What was said to the rose that made it open, was said to me here in my chest.  --RUMI

"The rose heart unfolded Here when the Divine Mother (beyond, beyond, beyond any notion of gender) rose up and unfolded into consciousness and the body.  Shakti Ma, the Queen of Heaven, Kali Ma, the Power of Creation, returned this particular life to LOVE.  "I" went home to the Mother's arms.  She literally ate "me" alive, burned down the house, reduced the personal self to ash and rebirthed the "I" as a servant of SHE WHO RISES, who dances the Universe into and out of existence in every Holy Instant.  The experience, which is timeless, was fierce and total.  The reflection of this experience is THE ROSE.  The heart of the Mother.  The heart of Matter. The heart of the Cosmic Womb. The dark, original birth in/from/through/AS the Generative Cauldron of Creation. "