Welcome back to daily breath. We continue with our exploration into the book of secrets, the secrets of the self. Today what I'd like to do is actually mention a few pitfalls that people on the

spiritual path are susceptible to. Anyone who's experienced spiritual seeking or being a spiritual junkie as they call them goes to every

workshop or very seminar on spirituality.

And there are some pitfalls that happen

when you become a spiritual junkie.

And here's how you avoid them.

Number one, knowing where you're going.

Knowing where you're going.

There's an ancient Zen aphorism that says a good

traveler has no definite plans and is not intent on arriving. I'll repeat that. A good traveler has no definite plans is not intent on

arriving. That's me by the way. I travel all the time. You know some people have to take

LSD and all these drugs to take a trip. They call it tripping, okay? But have you ever watched a baby? They're tripping all the time.

Okay, they're so happy and joyful. They say, what is this baby taking? Okay, I wish I could bottle that and they're tripping because they're

where they are. The journey is the destination. So if you know where you're going or you're not with me, okay? Hard work, driving ambitions,

exacting plans, a goal that you will get to and you're never present right now for that and when you arrive

where you will arrive you won't be present anyway so what's the point? So the first

pitfall is relax. The point of arrival is now. In

fact there's no other point of arrival other than now.

Think about it.

Have you ever been anywhere other than now?

Even when you're planning in your imagination

to be in the future, you're doing it now.

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