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Why You’re Bored of Enlightenment
(And What To Do About It)
Hey you, yes you — the spiritual seeker who’s feeling like the show is over. This one’s for you.
We’re diving into the tepid waters of spiritual stagnation. Now, why should you care? Because if you’ve hit a wall and think you’ve seen it all, chances are you’re lounging in a self-made prison.
So listen up.
The Illusion of Completion
You think you’ve arrived? Cute.
You’re the monk who sat too long in his cave, entranced by the echoes of his own chants. Remember the Buddha? After achieving enlightenment, he didn’t just sit under the Bodhi Tree doodling mandalas in the dirt. He got up and walked. He engaged. Enlightenment isn’t the finish line; it’s the starting gun.
And if you’re no longer curious, maybe it’s not the world that’s stale; it’s you.
The Curse of Spiritual Complacency
Nietzsche got it…
He warned us about the Last Man, the one who’s devoid of any aspiration, who has smoothed out all the rough edges of his existence.
Spiritual complacency is nothing but a dressed-up version of this mediocrity. It’s the opium of the seeker, a self-prescribed…