Accepting Myself as I Am

Realization, or enlightenment, is not an end. It is a continuous beginning.
(Prashant Tripathi)

I have a PhD from a prestigious American university. I always cringed when people called me doctor, yet, I chose to only hang out with those who knew that I was. I also worked for one of the top class financial institutions in the world. I never made a big deal of this fact. Yet again, I conveniently only associated with those who knew.

All this sounds a bit passive aggressive in hindsight. As I am choosing my avocation in the spiritual community, I would like to start with a clean slate. I want everyone to know that I am not enlightened. I am a man who is curious about what lies beyond—that’s all. My spiritual friend is “simpler” than me, and I look up to her spiritual wisdom most of the time.

I accept myself the way I am here and now. I have a hunch, the Way is nearby.