What is it you think you are looking for? Enlightenment?
And what is it you understand by enlightenment?
Power? Knowledge? Love? Freedom?
If it is power: is there then anything that can have power on another thing? Are there things? Is there another? If power depends on enlightenment, thought, state, is it power?
If it is knowledge: is there then anything you can know? Is there any other thing than yourself to know? Can you know what is not a thing? If knowledge depend on thought that come and go, that can be learned and then forgotten, is it true knowledge?
If it is love: What is this love? Is there anything to love? Is love manifested? is love really love when it loves hate? If love is something inside you, then can it encompass the rest? If it is inside you, do you love those who want to take it away from you? If love means coercion of action is it love?
If it is freedom: is there any freedom when it depends on anything? Can enlightenment be the bridge to freedom then? If your true self has once been "forgotten" and "believed" to be limited, can it then be free of thought and belief? Is freedom not beyond that?
What is it you are looking for? Is it really what you should be looking for?
Is there anything to look for?
And what is it you understand by enlightenment?
Power? Knowledge? Love? Freedom?
If it is power: is there then anything that can have power on another thing? Are there things? Is there another? If power depends on enlightenment, thought, state, is it power?
If it is knowledge: is there then anything you can know? Is there any other thing than yourself to know? Can you know what is not a thing? If knowledge depend on thought that come and go, that can be learned and then forgotten, is it true knowledge?
If it is love: What is this love? Is there anything to love? Is love manifested? is love really love when it loves hate? If love is something inside you, then can it encompass the rest? If it is inside you, do you love those who want to take it away from you? If love means coercion of action is it love?
If it is freedom: is there any freedom when it depends on anything? Can enlightenment be the bridge to freedom then? If your true self has once been "forgotten" and "believed" to be limited, can it then be free of thought and belief? Is freedom not beyond that?
What is it you are looking for? Is it really what you should be looking for?
Is there anything to look for?
2 comments:
I love how you question everything! And I also know how it all sounds like gobbledygook - gibberish :) I finally "gave up" listening to many of the so-called "teachers" and just went within and listened for the "echoes" of The Self within; asking questions within until there was an "answer" from the Heart - not the mind.
I may not be on your particular "wave length" but I invite you to come over and take a look. Maybe you'll find something that speaks to your Heart.
BE well....
Sure it sounds like an important step back-forward. Listening to others is fine, but looking up to a teacher assumes there is someone else except for yourself. Because "you" depend on the thought of there being yourself and a world full of people. But is it really so?
That is one of the most fundamental questions.
Take care.
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