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question:  Am I a restless, confused buddha and only need to
accept right now the peculiar nature of my buddhahood, or is it
different from and comes after all this stuff happening now?
You are a buddha from the very beginning, as everybody else is.
Buddhahood is the source and the goal. You are a buddha from the
very beginning, and you will remain a buddha to the very end.
The only question is of recognizing it, not of realizing it.
Real, it is already; real it is. Realization is not the
question, but recognition, a turning in. That is the meaning of
the word conversion: turning upon oneself.  Consciousness is
continuously engaged by objects. It moves outwards. Its
engagement, its commitment, is to the without. When you
disengage it from the without and allow it to fall within itself
the recognition arises. Then you start tasting your being for
the first time. You have been tasting the other for millions of
your lives, and the other only keeps