The spiritual search is for ourselves, who we are—right now.
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Searching for Truth. Searching for a Divine Connection. Searching for Enlightenment. Searching… Searching… What are we looking for really? Are we looking for a sign from God that we’ve “got” it, that all our grand spiritual experiences have now revealed the truth of the Universe? Are we looking toward our guru or spiritual teacher to tell us, “Yes, you have now awakened to your true nature” so you can stop your search? To look toward something greater than ourselves, a divine presence or a spiritual authority has its place. But, even this separate distinction needs to fall away. Here lies the paradox of following a spiritual path. All boundaries are eventually seen through. Our search for enlightenment, freedom, awakening, Buddha-Mind, Brahman, the Heart, the Self, or Consciousness point us in the right direction, but can also lead us astray. These words or perceived images create division, as does the image of teacher and student. We continue to look beyond our experience, our felt perception of who we are, or try in vain to fix who we are. The Cosmic Joke is that everything is within us already. We are already complete and whole, and are the Consciousness, God-Essence, or Self we seek. So when we finally rest attention in ourselves, the fog or veil of our misperception lifts. We see clearly. We just may laugh. We are what we’ve been searching for all along, and nothing ever changed. The spiritual search is for ourselves, who we are—right now.

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