Burning Branches

burning branches the vine a new name coloring I am.. the shepherd is now the vine the hired hand the branches.. the colors change but I am..our identity..remains.. branches express the separation which we all experience.. we live in what seems as a subject-object world.. as branches we seek the vine unaware that we already are the vine..! then it happens in a moment as the seeking wearies our false identity as branches is burned..at last revealing: I am the vine..and the fruits of joy burst forth...