Like a dog chasing its own tail

Thoughts chase thoughts, answers feed questions, questions feed answers, and the whole thing begins to look like a dog chasing its own tail.

The seeker searches for truth, but the seeker itself is part of what is being questioned. The one who wants to wake up is made of the same movement it is trying to escape. It wants freedom, but also wants to survive as the one who has found freedom. 

 The question “who is going to awaken?” starts to fall away, as the one who is supposed to find it can no longer be taken for granted. 

Yes, there are thoughts, sensations, memories, reactions, habits and emotions, but when you look for the one managing it, owning it, controlling it, claiming it, nothing solid can actually be found.

© Pete & Kalyani Lawry