“Make no mistake. Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth.’-Adyashanti So often, we think of the spiritual path ending in an attainment. And this makes sense, for the path itself takes great effort to walk. And when in our lives is a great effort not commensurate with a great reward? But this path is different - this is a path of undoing.
Somebody once asked me "And what's so bad about feeling pain?" To which, stumped, all I could answer was "Um..it hurts?". So to that, what's so bad about anxiety? It's unpleasant. But what's so bad about that? It's uncomfortable. Probing one last time, is it so bad to be uncomfortable? I realized then that there's nothing inherently bad or wrong with feeling uncomfortable, hence it's okay to be uncomfortable. From that point on I've been saying to myself paradoxically... It's ok to not be ok. Things are always going to be okay because even when they're not that's still okay.
Make No Mistake.
Somebody once asked me "And what's so bad about feeling pain?" To which, stumped, all I could answer was "Um..it hurts?". So to that, what's so bad about anxiety? It's unpleasant. But what's so bad about that? It's uncomfortable. Probing one last time, is it so bad to be uncomfortable? I realized then that there's nothing inherently bad or wrong with feeling uncomfortable, hence it's okay to be uncomfortable. From that point on I've been saying to myself paradoxically... It's ok to not be ok. Things are always going to be okay because even when they're not that's still okay.