They say that when you want something, you should give it all you've got and go for it. But enlightenment says, if you want to move forward, you need to go in REVERSE. This is because the universe operates on the yin yang energy of equal but opposite forces. (A thread.)
For self-discipline, indulge in laziness until you realize you don't like being lazy.... To achieve health, feel the pain of being sick.... To feel love, acknowledge your hate. To be somebody, become a nobody. For success, embrace failure. To accomplish everything, do NOTHING.
Religion and spirituality say: Avoid the darkness and be the light. Enlightenment says: REAL light comes from darkness. You can only REALLY know what you want by feeling the pain of what you don't want. You can only really know the truth by experiencing the false.
This is why desires ALWAYS remain elusive and keep you chasing what you don't have. Whatever you grasp eludes your grasp. When you let go, the right inspiration comes to you and all the right things gravitate toward you. To achieve what you REALLY love, give up altogether.
Forget everything you've been taught to realize what you KNOW. Only a few have the awareness and the guts to go full throttle in the opposite direction of what they believe or want, but this is the hidden path to life's ultimate, otherwise known as nirvana.