July 9, 2012
Becoming a True Seeker
To become a true seeker requires a heroic willingness to suspend our most cherished beliefs. I’m not speaking about suspending our good judgment, discerning intellect, or common sense in any way, shape, or form. But I am saying that we have to be willing to let go, even if only temporarily, of whatever our deepest convictions are about the nature of life, love, purpose, and the meaning—or meaninglessness—of existence. This is a perennial enlightenment teaching: we have to make room for the unknown. To seek in earnest means that we have to ceaselessly make the effort to peer beyond what we already know. It is only beyond the boundaries of already knowing that we come upon that miraculous domain of unmanmifest creative potential and higher knowledge that always liberates and is ever-new. And in an evolutionary worldview, this letting go is not merely a means to an end or a temporary step. It will always be the case, because there will always be infinitely more development, more knowledge, and ever-deepening enlightenment to unfold within us.
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Andrew Cohen is a spiritual teacher, cultural visionary, founder of EnlightenNext, and the author of 
Thankyou – this is the beautiful truth, always more, always a chance to be ever new and explore new vistas if we are so lucky enough to be able to relinquish the past, and let go again and again.
“Heroic willingness to suspend our most cherished beliefs”. Good prescription for a true seeker.
By keeping ventilators and doors open fresh air keeps coming in.
Tilling the field of mind and readying the plane repeatedly after every harvest.for reaping fresh yield.
I agree with Andrew. A seeker embarks on the voyage to the unknown, fearlessly and with a deeply entrenched hope, but without a conditioned mind. There is no stopping anywhere until a revealation comes, a dawn of new understanding arises. Evolution is not only to be of mind but of spirit also, in fact the journey itself transforms. The journey is the goal.
No, i don’t agree. Ich like rather being a true finder than becoming a true seeker. But anyway, i love your quotes of the week.
As an artist present also so as to help to enjoy the manifestation of our New Humanity, even if up to now I did not join you, I am here and I thank you for all the best you co-create in this sense.
If you have time, watch my video on my website.
Blessings from Brussels,
Danielle dielle
In my experience I have found that it is the “unknown” that liberates one from the bondage of this problem or that problem — the “known” keeps one stuck.
How can any one touch or feel the Divine without going deep into the Heart..The search for God is not a subject matter of mind or ego..It is too subtle to be probed or think about through the mechanism of mind.