Get off the spiritual seeker's treadmill of searching for something more while failing to recognize the Vast Mystery that all of us are already privileged to live within.
,” to be called “No Help Whatsoever,” because I couldn’t bear to see my book lumped in with titles likeConsider the countless titles currently available on Amazon that assert this basic truth:Embrace the Present, This is It, You Are Already There, In This Very Moment, As It Is, Just This.of the above admonitions were true.
Nevertheless, we fervently persist in the illusion that there is some elusive magical experience that will at last put an end to our Great Search: decades of meditating, praying, chanting, silent retreats, vision quests, plant medicine ceremonies, ashrams, monasteries, Tibetan lamas, Buddhist or Christian monks, South American shamans, endless workshops, intensives, and seminars, book after book after book.
I’m reminded of sitting for hours and hours a day in meditation at a Zen retreat. On the morning of Day 4, the teacher said, “Well, this is our fourth day together, so you’re probably wondering when something is going to happen. Nothing is going to happen.
To illustrate, a student once travelled half-way across the globe to ask famed spiritual teacher, Jiddu Krishnamurti, a single question: “How are you able to remain so calm and unperturbed in this miserable chaotic world?” to which Krishnamurti quietly responded,Understanding what emotional intelligence looks like and the steps needed to improve it could light a path to a more emotionally adept world.
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