“I’ve a question to which I’ve never received a satisfactory answer from anyone of whom I’ve asked it. Shiv, spiritual teachers are always going on about how realization happens in an instant. There’s nowhere to get to, this is it, yada yada yada. But then they speak about the spiritual path as if it’s some kind of progression to higher levels. You’ve done it yourself Shiv, if I’m to be honest. You’ve said in some places there is no path, no journey but in other places you reference your spiritual journey. Is it a path? Is it not a path? This pathless path? What the heck is it! I suspect there’s a joke in there that I’m just not getting. Can you explain it to me please?”
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Asking someone to explain a joke is a surefire way to ruin it. Still, since you’ve requested, I’ll humor you (no pun intended).
Let me tell you a story about an overweight donkey.
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