To Be A Seeker

To be a seeker:

to be a seeker is to live in hope of finding some aspect of life that offers fulfillment, an endgame of enlightenment, or perhaps to suffer just a little less. That's the common thought at least and perhaps true for many. For some, it seems, the search alone is enough and no answer ever provides an end to their pursuit. There are many teachers that have a sincere wish to help one off this path. They understand it's a fruitless search within an already present orchard. Life is what's searched for, our own presence found within each moment, aware and at ease. 

it's an easy search really. 

a seeker is just a distinction made, a cause of separation termed from someone who believes they've found a place of value. Yet we all share the same reality, we stand on common ground with saint and guru, master and sage. All a true teacher will do is point, smile, and relax. We'll all find our own way. Or not. I'm not so sure it really matters. I've seen many people awaken to another pursuit, almost evangelical in their desire to heal the delusions of others, blind to the irony of their trade of something for the sake of absolute nothing(ness). It's just one delusion for another, although now they no longer call themselves a seeker. This isn't to disparage anyone, not those who seek, nor those who preach of nothing. We all find ourselves exactly where we are. 

there's nowhere else to be.

and that's the point, we're all explorers, with life always offering us it's mystery. No one has ever found anything absolute, no permanent truth, nothing that hasn't always been apparent in someway. We're life in rediscovery of ourselves. That's what living is. And in it's constant, life rearranges itself for our surprise, never quite the same through any one moment. To discover silence is to hear ordinary sounds in a joyful way. To see the world in seamless fashion is to hold each distinction holy, clear to what it offers. To realize the inherent emptiness of  reality, the absence of any true self - is to find a deeply intimate, personal world. 

it's really just one thing...and it's ours to be explored.

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Peace, Eric