ONE SECOND OR ONE LIFETIME, WE’RE ALL AFTER THE SAME THING
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The path we travel in life depends largely on the instruction we have been given. Strangely, after the Buddha had died, there was an eventual split among his followers. One side advocated for a spontaneous enlightenment, while the other group said it was a process. Can you image a split in such an amazing community, when in truth, both sides were right.

In my own case, it took a good portion of lifetime of searching for some presumed key… only to realize that all that time, I was searching for “me”. (The Eye that sees is the “I” that “I am”.) Yet, another person could have just as easily awakened in a second, rather than having taken a lifetime. For many, however, it does take time to discover that the religious doctrine we’re so committed to, bears no resemblance to the reality or internal truth that we are so desperately seeking.

Frank Johnson