Humans chase and strive for a moment's high.

They miss out on The Moment's perennial high.

A moment's high.

The Moment's high.

These two are galaxies apart.

The Moment is the highest high there is.

Not because it is actually some high.

Because there is no low that follows.

A moment of peace/happiness/ecstasy

dumps the human in the next moment.

The Moment stays.

The human's oneness with it gets deeper with time.

Like a high that gets higher with time,

with the low disappearing.

A moment's pleasure is an illusion.

No matter where or with whom it is found.

Because until it is had, it grips the human with

a crippling hope and anticipation for something it is not.

After it is had, it continues to choke a part of him

with a longing for something it is not.

The high itself is a deep mental or visceral euphoria.

But what makes a human latch on to it, both in space and time,

is not the high itself, is it?

Try this right now.

"A moment's pleasure"

What did the phrase above make you think of?

The visceral experience of you actually having that pleasure

is not your imagination of it, is it?

You are yet to understand this...

The prize you are striving towards

is a striving towards your insistence "to have the prize"

and not the prize itself.

On the other end of all this,

awaits The Moment.

The Moment...

is not to be chased or strived or paid for.

is not something that makes one sacrifice something else.

is always there.

It can be brought to the task that is being done.

It can be shared with the other who still insists on escaping it.

It can heighten any and all experiences!

The Moment is the ultimate (high).

To the average human,

the lines thus far may have sounded like a sales pitch

or perhaps something they are already sold to.

And I will remind them -

You are being led astray.

By you.

The Moment is not available to the Mind.

Because and thus,

The Moment is not available to You.

Who you are today, is not You.

As you,

your momentary highs,

seeking escapes for those highs,

and all the other baggage that comes with making way for them,

You are holding on to the Mind.

[You are holding on to the Mind] <= this is you.

The Mind and the Moment do not mix.

You are the Moment.

Today, you are neither.

Today, you are lost in a lifelong tussle with you.

To live as The Moment,

To live the lifelong high,

To unveil the Mind as an ally,

is to be the Ultimate.

But.

There is "no free lunch".

To be the Ultimate

is also to be ready for the ultimate sacrifice.

Not of your momentary highs.

But that of the illusion - you.

Thank you.