However, if U.G. Krishnamurti and others were saying that self cannot achieve no-self, then that’s perfectly correct. The end of the one marks the beginning of the other. No one can have their cake and eat it too, despite what so many egotists and profiteers would have us believe.

No. People who talk about an enlightened humanity are talking about a world where the lamb lies down with the lion and everyone is happy and healthy and whole. In short, a world without conflict, without drama. But that would be very silly since the whole point of duality is division. The whole point of opposites is opposition. This is a drama, not

Essentially. The enlightenment that seems desirable isn’t enlightenment, and that aspect of us which is able to desire enlightenment is unable to achieve it won’t survive its onset. Day destroys night.

Enjoy your life, it’s free. Cosmic Consciousness and Altered States and Universal Mind are the names of rides in this vast and fascinating dualistic amusement park. So are Poverty and Disease and Despair. Enlightenment, though, is not another ride. Enlightenment means leaving the park altogether, but why leave the park? In the park you can be a sai

Definitely. What it really is is so far removed from what many seekers are seeking that it’s only humane to try to wave them off. The overwhelming majority of those who read this will be best served in this way. Only a very tiny percentage will be what I think of as serious people; people who are actually in the general proximity of the journey of

And anyone who would like to have you for a teacher? Seeking a teacher is just ego seeking a reprieve; a stay of execution. Giving oneself over to a teacher or a teaching or the Beloved Guru or whatever is all about staying asleep, not waking up. The first rule in this business is that you are on your own. Ego clings to a teacher like a drowning ma

SPIRITUAL ENLIGHTENMENT IS the damnedest thing. It is, literally, self-defeating. It is a battle we wage upon ourselves. Truth is a uniquely challenging pursuit because the very thing that wants it is the only thing in the way of it.

You’ve always known where it is because it’s exactly where you left it. How can you not return to a place you never left? You are dreaming that you are unenlightened. You are dreaming that you are awake. The question is: Why? The answer is: Why not? Jed McKenna

Enlightenment is nothing. Delusion is the greatest wonder. Enlightenment was in your coffee cup before you poured in the coffee. Now it’s in your coffee cup.