It is good enough for me to simply know that I am good by nature. It may well be good enough to trust what it is to be human and not impede or hinder what is natural. I have natural radiance, I am naturally enlightened. I simply have to do my best not to keep that natural radiance from opening and not hinder it from giving rich savor to the universe.
Looking around, it is easy to forget that it is natural for humans to trust and love. In a world that has become tainted by such an unsavory taste of hate and anger, it is easy to forget that the world is patiently waiting for human trust and love to emerge. What is so natural is being restrained and hindered by all the enclosures we envelop what is so natural about being human.
I am aware that I keep the gold within me hidden under wraps of protection, caution and fear. I can be distant and remote when I am by nature embracing and close. It is so natural that I be naked, vulnerable and exposed, but I am often so hidden and seemingly protected.
I have been taught and trained most of my life to restrain, not free natural impulses. I lived in an environment that even went so far as using the idea of “natural” to restrict what I instinctively knew wanted to be released. It is those very impulses that naturally revel what it means for me to be human. It feels so natural and right to be generous, trusting and loving. But I have learned the lessons of caution and control.
Every fiber of me wants to be connected, compassionate and loving. I want to relax so that those natural traits can ripen in me. I believe that those traits await ripening in all creatures like me. I expect that what is natural will emerge or we will surely wither away like unripened fruit.