Lost Cameleon,
Enlightenment is all things to all people and there are as many types of enlightenment as there are people.
For a neurologist it is the shutting down of certain parts of the parietal lobe. For a biologist it is heightening of the senses. For a psychologist it is loss of the ego . For the philosopher it is becoming a witness to life. For someone on the spiritual path, it is about opening your heart to life and developing the capacity to love everything and to be free of a sense of separate existance.
After some 20 years of following a religion and a further 40+ years of various spiritual practices I conclude the following:
Enlightenment means to experience the reality of each moment without trying to resist or change it in any way. When you fully experience the truth of each moment then you are no longer separate from the consciousness which flows through the universe.
All we do when following other people, is to learn their ideas, and the more we develop spiritual ego's and have all kinds of concepts and expectations , the further we get from enlightenment.
We always assume that the path towards enlightenment is a spiritual progression and that as we become better and better we will eventually cross the finish line and receive the prize of enlightenment.
I don't think it works like that.
The mind which is based in duality - cannot be enlightened.
The self, which is an illusion - cannot be enlightened. The self is only a concept.
Enlightenment is the realisation that there is no mind or self to become enlightened !
Love and light
Faune
