, and I choose to trust, knowing full well that sometimes the breaths come easy and sometimes not.
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And yet, in that knowing, this little Koru spiral in my cup (and all it has in-spired in the writing of these words) are like a message from the Universe: Trust. Have Faith. I am always with you, ever in movement, communicating. Without a doubt. With All Love.
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