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A Zen koan - when the mind knows the way and the I of you is full of merit where is enlightenment hiding?

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It is hiding still in your mind only if you continue to seek it!

Just because the mind may know the big I is worthy the mind or ego may still pursue enlightenment as something to be obtained. If you live any moment as an obstacle to be overcome to achieve enlightenment you have missed the fact that you are already enlightened and everything is exactly how it is supposed to be. Not to say that you are not still free to make choices....just make karmically correct choices and your intuition will tell you which ones those are. Know thyself.

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