Do not grasp. . .

Another cogent pointer from John Wheeler:

Do not grasp onto an image of one who knows, one who got it, one who completed the journey, one who lived to tell the tale, one who "awakened" or whatever. All of that is just more tales of an image. If you grasp hold of the "acceptable" image, there is a rush of satisfaction and hope that maybe "this time" it will stick. But it is still following an image, a story of a “me”, even if it is supposed to be a better, freer, more worthy “me”. Inevitably the crash comes, followed by disappointment and frustration. And the cycle continues to the next teacher, technique, the next hope. But there can be no real change unless the underlying mechanism is seen at the root, exposed and no longer believed. In truth, those images are like tying yourself to an anchor, throwing it in the sea, and expecting that you will float to the surface — not likely. One must let go of all images, all stories, all identities — good, bad and indifferent.