Returning to the Source!!
The Goal is where one started. Due to utter ignorance, one has come so far away from there, in believing that there is fulfilment in the objects of this world. One has become convinced that the more possessions one acquires or more relationships one forms, the greater the happiness one will experience and this would endure eternally.
Such is the level of ignorance, that one does not understand that there is only baggage added at every stage which is getting more burdensome. And many are just unfortunate that this realization does not even arise, and they pass away missing out on an opportunity in attaining true fulfilment.
If one is fortunate, a moment of clarity arises — a realisation that there is something fundamentally amiss. It becomes evident that the ceaseless accumulation of material things and relationships has brought about greater suffering, even if it has offered fleeting moments of pleasure. This accumulated baggage is, in fact, the root cause of suffering.
Recognising this, one realises an immediate & dire need to unburden oneself of this baggage and to retrace back to the place one started. The Goal, therefore, is prior to everything that has happened till now and not in the distant future or in acquiring something new. It is to return to what was present at the very beginning and has never been lost.
This leads to the pressing question: How does one unburden oneself? How can one let go of everything that has been accumulated along the way?
