The Eyes of the Clown



Get Inspirational Awakening on inspirational-awakening.com. The Eyes of the Clown topic will increase your understanding on Inspirational Awakening. We at inspirational-awakening.com only provide news, articles, information in Inspirational Awakening. Inspirational Awakening at inspirational-awakening.com provides the most up to date news and articles. If you have questions please do not hesitate to contact us.

There are few enough miracles in life, God knows. I think perhaps the circus is one of them. We pay our money, braced for boredom, and are bombarded by noise, bewitched by beauty, awed still one more time by elephants that, yes, are smaller every year. Yet something happens when we enter the big top. If we let it, we will be carried back to hopes and dreams long surrendered: hopes that something wonderful really can happen, dreams that will happen to us, maybe even now.

Clowns are the prime miracle-workers in all this. There is a vision in the eyes of clowns that sees the world new-washed in daybreak's dream, the vision of a leaf returned to bud, of pretext gone and darkness only seems. Clowns are pegs on which the circus can be hung, the hooks on which the magic is begun, the eyes of God to find our soul and nudge the people we can be. Clowns tell us -- if we listen -- that something wonderful really can happen, right there, right here, right now.

It is easy to forget the clowns -- spots and bangles, rubber nose, feet like ducks, outlandish clothes. It is perhaps more comfortable to miss the clowns, for they mirror ourselves, stripped of pretention, stripped of protection. There with all our naked feelings hanging out. There -- that tear, that laugh, that sigh -- don't hide it, says the clown. Let it come. Let it happen. Let it be.

The clown takes the risk first, but leaves the rest of the magic up to us. We can be real, can let others know our pain, our need, our joy, our strength. If we let it, the magic really can happen, right there, right here, right now. And that's the biggest miracle of all, God knows.

(c) Maureen Killoran, 2004

---------------------------------------------


Article Index: | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | 14 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 19 | 20 | 21 | 22 | 23 | 24 | 25 | 26 | 27 | 28 | 29 | 30 | 31 | 32 | 33 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 37 | 38 | 39 | 40 | 41 | 42 | 43 | 44 | 45 | 46 | 47 | 48 | 49 | 50


More Articles:


1. How To Walk On The Path Of Peace (Part 6 of 6) By Jin Dhaliwal
From the beginning of time, people, in spite of their needs, in the midst of all their attachment to material things, have been intuitively conscious of the limited, transient, and illusionary nature of their material existence, and in their wise and silent moments have tried to reach out into an understanding of the Infinite.And here is the common ground of faith; " that we are essentially and spiritually divine and eternal, and that, immersed…

2. There Must Be A Way Out! By Ubong Essien
He was pushing a cart containing crates of soft drinks and followed closely by his two little boys when their momentum was halted. Noticing the situation, I – who was on my way to see my printer’s - stopped to see what would happen next. Before them stood this mud-filled pothole spanning the entire breadth of the road, providing, apparently, “a-no-way-out” situation for this bunch. His little boys turned to him with an anxious look that read; “…

3. The Joy of Wishing Upon A Star By Brook Noel
Who said that every wish would be heard and answeredwhen wished on the morning star?Somebody thought of that, and someone believed it;look what it’s done so far.What’s so amazing that keeps us stargazingand what do we think we might see?Someday we’ll find it, the Rainbow Connection;The lovers, the dreamers, and me~ The Rainbow Connection (sung by Kermit in the Muppets movie)Yesterday I had a wonderful “moment” with my daughter. She has just ad…

4. Innocent Fun By Joseph Ghabi
Just the other day, I escaped the business of my daily life and sought refuge on the water front here in Montreal in an attempt to recharge my energies.Taking advantage of a beautiful day, I walked along the long stretch of the Saint Lawrence River, as a way of my meditation routine. Whilst observing the birds enjoying their new spring my eyes fell upon the sight of a child and his grandmother playing. They were along together, enjoying that sp…