Popcorn

We must meditate.

No, it's not necessary.

We must have a teacher.

No, we must be our own teacher.

We must study a spiritual tradition.

No, study doesn’t help and tradition can keep us stuck in beliefs.

We must work on ourselves first.

No need to work on what we're going beyond.

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What we’re trying to realize is already the case.

The truth is already here as soon as we stop believing anything about it.

No one, no matter how enlightened, needs to give us what we already have.

This is such joyful news.

It's more available than the air we breathe.

And whatever we see can't be unseen.

At some point, the popcorn pops.

It can’t ever reverse into a kernel of corn.