Waiting for Godot

The early Christians were convinced the Second Coming of the Christ was imminent, so they didn't even bother writing down the gospels of the Christ for future generations. It was only when all the people who actually had contact with Jesus started dying off when the realized that they better start writing.

I was reminded of this story when I reflected on taking the Course in Miracles workbook, which takes more than a year and the fear crept up in me that yet another year would go by without enlightening 'striking'. Well, that is what thoughts do, they pop up. The Disappearance of the Universe had a nice position on this: when you are on the right spiritual track you will be so happy that you do not think that much about enlightenment. No point waiting for Godot. He will come when the time is ripe.