I’m continually surprised by how many apparently mature and experienced spiritual practitioners remain fixed in a self image of brokenness and lack, perpetually seeking their idea of perfection or nirvana at some future point in time and space. It’s as if they can’t let go of the handrail of spiritual materialism.
I have no idea what awakening or enlightenment mean to anyone else but to me they simply mean the open, unconditional, honest, vulnerable recognition of and gratitude for our life exactly as it is here and now.