[the_crow]

I've spent my entire adult life going after spiritual enlightenment.
Which is both a good thing, and a bad thing.
Had I not done this, I could never have attained it.
While, at the same time, going after it was the very thing that ensured I would never find it.

I was able to succeed in the moment of abandoning my quest.

Taoism was the final vehicle that took me to these unattainable places.
And so taoism is right up there with the way and the means.
The final barrier was the label itself.

What am I now?
I am what I am.