Just A Thought ~ A SLOW PROCESS

Enlightenment is like the moment of death: when it comes, it is always instantaneous, but the process leading up to it is gradual; in fact, we spend our entire lives building up to it ~ no, more: the moment we are born, we begin to die, for death is not something separate from life, but part of it; it might even be said that living is dying ~ the wheel turns, and the life-force runs out.

And enlightenment? ~ our ideas about it keep us from seeing it.