When you think about apples, what’s the first thing that comes to mind? Delicious, juicy, sweet, crisp, refreshing…
To me? The forbidden fruit.
On one hand, feeding people and enlightening them can be a dangerous thing, despite the intentions.
On the other, could it be that it was never really the external force, which seduces us into doing something, it is in fact our own hidden desire that drives our actions?
It makes me wonder if I’m ready for the truth, or maybe I’m so blinded by social conditioning and biases, I won’t even notice it even if it hits me in the face.
They say to be able to see the world as it is without colored lenses, one must first learn to embrace and be one-authentic-self, flaws, desires and all.
But what is “self”? I don’t believe “self” is defined by our thoughts, relationships, jobs, status. The “self” begins in our physical body and everything it can feel, taste, see, hear and smell.
Then perhaps the very first step, is to focus on the sensations, how our physical body interacts with the world, even in something as routinely as biting into and eating an apple.
Only when we begin to understand, can we start to accept our whole self.
Inner Orbit 