by Marlene A. Mania

Created on: March 14, 2011   Last Updated: April 01, 2011

What could the significance of the rainbow be?

Everyone who has seen a picture of a rainbow, knows that it is a lovely spectrum of colors.

Those who have witnessed a rainbow appearing in nature, know what a brief, yet delightful experience that is. 

That calm-time after a storm, when the clouds part a certain way and the birds chirp to celebrate the storm's ending, is quite a harmonious display - which prompts thought about how everything is connected.

A simple natural event? Or, a message from the beyond? ~

What could the brief appearance of a rainbow signify? It is there... no doubt, to be perceived. However - who exactly is the deliverer? Is the rainbow a creative (and yet) ironic mathematical event, that signifies a message from 'God/a higher being/Mother Nature'? 

The colors in a color-wheel/rainbow spectrum, to this author, represents no beginning, and no end. The hues displayed in a rainbow, represents a logical continuous harmony that signifies that not only does 'God/a higher being/Mother Nature' express a logic through the rainbow; he/she also expresses the wonderful range of brilliant colors which are the basics for design and a reflection of creativity in life. 

Could the rainbow be a totally mathematical event? Or, could it be an expression of 'God/a higher being/Mother Nature' - reminding us of the beauty of creation? 

Being that the human brain has a left and right, logical and creative side - it makes this author ponder about the rainbow's irony. That irony being that the rainbow could be simply a totally mathematical event - to one who has a very factual and logic orientated mind; or, the rainbow could simply be that reminder of the beauty that is abundant in creation - to a very sensitive, creative, and spiritual person. 

Or, a happy balance: The logical person can appreciate the mathematical event, as a significant reminder of the beauty in creation; as well as the creative oriented person can say that there may not be so much to read-into a rainbow's appearance. 

The occurrence and appearance of the rainbow (to this author), represents an 'in harmony' reflective experience; a faint, but definite reflection of something beyond our immediate existence. 

Being that the colors which are in a color-wheel/rainbow spectrum, represent a harmonious circular set of hues that form a unified circle - perhaps, the rainbow represents and reminds us that in life, there are certainly cycles and ranges of highs and low, ups-and downs, calms and storms... and it is within the cycles of life that we are able to continue to be creative, harmonious, balanced/unified, regardless of rigorous storms; and most of all, maintain our logical equanimity. 

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