It’s one thing to say that everything is already heaven, that everybody is already awake, that everyone is already Spirit. It’s true, but as one wise Zen master said long ago, “A fat lot of good that does you if you don’t know it.” Once again, what is required is a certain sense of honesty. Everything is already inherently complete, already fully Spirit. We are already as much as we will ever be. But the question is—do we know it? Have we realized it? If we have not, what is it that’s causing us to perceive otherwise? And if we have realized it, are we living it? Is it becoming actualized? Is
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