The Fruit of the Tree
There is a tree that has been growing for thousands of years. Its roots reach to an unfathomable depth. Its massive limbs shadow the earth. It sprouts new life, bears sweet & sour fruit, looses its multicolored leaves, goes silently dormant, and repeats, year after year. This tree will never grow old and will never die.
This is
your
family tree.
What comes to mind when you think of your family? Most would say; so and so did this-did that, so and so wouldn’t do this-do that, as a result, I’m this way-that way and staying away, from the family tree. Who did- didn't do; What? When? Where? Why? doesn't really matter, it all gets recorded in the family tree.
You are a seed
From the fruit
That came from the tree
That’s grown for thousands of years
That started as a seed
Upon the Earth
In the great big Universe
That God built!!
The trees main purpose is to bear fruit. The fruit, if sweet gets eaten and if sour, left to rot on the ground. What's leftover from both are the seeds. The seeds then become a mixture of both sweet and sour, planted or scattered by the wind. They reappear as our family’s, partners, lovers, friends, coworkers, and experiences. The seeds from the fruit, from the tree, can never be separated. However, they can be transformed.
There’s a line in Yoga Nidra that requests that you allow your attention to rest on each body part as I name it without labels, comments or judgments. Every judgment, comment or label you place on someone or something becomes your possession. When full realization comes, you will understand that every person you judge, comment or label, is you, was you or will be you.
You are the love of a thousand ancestors. You are also the pain of a thousand ancestors that makes love possible.
You are the ancestor!
If you're reading this it means you choose to come back and transform the seeds you left behind. Transforming anything in this lifetime, transforms every lifetime. Hence, sweetening the fruit of the tree.
Fall Equinox is September 23rd. The leaves will begin to paint the Earth with multicolored leaves, and the last harvest will be underway. Allow your heart to soften, transform any sour seeds by mixing them with the sweetness of love, wisdom, and compassion. Bless them as they get picked up by the wind and scattered across the Earth under the shade of
Our Family Tree.
Love & Wisdom
Sachi
