Daily Meditation: Sunday, October 3, 2010

Separation - symbol of maturity; the time must be right

10/03/2010

The art of separation is one of the most difficult there is, for you have to know when the time is right. Any premature separation is a wrench and causes tearing. Initiates have learned the art of separation from nature itself. You cannot separate the nut from its shell, yet nature knows how to do so: it lets the fruit ripen, and the shell disintegrates of its own accord and falls away. This separation symbolizes maturity. A mother carries a child in her womb for several months, and it would be dangerous to attempt to force it out prematurely. But when the time comes, the fruit falls, and the link between the child and its mother can be cut. And what about our soul? It is trapped in our body, and to become free it has to separate from the dense matter surrounding it - but not before reaching maturity. So, that is a subject for reflection, and autumn is the best period to meditate on true liberation.