Tasting Chocolate
For one who has never experienced the mind falling into complete silence, it is easy to believe that it is not possible. The mind wants to only acknowledge experiences it has encountered first hand or can rationalize, understand and explain.
Trying to comprehend something beyond thought, using logic and thought to do so, is an exercise in futility. To the Egoic thinking mind however, nothing should ever be beyond comprehension.
Our logical, self centered, Egos want to believe that there is nothing in this universe beyond our understanding including the universe itself. And so we search endlessly for explanations and meaning even where there is none, all the while trying to find words to explain that which can not be explained.
Trying to explain the experience and state of being one encounters when they move beyond thought and into the silent mind is like trying to describe the experience of tasting chocolate to someone who has never tasted chocolate.
You can describe how it is made; what it is made from, how cocoa is grown, you can attempt to describe sweetness or bitterness, but no matter how many words you use and how well your descriptions are, you will never be able to describe the taste of chocolate adequately to one who has never experienced it for themselves.
It is only when one places a piece of chocolate on their own tongue and tastes for themselves that they can truly know what chocolate is.
Trying to comprehend something beyond thought, using logic and thought to do so, is an exercise in futility. To the Egoic thinking mind however, nothing should ever be beyond comprehension.
Our logical, self centered, Egos want to believe that there is nothing in this universe beyond our understanding including the universe itself. And so we search endlessly for explanations and meaning even where there is none, all the while trying to find words to explain that which can not be explained.
Trying to explain the experience and state of being one encounters when they move beyond thought and into the silent mind is like trying to describe the experience of tasting chocolate to someone who has never tasted chocolate.
You can describe how it is made; what it is made from, how cocoa is grown, you can attempt to describe sweetness or bitterness, but no matter how many words you use and how well your descriptions are, you will never be able to describe the taste of chocolate adequately to one who has never experienced it for themselves.
It is only when one places a piece of chocolate on their own tongue and tastes for themselves that they can truly know what chocolate is.
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| Michael L. Fournier |
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