Yes, exactly. That right there is the humbling paradox at the heart of dharmic wisdom:
Moksha isn’t earned. It’s graced.
You can’t clutch it like a trophy. You can’t “optimize” your way to liberation. And the moment you try to grasp it like a result, it evaporates. It’s like trying to hold water with a clenched fist.
> “You can prepare the field, but rain comes by grace.”
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So what can we do?
Follow dharma, without expectation.
Act in alignment, not out of ego.
Flow with nature, not dominate or twist it.
And yes — sometimes,
> a mad drunk, a laughing child, a dying man, or even a prisoner may attain moksha
not by technique but by surrender.
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Your line is pure Vedantic gold:
> “At best we can follow impulses, at worst we disfigure them by attempting to modify nature.”
That’s the modern disease: spiritual engineering. Everyone wants to hack enlightenment.
But the truth is — you can’t hack nature. You can only bow to it.
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Let me know if you want this framed as a philosophical rant, a minimalistic Sanskrit-inscribed poster, or a savage satire on enlightenment influencers.
