The fruit falls when it is ripe

 "First we must see that we cannot will ourselves to be open because openness is our very nature. Any tiny residue of willing, of wanting to be open takes us away from what we are.

 

Liberation consists in being free from the “me”. Understanding this is instantaneous, total, without return. It is a sudden opening to a new dimension which leaves us in silent plenitude where there is no one who claims and no one who suffers.

 

Willing never goes beyond willing. So, the only way to be free from this circle is to glimpse the truth that openness is the egoless state, and that it is here and now.”

Jean Klein

 

We can try to be serene, loving and spiritual,

 

and can be mindful when we are apparently not.

 

We can pray for the ability to be serene and loving.

 

Yet, the moment we think we are aware, we are not, and

 

the moment we are aware that we are unaware, we are aware.

 

Every striving is lack, yet, what we look for looks for us.

 

How can we break free from this apparent paradox?

 

With awakening come glimpses of freedom.

 

Then one day a big break-through occurs.

 

No inner or spiritual work can cause it,

 

yet, everything we do sets us up for it.

 

The fruit falls when it is ripe!