3rd January

Wise listeners, the wisdom of enlightenment
is inherent in each of us. We failed to recognize
it because of the illusion of mind, and so to know
our own essence of Mind we see the teachings
of the enlightened.

The dichotomy illustrated here is that enlightenment is an integral part of who we are. Because of the delusion of mind (read here personality consciousness), we feel there is something lacking in our lives. We do not recognize that spirit is part of who we are and so we seek out books to try to find enlightenment, to try to find the spirit that we already are. We are spirit lost trying to find ourselves once again.