Saturday, June 27, 2009

Spiritual Enlightenment: The Damnedest Thing by Jed McKenna

Stake life upon truth. ~Juvenal

This book is sublime. Truth after truth after truth. Your foundations will be shook and you probably won't be happy about it; at least not initially. But truth ain't about happy; it's about truth.

Some Jems:

"Enlightenment isn't when you go there, it's when there comes here."

"You're either awake or you're not."

"I'll tell you what I wish someone had told me when I was feeling confused and alienated. I wish someone had told me that there wasn't something wrong with me and that I shouldn't be trying to make it right; that I should stop trying to pound a square peg into a round hole. I wish someone had told me that I wasn't like everyone else not because I was defective, but because I was designed for other things. Being different might seem like a curse, but the important part is that it's also a blessing. I wish someone had told me to stop trying to fix the curse part and start figuring out the blessing part."

5 comments:

Unknown said...

Wow, I'm surprised you recommend Jed. Seems like your coaching is about improving your life. Jed's books are about destroying your life. More like poison for the heart. :)

Meet Kim said...

Hmm. I hear you. And I'm finding that destroying one's life is an improvement of sorts. Would you agree?

Meet Kim said...

Dear Truth Seeker: Would you be willing to speak with me? I would really appreciate it.
~Kim
kim@thecoachshoppe.com

Renegade said...

"There are no butterfly experts among the caterpillars..." That's not 'poison for the heart.' It's just the way it is.

Renegade said...

And I wouldn't throw Kim out of bed on a cold night either come to that...