Stages of Enlightenment

by stewart

Learn to see those things

Which you must do

And those things

Which God/Light must do.

He/she who can recognize the difference

Is on their way to enlightenment.

 

Most travelers expect enlightenment

To arrive in a flash.

They imagine it is like turning on

A lamp in their home.

This is our desire for haste

And stems from greed.

 

This process is much slower

And knowledge comes in stages;

And once the Light is on

It cannot be turned off

As easily as hitting a switch.

-SB

 

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