If one takes effort and practices in order to get something in particular he may ultimately get it. But when you do such practice you have a notion as to what you are aiming at. Otherwise one will not be able to recognize the achievement when it is obtained. One therefore approaches the object desired with a preconceived notion. Reality, Truth, or Grace cannot be thus approached because one does not, or cannot, know its nature beforehand.
But trying to understand one’s own mind, how it functions and behaves, what all complicated functions are carried by it and how, or what is the source of the mind, is an altogether different matter. You are probing something which is already there within you, that is, within me. The only thing which is absolutely reliable to me for my knowledge is only my own mind. And one is just observing and learning from the observation. When the whole mind is understood, may be that one may hit upon the source that powers it, the energy that runs the show. But one has to stop the search for anything particular. Because search means that you know what you are searching for, in which case there is no need to search!
For all that, Reality may be already there with us unrecognized.
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