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SPIRITUAL LIFE IS A LIFE OF SEARCH
By Swami Ramakrishnananda

Spiritual life is a life of search… but a true search.
Not to investigate and to seek what you hope to discover,
Not the object of your aspiration,
But what you are.
Meditation is just a search for the mediator.
Enlightenment is to discover…
To discover that there is no discoverer, and there is nothing to discover…
Enlightenment is to be.
To be the most wonderful discovery of what cannot be found.
It is to arrive to nowhere…
To meet no one.
You fail, because of your habit to search only for that which satisfies your needs.
Get rid of all this need.
And you will see…
Get rid of all that you have.
And you will see…
Throw away all that can be thrown.
And you will see…
Give up these words, and what they make you feel
And you will see…
Give up your attempt to give up.
And you will see…
Give up your attempt to see.
Because then you will really see…
The farther the object you search for, the better eyesight you need.
That which is closest to you, you have to be.