This path has one very distinct characteristic, it is not prefabricated. It doesn’t already exist. The path we are talking about is the moment by moment evolution of our experience, the moment by moment evolution of the world of phenomena, the moment by moment evolution of our thoughts and emotions.
The path is not Route 66, destination Los Angeles. It isn’t as if we can take out a map and figure that this year we might make it to Gallup, New Mexico, and maybe by next year we’ll be in L.A. The path is uncharted. It comes into existence moment by moment and at the same time drops away behind us. It’s like riding a train sitting backward. We can’t see where we’re headed, only where we’ve been.
This is a very encouraging teaching, because it says that the source of wisdom is whatever is going to happen to us today. The source of wisdom is what is happening to us right at this very moment.
Emerging From The Dark Night 