You've been approaching this all wrong.
The spiritual search is the most elaborate prank ever played on consciousness. You search for enlightenment like a fish searches for water, surrounded by it, swimming in it, made of it. The quest for awakening is a cosmic comedy with one punchline: there's no seeker to become enlightened.
Remember your first spiritual epiphany? That moment when truth seemed just around the corner? You bought the books, sat on cushions, chanted mantras, followed gurus. Each practice promised the secret passage to enlightenment. Each teacher hinted at mysteries just beyond your current understanding. You accumulated concepts like trading cards, building an impressive spiritual resume that got you nowhere.
The spiritual marketplace thrives on your sense of lack. Meditation retreats, enlightenment intensives, sacred plant ceremonies - all promising the fix for your existential emptiness. The industry depends on you never finding what you seek, because the moment you do, they lose a customer.
What if the search itself is the only obstacle? What if freedom isn't found at the end of a spiritual journey but in the collapse of the journey concept? The seeker is the sought, the path is the destination...
...and this article is part of the problem.
The Method That Kills All Methods
The Un-Method begins with a single recognition:
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