{"id":19695,"date":"2026-09-24T07:08:26","date_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:08:26","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/?p=19695"},"modified":"2026-09-24T07:10:50","modified_gmt":"2026-09-23T22:10:50","slug":"apple-me-poo-emptiness-and-truth","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/en\/apple-me-poo-emptiness-and-truth\/","title":{"rendered":"Apple, Me &#038; Poo: Emptiness and Truth"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"wpb-content-wrapper\"><p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;]<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"aligncenter wp-image-19699 size-full\" src=\"http:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Before-you-eat-an-apple-it-is-just-an-apple.-After-you-eat-it-the-apple-becomes-part-of-your-body.-The-next-day-when-you-go-to-the-toilet-and-it-comes-out-as-poo-you-will-not-point-to-it-and-s.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1080\" height=\"1080\" srcset=\"https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Before-you-eat-an-apple-it-is-just-an-apple.-After-you-eat-it-the-apple-becomes-part-of-your-body.-The-next-day-when-you-go-to-the-toilet-and-it-comes-out-as-poo-you-will-not-point-to-it-and-s.jpg 1080w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Before-you-eat-an-apple-it-is-just-an-apple.-After-you-eat-it-the-apple-becomes-part-of-your-body.-The-next-day-when-you-go-to-the-toilet-and-it-comes-out-as-poo-you-will-not-point-to-it-and-s-500x500.jpg 500w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Before-you-eat-an-apple-it-is-just-an-apple.-After-you-eat-it-the-apple-becomes-part-of-your-body.-The-next-day-when-you-go-to-the-toilet-and-it-comes-out-as-poo-you-will-not-point-to-it-and-s-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Before-you-eat-an-apple-it-is-just-an-apple.-After-you-eat-it-the-apple-becomes-part-of-your-body.-The-next-day-when-you-go-to-the-toilet-and-it-comes-out-as-poo-you-will-not-point-to-it-and-s-150x150.jpg 150w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Before-you-eat-an-apple-it-is-just-an-apple.-After-you-eat-it-the-apple-becomes-part-of-your-body.-The-next-day-when-you-go-to-the-toilet-and-it-comes-out-as-poo-you-will-not-point-to-it-and-s-768x768.jpg 768w, https:\/\/musangsa.org\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/09\/Before-you-eat-an-apple-it-is-just-an-apple.-After-you-eat-it-the-apple-becomes-part-of-your-body.-The-next-day-when-you-go-to-the-toilet-and-it-comes-out-as-poo-you-will-not-point-to-it-and-s-60x60.jpg 60w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1080px) 100vw, 1080px\" \/><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">Before you eat an apple, it is just an apple.<br \/>\nAfter you eat it, it becomes part of your body.<br \/>\nBut when it comes out as poo in the toilet,<br \/>\nyou do not point to it and say, &#8220;This is me.&#8221;<br \/>\nSo, are the apple, you, and the poo the same or different?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\">This impermanence is the true meaning of emptiness.<br \/>\nThings seem real, but they keep changing.<br \/>\nIn this emptiness, in this change,<br \/>\nhow can we come back to this moment\u2014<br \/>\nto our correct situation, correct relationship, and correct function?<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: center;\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/fBvyFbn7xG0\" width=\"560\" height=\"314\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n<p>[\/vc_column_text][\/vc_column][\/vc_row]<\/p>\n<\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>[vc_row][vc_column][vc_column_text css=&#8221;&#8221;] Before you eat an apple, it is just an apple. 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