In culinary circles it’s important to cleanse the palate between dishes. Too many flavors spoil enjoyment and we can’t distinguish the one thing before us.
Modern life with its hyper-means of communication can leave the palate of our lives over stimulated. Our experience of life can sour and cheapen unless we have good boundaries and restful space. So how do we adapt and learn ways to cleanse our mental and spiritual palate, and become truly present to the people we love, the work we love, and the places we love?
For me, nature is a great soul cleanser. It’s the garden our maker designed for us. There is a freshness and beauty that acts like a deep scrubber. It’s the enzyme that that breaks down the grease for me.
A rolling field full of grains and grasses can be like soul brushes knocking off accumulated guilt and anxiety.
The smell of lavender or honeysuckle along hedgerow can untangle neural networks in a few breaths.
A cool breeze in the shade of a grand oak can be like a shower of wisdom and insight.
A train of thunderheads in the wide open sky can lift me out of self-absorption and compulsive mind patterns.
A soft rain moving upon the surface of a lake can lead us to sacred space within that is clear and true.
Get out in nature and cleanse your palate.