Climbing and Spiritual Peaks

This morning's conversation with Deepa. 

Spiritual awakening is a journey and cannot be a destination because it is vast. A seeker is like a climber. He climbs a peak and has his first "A-ha" experience, but he cannot assume that this is all there is. 

There are multiple peaks, there are peaks of differing heights, there are different views from the top too, depending on which face of the peak has been scaled.  There are also different climbing trails and pathways to the top. 

Some people get to a peak and assume they've "reached". They think that they have to stay there and shout out to all those below that they must climb up to the peak that they themselves are on. 

Sometimes they shout to others on other peaks and tell them that their view / peak is wrong, and that the one they're on is more beautiful / correct / rewarding.

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