the obsession — Dymora
seeking enlightenment inhibits enlightenment — The Opposite
It seems as though you may be skeptical that enlightenment can actually occur. — Dymora
Self-discovery assumes there's a self and that there's something to be discovered about the self and, most importantly, that it's something one would want to discover. I have no idea about the first two assumptions but, in my own case, the third assumption turns out to be false. Let's face it, we're all just one bad day away from becoming something we, ourselves, wouldn't want to meet in a dark alley. — TheMadFool
Assuming one finds a monster to be dwelling in their sub-/unconscious, wouldn't one want to understand how it works and what it is doing there? — Tzeentch
I am simply going off Pavlov's hierarchy of needs here. Seek and ye shall find stuff. — Dymora
Does the obsession's with the acquisition of material things inhibit enlightenment? Enlightenment, here, meaning the journey of discovery of ones self? — Dymora
I sense a tone of sarcasm in your reply that I could really do without right now. — Dymora
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