Ripening the Heart


When the heart ripens, the whole world tastes sweet.

But when the heart is unconscious, the world tastes bitter and hard as unripe fruit. We try to sweeten our senses with artificial stimulants: alcohol, drugs, dangerous edgy adventure, endless groping for a sexual partner, and a barrage of media noise, all to no avail. Because nothing sweetens the world from outside. Only the fragrance released from our innermost core can do that.

What sweetens and softens our core? Divine Grace. Only the sunbeam touch of the master's Grace ripens us from within.

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