Let us examine a man. An everyman.
This man goes through life asleep. The reason that he is asleep is because none of his reactions are under his control. And none of his thoughts are under his control.
He does not Do. He is Done To.
For his entire adult life, he will bump into walls, without seeing them. He will fall into pits without recognizing them.
He will scour the world looking for Peace
But he will not find it
As a result, the thing he calls peace is nothing but a moment's respite. A lunch break from the turmoil that has become his life
The world of Self-Help and Spirituality
He does not see the wolf behind this sheep's clothing
And when they do not work, he will be told that he must keep practicing them. But what he does not realize is that the guru who tells him this is also still "practicing."
He is desperate to find Truth. He is desperate to live in Freedom before he dies.
He does not make excuses. He will beg, borrow, and steal if he must.
But Freedom he will have
This is the Rebel for whom the Truth was created
He unfollows all the happiness, bumper-sticker message accounts on twitter
He walks away from the gurus
He comes to understand that prescriptive books are useless
A "chance" encounter, an auspicious event . . .
And he discovers the Path he has always been seeking
And joins the handful of human beings on this Earth who come to the Freedom their brethren never do
Namaste