Water The Root To Enjoy The Fruit

Water The Root To Enjoy The Fruit

One of my favourite metaphors from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi is this: if you want a tree to thrive, you don’t water every single leaf, you water the root, and the whole tree flourishes. Water the root, to enjoy the fruit.

Spring is a perfect reminder of this wisdom. All around us, the trees and plants are bursting into new growth. But none of it would be possible without the nourishment happening at the roots, quietly and unseen.

It’s the same with our lives. The “roots” are our consciousness, the deepest level of who we are. When we take time each day to dive inward through meditation, we’re essentially watering those roots. The benefits naturally blossom outward as most Vedic Meditators report, more clarity, resilience, health, creativity, and connection; the fruits of a well-nourished inner life.

This season of growth invites us to tend to our own roots. When we do, everything else in life has the chance to bloom.