Self-Realization and Other Awakenings

Another left for Thailand from his home after being
a student devoted to self-inquiry, “In order to
experience life and grow.” He has been going in and
out of happiness since, but then abruptly left our
satsang because of a personal crisis and his desire to
find a woman and more experiences before
enlightenment.
Another student is teaching English in Vietnam and
visiting Buddhist temples.
Another dear student abruptly decided to go the
jungles of Peru to take some psychedelic plant with a
shaman for a number of complex reasons.
Yet another student just spent a month in India and
thinks of going back two more times during the next
year.
I just do not get it.
What you all are seeking is YOU. YOU are always
there. Being with your Sadguru—the human guru who
knows who he or she is—can help YOU to recognize
and be YOU; but all the traveling to monasteries,
shamans, monks, foreign retreats, jungle visits, etc.,
all occur on the level of the body and mind; and are
experiences of the body and mind.
Much of the seeking above is really seeking the
love of another human in a romantic relationship; or