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it does not seem to me that"enlightenment" is a place or thing--i dont think you get to a "there" and say ah yes, now i am enlightened. nor do i think that you grab it like a dress on a rack.
there is only process.
you never arrive anywhere.
same sort of business would obtain for the empty-mind...what exactly does that mean?
why would you necessarily have to sit to get to it?
sitting is one way.
there are others.
and what makes you think you would want enlightenment, if such a thing existed?
do you think being able to "see" would make your life easier?
why would you think that?
what if "it" burns?
and what if what "it" burns through includes your relationships with people around you, for example?
or do you think that it would be a kind of merit badge you could show your friends at parties? hey look...you did the ham radio jamboree, you did chopping wood, i did enlightenment.....what if you are wrong?
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a gramophone its corrugated trumpet silver handle
spinning dog. such faithfulness it hear
it make you sick.
-kamau brathwaite
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