Put This in Your Bong

“I do not promote enlightenment through Buddhism. I promote enlightenment through Bud-ism.”
Because The Chemical Buddha was a Buddha, people often thought he practiced Buddhism. But nothing could be farther from the truth. TCB focused on the chemical part of his name. While the Buddha’s teaching transformed the unenlightened into the enlightened, The Chemical Buddha preferred to focus on the transformation chemicals could make on one’s life. Mainly because it was a hell of a lot easier than the work of clearing one’s mind of thought with meditation. Anyone who has tried drugs could tell you that any street drug worth a damn would do the same thing. And you could buy drugs in any American town. But there wasn’t a Buddhist temple in every city in America. Not even close. Plus it was a lot easier to get rednecks to smoke pot than it was to meditate. In fact, The Chemical Buddha was surprised the Buddha hadn’t already thought of the whole drug angle. Guess he wasn’t that enlightened after all huh?
Where in your life do you take short cuts/compromise?
How does compromising what you want affect you?
How does not compromising affect you?