When the search ends...

There is an ending of the desire to know that is true ending. And there is an ending of the desire to know that is not true, that is not the realization of your true nature. A pseudo ending.
One is real experiential ending, the other is a mental attitude, that has not pierced through the depth of ignorance.

When you confuse the two, you mistake conceptual understanding with the experiential revelation that ends the search. The search leads to the unshakable establishment in peace, joy and happiness. The divine qualities of the Self.

You can convince yourself that no-seeking is necessary and you can have lots of followers agreeing with you, but you will not have the peace and happiness that your heart seeks. You cannot impart it onto your followers. You are like a barren duck that cannot bear any ducklings. This is the path of the lazy, spoiled brats that want it the easy way.

Many settle for this interim conceptual understanding and preach that there is nothing to know. They preach that seeking is duality and that there is no need to seek. Some of the words they speak are correct, but are not backed up by their revelation, They are like parrots.
They stop their contemplation before their seeking has truly ended and believe they are arrived. They become teachers of 'no-seeking' but cannot reveal the perfume of the divine.

When sages speak of no-seeking or when they speak of the end of seeking, they are speaking after they have reached that point where seeking has actually ended. They are not speaking about abandoning the search prematurely.

The search ends when you are established in the freedom, peace and happiness. Only this revelation is the true ending of the quest.

To know that you don't know is not the end result. It is an important interim point.
To know what you are is a totally different matter! It is a living experiential wholesome knowing. The wisdom of the divine revelation is not conceptual mental knowledge, it is not a belief system. The revelation of your true nature is the real fourth of July!

Magdi Em Be