fruit of the old cactus

Fruit of the old cactus, prickly yet delicious

So it is with the realisations, the lessons which come to one during the spiritual journey. Oftentimes an unpleasant truth will become clear. For the obstacles to enlightenment are those things within us which we have rejected, which we have suppressed, which we have pushed into the unconscious. These need all to come to light, to clear the way.

During this great archaeological investigation, digging into our own interior, we will come upon many unpleasant things, prickly things which we have tried to ignore, usually for many years. Yet, in unearthing these unpleasant truths, in facing the skeletons in our cupboard, there is a delicious fruit that comes with the exposure, that comes with facing these demons. For in fact, their power over us comes from the fact that we have rejected them, suppressed them, allowed them to hide in the dark corners of our mind. Bringing them into the light of awareness, they lose their power over us and we feel light and clean once again. This is the delicious taste of the fruits, the many fruits of the spiritual journey. Yes, the same fruit is prickly when we are handling it, when we are exploring it, when we are finding the courage to look into it, but fear not: the fruit is delicious. So, find the courage to face those prickly fruits within oneself and taste their flesh, for it is delicious.