None of it is achieved

Don’t care about material things, meditate daily, prefer silence, love others, be of service, be aware of Awareness, walk the eightfold path, live simply, be gentle, donate, notice mindfully, listen more than you speak, don’t believe your thoughts, practice the presence of God, be a good person, rest in Awareness, chant mantras, give to the poor, forgive everyone, pray every day, integrate your shadow, go through the dark night of the soul, practice yoga, question beliefs, practice gratitude, …

I could go on and on through all spiritual practice of all time.

All this confuses the end result (WAY OF BEING AFTER REALIZATION) with the means (HOW TO GET TO REALIZATION). It also mistakenly assumes causality.

How bodies behave after apparent “awakening” is NOT what got them there.

And: neither before nor after exist. There is only NOW.

Practice is useless for awakening to what is — although ego will feel virtuous.

Realize there is no self — NOW — and the accompanying realization is that the self is irrelevant.

This effortless, completely spontaneous realization means the list above is also either completely irrelevant or effortless and spontaneous.

None of it is achieved through practice.

It is seen to be the case.

NOW.

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