Taste the apple yourself

It is only when we have the courage to face things

Exactly as they are, without any self-deception or illusion

That a light will develop out of events

By which the path to success may be recognized.

(I Ching)

Imagine you’re in a total different place, a dimension or environment never entered before. Curiosity arises. All of your physical senses are in alert mode; you perceive every single detail; like colors, shapes, textures, smells and taste. Everything is bright and vivid, intriguing and mesmerizing. There’s a force attracting and involving you to discover the place. You want to explore this new dimension or environment with your eyes, ears and hands, with all of your being. You don’t want to miss any aspect of it. To understand and get to know anything, we must observe and comprehend it, touch it with all of our senses and integrate the whole. The path to comprehend ourselves and be a whole being is not different. We must jump into this new dimension with totality, dissolving any resistance or identification.

Can you taste the sweetness of an apple through books or someone else’s explanation? No, you cannot. To know what an apple is, you must hold it in your hands, feel its texture, perceive the form, smell the fragrance and taste its juicy and sweet flavor. Otherwise, you will form a mental idea or concept of what an apple might be, and remember, there’s always a gap separating the concept from the reality. To comprehend the apple, you have to understand the environmental conditions it grows. What kind of soil and climate benefit its growing and ripening process. In reading books or attending classes, you’ll have an idea of what an apple is or you might even become an expert, but unless you’re intrigued enough to discover by yourself, you will never incorporate the nutritive values present in an apple. The moment you create a connection with the apple and incorporate its richness, there’s no more separation or need for concepts. Now, the apple and its nutrients are a dynamic part of you.   

The same happens to us, when we observe ourselves close enough, without any interference, either by denial or identification, a dynamic intimate relationship comes into being. This relationship doesn’t come about through books and concepts, mediators and highly skilled professionals. Although, they can assist us, we cannot taste the apple through them. The inner relationship rises when we refine our inner senses and dissolve all the walls, allowing union to take place. When we orientate our senses inwardly, with passion to discover every aspect we carry within, a bright and vivid dimension is entered. An opportunity is then offered, now we can unify the human aspects with the spiritual ones, being aware of the energetic fields that animate the physical world and keep us alive.  

If you want to know yourself better and comprehend your thoughts, actions, motivations, patterns and limitations, you must develop an inner connection through presence and attentiveness. Why should you do it? To embrace your whole being and live in harmony with yourself, other beings and the environment we’re immersed in. In creating and nourishing an inner relationship, a connection with the whole of life is also created. Instead of feeling a victim of circumstances, you embrace your co-creator part. Clarity, alignment and insight are also present when the inner senses are refined.

Open your inner eyes and explore your mental images. Synchronize your inner ears and listen to your internal conversations attentively. Light the flame of awareness and touch your dark and rejected fragments. Feel your emotions and responses, let them arise without resistance and let them go without identification. 

Taste the apple. Be present and attentive. Refine the inner senses and synchronize them with the outer ones. Comprehend yourself and embrace the whole.

Love ~ Peace ~ Awareness

Bruna