What's the rush? Why so desperate to escape this world? Why should we fear our bodies and the earth which spawned us? I see so much beauty in the world. Why would I want to leave this place behind? I'm not sure what enlightenment is, but for a lot of people who claim to seek it, it seems more like escapism. It seems a more worthy pursuit to embody the entire Tree of Life, from Kether to Malkuth. Shiva and Shakti, Mother Earth and Father Sky, the immanent and the transcendent...it seems like so many people have an unbalanced leaning towards one or the other. I also notice that among those who favor the transcendant over the immanent, there is a certain denigration of the feminine. They curse Mother Earth and seek the Great Central Sun.