The name

I've called this blog "Gone to farthest shore" because Nepal seems to me to be one of the most far flung places on earth, but also in reference to a quote from Buddha Shakyamuni, when he described the phenomena of enlightenment.
"Gone, gone, gone. Gone to the farthest shore, gone."
Im pretty sure enlightenment is not something i will be able to achieve in this lifetime. However, while studying Buddhism I have been struck, again and again, of the similarities between the way saints in the Christian faith and even Christ himself describe the kingdom of God and what the Buddhists say is the path to enlightenment, the experience of enlightenment, and the mindset that is essential to produce it. That mindset, in both the Christian and Buddhist faiths, is compassion.
I am convinced they are talking about the same thing, and it is a thing attainable, indeed a birthright, of every human being.
That's a pretty easy statement to make, and much harder to accept, primarily because "every human being" includes the speaker.
Why is so difficult to accept this could be a personal, and not academic or abstract truth?
Anyways.