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The End of the Spiritual Path

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The spiritual path is often seen as a journey - a long, winding road toward a goal. For some, it’s enlightenment. For others, it’s peace, awakening, or some final resolution to the restless search for meaning.


But pause for a moment and ask yourself: Where does this path actually lead? Who is it that needs to travel it?


What if the path itself is an illusion? What if there’s no distance to cross, no steps to take, and no traveller to walk it?


What if the end of the spiritual path is seeing that there was never a path to begin with?


The Illusion of a Path

The idea of a path suggests progress, movement, and direction. It implies that there’s something you lack now that you’ll eventually gain through effort or understanding.


But look closely:


  • Where is this path?

  • Where is the starting point, and where is the destination?


The path is just a story - a mental construct that reinforces the idea of separation: me here, awakening over there. It keeps you locked in the belief that what you’re seeking is somewhere else, sometime later.


But what if there’s no distance between you and what you’re seeking? What if the very idea of a path is part of the illusion it’s trying to resolve?


No Traveller, No Journey

A path implies a traveller. But who is it that’s walking this road?


Look for this traveller. Can you find them? Or do you find only thoughts, sensations, and experiences arising and falling, without any fixed “self” at the centre?


Without a traveller, the idea of a journey collapses. And without a journey, what’s left of the path?


Life Is Not a Path

Life doesn’t move toward a destination. It doesn’t operate in straight lines or follow maps. It’s an ever-changing flow, complete in itself, with no beginning and no end.


The idea that Life is a journey - a path to be walked - is simply a story the mind tells. Life, as it is, doesn’t need a path to happen. It’s already happening, whole and free.


The End of Seeking

The spiritual path often begins with a sense of lack - a belief that something is missing, that Life as it is isn’t enough.


But what happens when the search for more falls away?


The end of the spiritual path isn’t a destination you reach. It’s the recognition that there’s nothing to seek, nothing to find, and no one separate from Life who could undertake the search.


The peace and freedom you’ve been searching for aren’t hidden in the distance. They’re not waiting for you at the end of the path. They’re here, now, as the absence of seeking.


An Invitation to Stop Walking


Take a moment to notice:


  • Without the thought of a path, what is this moment?

  • Without the idea of a journey, is anything missing?

  • Without the belief in a seeker, what remains?


Not as a concept or an intellectual answer, but as a direct noticing.


The Freedom of No Path

The freedom you long for isn’t found at the end of a journey. It’s found in the absence of the journey altogether.


When the idea of a path dissolves, what’s left is the immediacy of Life as it is - whole, seamless, and free.


There’s no path, no traveller, no destination. There’s only this: Life, arising without effort, without purpose, without distance.


The end of the spiritual path is the end of the belief that awakening is somewhere else. It’s the end of the idea that there’s something to achieve. It’s the end of the search.


And what remains is this - just this, exactly as it is.


So, stop walking. There’s nowhere to go, nothing to reach, and no one separate from Life who could take a step. The end of the path is simply the realisation that you’ve been home all along.

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About Marcus

Marcus, lives a quiet, reclusive life in the English countryside with his wife, Lisa, their two boys, and two dogs. He enjoys countryside walks with the dogs, writing, giving talks and chatting with people who share an interest in exploring Life as it is free from the interpretations of thought.

 

To seekers he offers this reminder:

"You don’t need to rely on any outside authority, because there’s nothing to fix, nothing to figure out - just stop and notice the effortless unfolding of Life as it is, without relying on the interpretation of thought for the answers.Trust that Life will guide the way - It's got you this far already”

marcusfellowes@gmail.com

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