Waking up fully is a daily moment-by-moment practice. There is no Santa moment when we’re rewarded with the shiny bauble of enlightenment from another dimension or a higher being.

I recall the first time I read a similar thought in one of Roshi Steve Hagen’s books, which profoundly shaped my love for the Dharma and my affinity with the Zen tradition. Just as birds do not seek the sky, and fish do not seek the water, all of our seeking is in vain.