If we think we have achieved something, that we 'have made it', then we have been seduced by Mara's daughters, the seduction of spiritual materialism.
(Choegyam Trungpa)
I had a chat with my sister's mother in law and she was reminiscing how life was perfect when her two boys were the age of our boys. Well, I thought to myself, here I am looking forward to them going to college and I am told that I am supposedly having the time of my life. But this conversation was a nice reminder that there never really is a time when you 'have made it'. It is another mental trap. So you may as well drop the enlightenment fantasy as well. You have a job to do on your spiritual path - always. And every journey starts the next day as it ended the one before, with one step at a time.
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