The Force of Life is In the Seed
Like David, I’ve long used The Story of the Seed as the fundamental illustration of Life’s inside-out, unlimited workings. A seed holds infinity within, it’s plainly obvious. And the environment it’s cultivated in, goes a long way toward determining the realization of that infinite potential.
What I want to discuss today is one final aspect of this seed and this ground. A part that only recently have I actually contemplated, and the part that I’ve never heard anyone else talk about.
I want us to take notice of the invisible part of this Life equation. You see, we can touch and feel an orange seed, or a watermelon seed. And we can also get our hands dirty in topsoil or dirt. And obviously we touch, feel, taste and smell the juicy fruits when we cut them open. Those parts are tangible and visible. They are physical. But my question is…
Why does…
The Seed + The Ground = Fruit ???
What actually MAKES an orange seed literally transform itself into an orange tree, just because it’s planted in the warm soil of the Floridian peninsula?
The answer is very profound. VERY, VERY profound!!!
There must be a Life Force. An invisible, operative entity that actually causes Life, causes growth, causes the transformation of the invisible internal into the visible external.
“That which is essential is invisible to the eye.”
Antoine de St. Exupery
The Invisible Force is Constantly Flowing
You see, there is a literal, physical and spiritual FORCE at work in this universe that causes a seed to transform itself into fruit. Otherwise – if there was no force – the seed would just sit there in the ground, doing nothing. But that’s NOT what happens, is it (not in good, viable soil, at least)? Something definitely happens! Change happens! Transformational growth occurs! Mr. Sperm doesn’t just meet Mrs. Egg and just sit there. They integrate with each other, become one, and wah-lah, that single cell transformed itself into you and me!!!
(Also note, when you partake in a banana, it’s equally accurate to say you are eating a seed. THEY ARE THE SAME THING! The only difference – one is on one end of the transformation spectrum, the other on the other end. But the fundamental makeup is the same. More on that later…)
My point: the seeds inside you – the pictures, the ideas, the dreams, the visions, the passions, the loves, the thoughts – have within them that same ability to transform themselves into external, visible manifestations, a.k.a. fruit.
In fact, this is the way Life works. I’m not a religious fellow in the least, but Jesus even used this Story of the Seed as his fundamental teaching about Life, saying if you can comprehend this Life phenomena, you can grasp everything else!
Please hear me again – the universe has this invisible force at work in itself, all the time. Just like the cornfields in Iowa have this innate ability to turn countless corn seeds into countless ears of countless varieties, the universe at large has the innate ability to turn your seeds into an abundance of fruit, an abundance of Life!
In fact, there is no other way that Life operates. Florida oranges don’t just appear out of the sky. Iowa corn doesn’t just fall from the clouds. In fact, little babies don’t get dropped off by the stork.
Everything comes from within, in every aspect of life!
It’s the way Life has been set up, and it’s plainly obvious with just a little observation.
The Seed + The Ground + The Innate Force of Life = Fruit
Because The Force of Life makes it work. It’s just been set up this way, as nature illustrates all around us!
So all we have to do is plant our seeds
Don’t hold them back – don’t keep your ideas, your passions, your thoughts, your visions inside you. Don’t let them get wasted in the wrong soil (the environments of fear and doubt). Don’t let unenlightened mentalities (the thought that something is impossible) keep you from transforming your seeds into your Life. Cultivate your mind, cultivate your thoughts, cultivate your understanding so that the seeds inside your heart can grow and be nourished, so they can transform before your very eyes from mere imaginations into tangible, visible realities!
As someone said, “even the largest oak tree began as a tiny acorn.”
And so it is with everything.
I love you,
Eric Patrick Marr
2 Comments
Eric
January 14th, 2008 at 12:56 pm
Wow, another Eric Patrick - sweet!
David Askaripour
January 15th, 2008 at 1:41 pm
Beautiful analogous article, E. The important thing that I think you presented was that we are born “into” this universe, not “out” of it. Just as a seed is born into nature, not out of nature. And it would be the same things to say that a field borns flowers. Understanding this Being (or growth) is a powerful thing. Thanks so much for these words, brother
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