The Drunk Monkey and Enlightenment

Chogyam Trungpa says, “Enlightenment is ego’s ultimate disappointment.”

I call the ego The Drunk Monkey. The Drunk Monkey believes that enlightenment is something to be achieved and will some how be “its” ultimate accomplishment. When in fact it is only the total surrender of The Drunk Monkey itself.

This entry was written by Matthew, posted on July 26, 2010 at 1:22 pm, filed under Inner Peace and tagged , , , , , , . Bookmark the permalink. Follow any comments here with the RSS feed for this post. Post a comment or leave a trackback: Trackback URL.

2 Comments

  1. Joseph Moore
    Posted July 28, 2010 at 8:03 pm | Permalink

    Always looking for additional positive reinforcement.

  2. Matthew
    Posted July 29, 2010 at 4:57 pm | Permalink

    Joseph, I’m stoked that you are benefiting from my words. Looking forward to growing with you.

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