Breakthrough

Lake shadows color of cold,

Willow branches weep ice.

Swan rises dazzling in the sunlight.

After long self-cultivation, one’s accumulated energy reaches a threshold and then  bursts out full, breathing, and vibrant. Without the careful building of momentum,  this moment of release would never have been possible.

With long years of preparation and experience, the freeing of the soul will not be mere dissipation but will  be so strongly focused that it lifts one into a higher state of awareness.

When one’s  spiritual energy emerges, it feels like a swan rising from the water.

Once you have reached this level of stored energy, you will be a different person.

On one hand, you may take genuine comfort in the point of attainment that  you have made.

On the other hand, you now see all the other possibilities that remain for you to explore.