On that effort, what is efforting? Is the mind trying to control itself? Is the ego using our spiritual practices as another way to control? Yoga tells us the key is samadhi, going beyond the mind into our true nature. And we don't get there with effort. Rather we get there by letting go. Allowing things to be as they are, as the poem so aptly describes.
On Oct 24, 2023 David B wrote on En-Lightening, by Tash Shadman: