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(Honeybee on apple blossom and honey harvest - praise bee!!!)

Extracting the Essence

When a honeybee makes honey
first she has to extract the nectar
flying about between various flowers 
sipping their sweet juices
until her stomach is full.
Then it’s back to the hive
to add her tiny drop to a wax comb cell her sisters have drawn 
and then off again, to fill again,
over and over until the cells are full.
And then the bees let it rest
(as they work on tirelessly to make and fill more comb).
And left to just sit, the partially digested nectar 
slowly continues to digest, evaporate, concentrate
until now, thick and golden ripe it’s ready to cap.
So it is with spiritual practice
in whatever form
as we gather the nectar of teachings, extracting the essence
to let it rest in the heart of our practice
until, just like with the bees
it turns to honey,
an essence, in such abundance 
that all we can do is share.

(10/13/2021, originally published in my 5th book of poems and stories, EXTRACTING THE ESSENCE, 2021)

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