The Final Barrier

“The biggest ego-trip is the spiritual one. How can you think you are special when every leaf, every ant, every blade of grass and grain of dust is already perfectly enlightened? It’s good to remember, enlightenment only happens when you disappear.” 

From Lightsongs, the book.

Beware the cunning ego, the ultimate master of disguise. He wears the cloak of humility and spirituality with perfect aplomb.

“Look at me! I am so humble and good…I am progressing so well on my spiritual path. I experience the Light in my heart and the flowering in my sahasrara chakra. Pity these poor worldly souls who are still trapped in their delusions and their karma.”

So subtle his air of superiority, disguised so cleverly ….and so you fall again into the false comfort of “spiritual “ progress. You think of yourself as the true seeker who has found the path and is so far ahead of and superior to the ordinary joe on the street…..just remember: Mr. Ego will play any role convincingly to avoid dying.

Sorry buddy…you got played again.

The truth is: you have to jump off that cliff !
 You have to be burnt to a crisp and your ashes dissolved totally in the depths of the ocean.

You have to die. Before your body dies.

There is no other way.

" This aloneness is worth more than a thousand lives.   

This freedom is worth more than all the lands on earth. 

To be one with the truth for just a moment  Is worth more than the world and life itself.

In the end, the mountains of imagination were nothing but a house.

And this grand life of mine was nothing but an excuse.

You've been hearing my story so patiently for a liifetime.

Now hear this: it was nothing but a fairy tale."

Rumi