The "Enlightenment" Disclaimer (that you ignored)

Sit at the guru’s feet and eventually you will hear the disclaimer: “only those ready for enlightenment can be enlightened” or “You must be prepared for ‘awakening’ in order to awaken.”

There’s only so much enlightenment to go around, so we gotta weed out the undeserving (who are simply unprepared) It’s the law of supply and demand. A law found in the 'world.'

So how does one prepare for enlightenment? Do you just gotta want it real bad? How can you be ready to “awaken”? The “master” tried to give you truth. Yet, even though you’ve struggled and sacrificed for most of your life, obviously, you’re still not ready. Make no mistake, you have no one to blame but yourself. So forget that refund, because it’s not the master’s fault you’re still ignorant!

However, if you happen to get your coveted “enlightenment,” be aware that, like everything else in the world, it has no guarantee. This makes it no different from anything else the world gives you and everything in the world is impermanent.

Everything dies and nothing lasts.

Then why do the wizards of awakening teach that enlightenment is the means of “transcending” the world? or your suffering? Or, most importantly, your ‘self’? 

What gives, yo?!

If “enlightenment” is transcending the world, and the world is impermanence, shouldn’t enlightenment be permanent and that permanence be absolutely guaranteed to last forever?

After you received your enlightenment (first paying the required fee), did you perceive the same world you saw before?

Well then, rest assured, you haven't transcended the world (nor the ego that perceives it). This is because perception is sensation and sensation is a function of the body and the body stands directly on terra firma (solid ground) because gravity insures that it doesn’t float out into space. Ha!

Looks like you got schnuckered, because you’re still in the "illusion." But don’t sweat it! If you were taught to better negotiate that cold, cruel world, then maybe it was worth the price. Problem is, the world, no matter how cold or cruel (or loving and joyful), is impermanent. Therefore, your enlightenment product cannot last and, eventually, must disappear like dust in the wind.

Hey, NO problem. Just buy another one! Otherwise, your only other option is to stop seeking “enlightenment.”

It’s a lot of fun to play with paradox, just don’t take it too serious and think that you “know.”


I close my eyes, only for a moment, and the moment's gone
All my dreams, pass before my eyes, a curiosity
Dust in the wind, all they are is dust in the wind.

Same old song, just a drop of water in an endless sea
All we do, crumbles to the ground, though we refuse to see

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind

[Now] Don't hang on, nothing lasts forever but the earth and sky
It slips away, and all your money won't another minute buy.

Dust in the wind, all we are is dust in the wind
Dust in the wind, everything is dust in the wind.
(Kansas)