Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water…
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The lights are on; are you home? |
"You're as blind in all light as in all darkness. Darkness, then, is the beginning of the journey." Guru Da
Some of us may have the idea that spiritual awakening
means, suddenly, you can levitate, or walk through walls, or predict someone
else’s future. People who are "spiritual" are somehow very different, set
apart from the rest of the mundane world, superior in some mystical, galactic
way. God or Buddha or Krishna or Yahweh now holds them in special favor, in a
brighter light.
Your everyday world has changed to continual bliss, no more
troubles, no more pain. You’re already in heaven. It’s just a matter of sending
in your change of address card. Well, this may come as a surprise but people
who are spiritually awakened know that the journey has just begun.
When the
spiritual eyes and the spiritual mind open, the one who is waking up realizes
that, to this point, little progress has actually been made. It’s back to Square One. The beginning. Kindergarten. Now the real work starts.