Those claiming interest in achieving a state of mind
vastly different from man’s ordinary one 
have always pictured the matter as being both 
fragile and complex;
from top to bottom --  this is an error.
For those with more than a mere claim of interest,
nothing is more misleading than this belief.
 

The minds of the merely curious support this notion in many ways, several of which are:
with the most simplistic people, 
the ache for another mental state is always given a
supernatural setting where in the aspirants imagine that their efforts are connected to an attempt to 
please a deity, 
and certainly all dealings involving gods are going to be intricate & complicated, and must be handled with  delicacy and tact, (to wit):
”Trying to reach a state of enlightened spirituality is both fragile and complex.” 
                                        Not true.
 
 

More proffered evidence by the dilettantes is that the mind/psyche/personality of man is itself 
fragile and complex,
and thus any efforts made to change same 
must perforce themselves be fragile and complex.
                                 Not so.
 
 

Another historically salient explanation for the presence of this error is that the very nature of the undertaking is 
SO far removed from man’s everyday world that staggering complexity must be expected, and delicacy of handling, the order of the day. 
                                 A fallacy.
 
 

People --  to-this-sort-of-thing-born
are  more dissatisfied with themselves than the average, and have a built in tendency to think of themselves as, “unusually complex and sensitive” --
which fits perfectly with the overall picture of 
this sort of activity itself being fragile and complex;
”After all,” would say they, “It is the humble, troubled souls of the world who long for enlightenment, 
not the haughty brutes. 
"Teresa of Avila," they would say, 
"Not Alexander The Great."
 
 

All the above aside,
inside your own head do your thoughts weave a picture of you as a very complex, and uniquely fragile person;
such is part of the innate structure of people with that certain-hunger,
(and none of this in reference to your physical health, 
or strength). 
The thoughts in your head not only think of you in such a manner, but also of any possibility there might be of you  changing what “you” seem to be;
you are complex and fragile, and any way by which you might alter what you are must also be complex & fragile.
It all fits, and seems air tight  --  it feels air tight --
                         --  but it is in error.
 
 

All of the well known teachings & systems presenting themselves as portals to another state of mind,
appear one and all to be extremely complex, 
and intricate, and are treated by their followers with an instinctive reverence and delicacy.
The great awakened master’s words are both 
difficult to understand, 
and their metaphysical significance – delicate, and fragile.
It all feels right --
and makes those involved feel good --  feel “spiritual,”
and slightly, “otherworldly”
which presents no problem for anyone --
if that is all that is desired.
 
 

Waking Up, achieving Enlightenment, 
becoming Liberated, and realizing directly for yourself, 
what-is-going-on
is a matter in no wise fragile nor complicated,
nor will any method, teaching, ritual, or 
feeling deliver you to this condition.
Seeing what’s-going-on is simple, direct, 
and wouldn’t break if you dropped it from a rooftop --
--  and by the way --   same goes for you.
What you think-of, and call your “I” --  your “self” --
the internal “my” thing, possessor of all that is “you” --
is also non fragile, and definitely not complex.
 
 

In the beginning, those with the interest in this,
see life as fraught with unfairness and inexplicability,
and based on everyone else’s apparent 
indifference thereto,
soon judge themselves to be unusually sensitive,
and with a much more complex view of life 
than everyone else. 
This is how all start the adventure,
but unless you get over this delusion,
this is also how it will conclude for you.
 
 

The “secret knowledge” --  the “Truth”
that all of the would-be enlightened seek
is simple & unbreakable --  not fragile & complex, 
and is surrounding you --  every moment of your life.
You couldn’t get away from it if you tried.
The “truth” is:  What happens,
and the “secret” is: To see it happen  --  period!
 
 

In metaphorville, Alexander treated the Great Knot
as an alert man should the matter of:
”I am Asleep, and should Awaken.”
Alexander didn’t understand the Knot,
and how it was tied,
and neither do you, “being asleep,” or, “waking up,”
but his solution to the challenge by passed any
mental questions that could have appeared in his mind,  he simply cut directly to the core of the problem 
before him.
 

Do the same.
Your present consciousness of life --  whatever it is -- 
is an enlightened one;
a man cannot have a consciousness of life that is invalid, but what he can do is suddenly realize the
unexplainable reality of this paragraph.
 
 

       ”Hey,  I’m free  --   I never was in jail.
         Hey,  I’m not fragile  --  I never was.
Hey,  I’m no longer being imposed on by a world  of idiots!

                .................what’s for dinner?”