The constant feeling of inadequacy—that gnawing sensation that you are always missing something—is the root of all human suffering. Your inability to see it, to understand it, and ultimately, to be one with it, is what makes you tired, aching, and sad.
The irony is that this essential piece is not lost in the outside world; it will always be there within you.It remains buried, waiting to be unearthed.
The Endless Journey of the Seeking Mind
Look around at the world, and you see people with tired eyes, pursuing desires, hopes, and goals.They are forever begging in the void, unable to stop the endless chase.
They ask, “Where is life? Where is the stop? Where is the truth?” and in answering these questions with action, they forever remain a traveler on an endless journey with tired eyes full of pleas.
The reason for this perpetual motion is simple: You have not yet found what you are looking for in this void, this emptiness. You mistake the emptiness for a problem to be filled, rather than a door to be entered.
The True Direction: Losing Yourself at the Inner Gate
The time for external seeking is over. Therefore, first you must stop.
Your journey must immediately pivot. You must travel in search of yourself. But this search doesn’t lead you to a destination you can label.
- Reality is not outside. It’s not in the next achievement, the next person, or the next place.
- It is not inside either. It’s not the feeling, the thought, or the emotion you can observe.
It exists only in the event that you have entered your inner gate and have lost yourself!
The ultimate truth is not found by praying for a solution; it is found by becoming the solution. Do not pray for salvation, abandon yourself to it. Be still!
In that stillness, having surrendered the self that seeks, you find the wholeness you were missing.