Hide or seek?

[WindInTheLeaf]

Whenever we search something, we can never find it, as what we search is a manifest of the mind which is inherently tied to something to be sought. Like a cat chasing its tail, we will keep chasing something that can never be caught, unless we stop chasing and it will be right there. When we seek, we create something that is hidden. And what we seek is always something based on an idea of something that is worth seeking; something that is better than something else. But as soon as we seek, we can never capture it, since what we seek is an illusion, a concept of a thing and not a thing in itself. And if we do catch a thing that resembles what we sought, it is corrupted by our idea of what it ought to be. We can never capture what we seek, and if we do capture something 'similar', we will either be disappointed and start seeking something 'better', or be worried that we might lose it. Unless we stop seeking we can never find lasting peace. Unless we stop desiring we can never become whole. Unless we surrender our struggle will never end. Could it be, that when we stop searching for meaning, meaning will be found. Could it be, that when we stop trying, we no longer have to try? Could it be, that when we stop searching for love and peace, love and peace will search for us? Could it be, that when we stop searching for enlightenment and nirvana, the universe guides us to it, it to us?

[Nahm]

@WindInTheLeaf Do that. Let us know how it went. 

[dorg]

That's funny, I play hide And seek, not hide Or seek. Great First post @WindInTheLeaf . Welcome.

[WindInTheLeaf]

@Nahm I can understand your doubt. A newbie pointing the finger against a search for enlightenment, is surely another troll trying to spread doubt on a forum dedicated to self-actualization. My intend is quite the opposite. How can people ever be actualized if they keep following anyone but themselves?

[Nahm]

@WindInTheLeaf I meant do that, and let us know how it goes. Direct experience is best. 

[Faceless]

1 hour ago, WindInTheLeaf said:

Could it be, that when we stop searching for enlightenment and nirvana, the universe guides us to it, it to us?

Searching implies effort/will/time so yeah. When all that ends, wholeness “intelligence” is. 

Edited April 28, 2018 by Faceless

[Faceless]

Whole action born of no-thing or nothingness. 

Then your head will go missing 

hehehe?

[WindInTheLeaf]

@Mikael89 Most search for something. Few search for nothing. Fewer still don't search at all, and they become the hide which the universe seek.

[Faceless]

10 minutes ago, WindInTheLeaf said:

@Mikael89 Most search for something. Few search for nothing. Fewer still don't search at all, and they become the hide which the universe seek.

In my case it became apparent that the searcher acted as a blind fold.