The blank pages of life are soon scribbled in. Were we to look back at each day like a journal entry, we would find tedium, boredom and repetition. Nothing new under the sun—that’s for sure. So….

What is all of this talk about enlightenment? It used to drive me mercilessly, or at least the search for it. But enlightenment is just another carrot on another stick. There is no freedom to be found on that level. And that level is all we know.

So….
A leap must be made, but where? Where is the new land, the promised clarity, the revelation of who “I am” really is. It is not a leap to be made on this level. And this level is all we know.

As I type, I break new ground. When I begin, I had no idea what to write about. Now the writing is underway and my fingers are busily recording what my brain is telling them to get down.

Where is the place in which we will land? We may be able to leap, at least theoretically. But we will just land on the same old ground. That is problematic. And it is good for people who make a living teaching non-duality. They must know there is no place to be found.

Vernon Howard, the teacher I studied with for or 8 years, knew the truth. He roared it; he screamed it; he bellowed it. And as he said frequently, “Not one of you has gotten it!”

What is truth? Jesus never answered that question, if I remember correctly. And I am probably wrong. The mind is full of missteps at best.

Enlightenment is written between the lines. I am smiling broadly. The heart knows that. The heart knows much more than words can ever say.

Perhaps today I will carry my blank pages around with me and invite other people to scribble on them. They are not doing me any good.

Vicki Woodyard