The
letter for today is: B, where I feature benign
and banana.
Memory
takes a person back to the strangest times.Peeling a banana on a tropical beach, with waves crashing on the shore as the only sound, brings back the experience of a single human surrounded by, and part of, benign nature.
One
of the things I learned to do after I took my first steps was to capture the
rapt attention of my parents. I would climb onto a chair and ask, "Ta I
dump?" This pinnacle of anticipation for my jump roused the feeling of the
appreciation and acceptance of my benign
family. They expressed their love through shining eyes and soft, accepting
smiles.
That
same benign feeling comes to me
during, and after, meditation. In this world full of inequality, heartache and
instability, what else could surpass such complete fulfillment? My place in the
whole of creation equals that of a banana.
Under the skin, we have a purpose.
