“If you notice the instances under which people gather in large groups, in coliseums, in stadiums – it usually has to do with contention, competition, rivalry, partisanship. The Festival of Colors stands out from those events because there is none of that competition or rivalry or sectarianism. People are gathered together just about celebrating our own spirituality and creator from whom we come…He’s present within his name. Whenever you are chanting any bona fide name of God, God is dancing on the tip of your tongue. Life becomes simple. Life becomes streamlined and pared down – – to love of God and love of one’s fellow living beings…We’re all basically the same. There’s unity in diversity. Underneath all that, there is a natural outpouring of love.”
Holi. Festival of Colors. 2012 from Good Line on Vimeo.
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“God is dancing on the tip of your tongue” – how beautiful and evocative. Love this.
Yes. Needed to offer some pure happy to offset the “sharpness” of next post with grandpa and grandson. 🙂
That line really jumped out at me, too, Mimi. 🙂
Dang, Dave – I so miss those days of complete and unencumbered freedom…. – J,
Smiling. Yes, Jeff, I’m with you.
“We’re all basically the same. There’s unity in diversity.”. Ahhhh, that we could all remember that…. Glorious way to kick off this Sunday morning, David! 🙂
Thank you Lori. It is a “happy” clip. 🙂
Absolutely love this…
Life becomes simple. Life becomes streamlined and pared down – – to love of God and love of one’s fellow living beings…We’re all basically the same. There’s unity in diversity.
Ties in with something I’ve been thinking and I love how this visual punctuates my ramblings and articulates this SO well.
Smiling. Glad it hit the mark Bonnie.
Fantastic video, my good friend and coworker just did a color run and the pictures were wonderful….what great events celebrating our true oneness 🙂
I bet your friend had a blast! I’ve never heard of color runs until I ran a clip a few months back. Sounds cool
Colouful video.
I think that’s what captured my attention.
Hi Dave,
Holi is a festival that started in India and my ancestors brought it to Trinidad. As a child I had the opportunity to be a part of these celebrations. Thanks for taking me on a mental journey 🙂
Weren’t you lucky to partake in this type of celebration. No wonder you are always so happy. The karma has never rubbed off Bim.
Reblogged this on Not Perfect Me.
Wonderful post, I love the introduction you wrote for this, and I shared it on Facebook. Great post!
Katrina, I’m not sure who the author was who wrote the story line for the video, however, I loved it too and had to share it with the rest of us…
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