Closed Mind = Stale Air
It doesn’t matter what philosophies or spiritual text we read, hear or believe in, they separate us. When we throw it all out, what is left is the truth. The ultimate truth is pure awareness, staring at it all – “Bye bye!”. Philosophies and spiritual text are all about what we are – pure, conscious awareness. It’s what we’ve always been, but we’ve ignored it.
Understanding isn’t a matter of acquiring knowledge; it’s about being the knowledge, and realising it.
Opening our mind allows pure consciousness fresh air.
The real practice is letting go … totally.
Book learning is holding on to third-hand (at least) information.
Knowing, and thinking we know, are not the same thing.
I still doubt.
It’s a habit of thinking, “Well, they may be right with their jargon and rituals” …
and anyway, I’m not enlightened yet. 🙂