Why an Orchard?

When I asked to understand how I could trust the Universe when my experience of this world had not taught me to trust but to doubt.

The answer I received was that the Universe was the tree and the world was the fruit. That the quality of fruit, was the responsibility of the pomologist [orchard keeper].

We each perceive the world as individuals, but our collective beliefs and actions resulting from these beliefs create the world we live in, the orchard.

My expectations of the fruit from the  tree will determine how I care for my orchard.  If I water, prune nourish, protect from pests, maybe even play music for, my tree it will bare delicious crops throughout life.  If I expect that the tree will bare rotten fruit, let it become infested with worms and bugs, overgrown with choking weeds, it will.

Is it the tree's fault?  Has the tree betrayed me? No...it was my expectation of the value of the fruit that was the culprit.