Underneath It All - How a stinky onion can show the way to our core essence

A few weeks ago I was peeling an onion and immediately noticed a stench. When I looked at the end I saw the there were two bad layers buried within the onion. At first, I tried to get rid of the smelly layers by cutting more slices off of the end of the onion. It quickly became apparent that that wasn't going to work as each slice contained a piece of the smelly two layers. I thought of throwing the whole onion out, but then an idea came to me; if I cut through the good outside layers and then the two brown layers, I can get to the core inside. That's exactly what I did and in the end I was left with a much smaller onion core that was pure white and perfectly healthy.


Looking at the experience from a personal and spiritual growth perspective; if we are the onion, then at some level there are stinky layers within ourselves that need to be healed. A lot of the times we walk around thinking we are whole and that nothing is wrong. Often others can smell the stench of a bad layer before we do. When we do smell it, sometimes we want to cover it up, other times we believe there is nothing we can do about it and then there are those times of despair when we just want to throw the whole onion out and forget about it.

The secret is to go deeper. To be willing to peel back the layers of ourselves in order to get to our core essence. The true shining self that lies within was there all along and is waiting for us to discover and reveal it. It takes courage to be willing to peel back the layers and reveal more and more of our true self to others. Most of the layers have been added at some point for protection of some kind and we can feel naked and exposed without them.


In my life, I've noticed that as I continue to peel back the layers and reveal more and more of my true self, my life has become increasingly blessed, on purpose and peaceful. I encourage everyone to find the courage to peel back the layers of yourself to go deeper than ever before. The core of each and everyone of us is pure beauty and love and the world is waiting for the real you to show up.