Still not enlightened?

“It is always a danger
To aspirants on the Path
When they begin
To believe and act
As if the ten thousand idiots
Who so long ruled and lived inside
Have all packed their bags
And skipped town
Or
Died.” ~ Hafez
 
Core beliefs are tenacious, that is just how it is. I may have processed the same belief hundreds of times and then, seemingly out of the blue, there it is again. Maybe it does not scream quite as loudly as it did twenty years ago, maybe it does not urge me to break things, maybe it has become more subtle, but, make no mistake, the belief is still there. The good news is that is getting weaker and that I am less and less tolerant of its childish rants.  Love, Diederik