Why They Want It

I think also with a lot of enlightenment seekers
or seekers of awakening, whatever that means to them,
they never really ask themselves why they want it
because most of the time it boils down to
one or two reasons. The main one is that they hurt
and they don't want to and they think that if they
are enlightened or they achieve this state or
they reach that level, whatever the word is,
whatever the wording is that works for them,
that then they will be blissful all the time,
they will be calm all the time. They won't mind
what happens. They will feel better in the end.

Judy Cohen