The people who have some money and a secured existence are attracted by the word Enlightenment. Most probably they end up in wrong hands, not knowing exactly what it is. They spend their valuable money and precious time only to find that there were being lead by some charlatans. They feel eventually cheated and disappointed.
These are the people who create the false saints especially in countries like India.
The people who have no money and fighthing for their existence are more easily attracted by the vogue word Enlightenment . They think that all their problems will be solved by this route, be it financial or phyical.
Let us get into the discussion of what this is all about.
Salvation, Liberation, Enlightenment are the words that are normally used to describe such a state of mind.
Nobody in this world can exactly decribe the experience in words, If somebody is trying to , then you know , You are with the wrong person.
For e.g, can anybody explain about death.The man who is dead cannot do that , because he is not with us anymore. The man who is talking about death , is very much alive, but has no experience. Whatever he talks , he does from the borrowed knowledge or from his imaginations, illusions -not from his personal experience.
So . I am going to tell you what Enlightenment is NOT.
Enlightenment is not a physical phenomena. It is not about intelligence either. It is not about money or about power.You cannot transcend the material things like water, air. You cannot do time travel either. You are not going to be a super Man either doing wonders and splendid things all along like a magician.
So How do I achieve Enlightenment?
You cannot do that by contributing to a charity or doing some kind of social work toward the destitute people.
You cannot by chanting Mantras, or by reciting holy verses.
You cannot by following austerity. They may help you keep physically fit. For example, If you don't drink it might keep your health problems at a lower level.
You cannot by doing Meditation. I understand, immediately, there are lots of eyebrows going up in disbelief. But fortunately, that is true. Meditation will not take you anywhere. For example, If you sit for hours together watching a lamp you are sooner going to have some problem with your vision. Same with breathing. The performance of your lungs might improve . Other than that nothing is going to happen.
So what should we do?
The answer is known to lots of people. They say immediately "Do nothing". while the answer might be correct in one point of view, it is also not the right answer. If you are not doing anything , you will soon be lethargic and lazy.
I cannot give you the taste of the Enlightenment either. But I can show what needs to done.
For example, A Baloon is tied to a rope. If you free the Baloon from the rope it will fly and travel along with the wind. I cannot make the Baloon fly.Nobody for that matter. But we can use a scissor to cut the rope. But that is not the only way. somebody could use a Blade still the effect would be the same.
But the main idea is to disconnect the Baloon from the rope. Same thing here regarding the Enlightenment.
It is becoming Free in all aspects.Staying in the same kind of mental state.
Fortunately we have some kind of scissor, and that is called awareness. That is the only thing that can cut the rope and make you liberated.
But before talking much about awareness, let us talk about the present state of mind by giving an example. Nowadays everybody is some form of a computer user and so we will start with that so as to explain our point more clearly.
The computer has a input device and a output device. A processor and some data stored in a hard disk and some programs to deal with the data.
When there are no inputs the processor is working at its minimum using only what is required to run the operating system, to keep the system alive.
Imagine a scenario in which the processor is initating lots of programs on its own when there are no input from the user. It can start different programs and play with the available files in the hard disk. Let us say the computer opens a movie converter program and started converting available movies in the hard disk to different format when not initiated by the user. Under these circumstances, the processor becomes very much busy cannot monitor the other event handlers, and much worse when a process is initiated by the user its resources are not easily and immediately available.
And it is all waste of time and energy.
Our mind is like a processor. It takes all the memories from the brain and starts calculating , keeps thinking about different things using the data available in our memory, especially when there is no need, Or not initiated by us at all.
When we are thinking about something , we loose the present moment. we are submerged in our thoughts.We do not seem to have control over the thoughts. Or rather to say, we are not conscious at all. We are not aware .
For an Enlightened being the mind works only when needed.Other times it is at rest.
Some people say the death of mind is enlightenment.Beware of those people. If your mind dies , you wont even remember your name. You will cease to exist because you cannot even sustain your body.There are some basic things that are to be done for the sustenance of the body, like the Operating System should be On for the computer to work when needed. The processor cannot go to zero when there are no inputs.
Test yourself , if the above things are not clear you, or if you are not wellversed with computers.
Let us say I tell you to think about a dog. You sit in a lonely place where it is peaceful and start to think about dog.You will initially think about dogs and your experiences with dogs, and your freinds etc etc. after about two minutes stop thinking and find out about what your mind was thinking. It definitely would not be thinking about dog. Depending on your life's experiences you will be thinking about different things. somebody could even be thinking about a rose after two minutes.
The connection of thoughts between the dog and rose is unique for the person depending on his experiences. This is how the mind is wasting all the energy and power and weakening the human race, making him powerless.Degrading him from using his full potential.
To stop this mind , unwanted, wavering and thinking process there is only one way. That is to be aware.
Watch your own thoughts.observe the train of thoughts and the linking that happens between thoughts.Be watchful. Be conscious of what your mind chooses from the memories. How it manipulates them, only to generate more thoughts. Just see the possible permutations and combinations it is creating with the available experiences in your memory[Hard Disk?].
This is the scissors that can liberate you ,cut the rope and take you towards Enlightenment.
......,, and then you will Experience what Enlightenment is , like the flying of the Baloon.
These are the people who create the false saints especially in countries like India.
The people who have no money and fighthing for their existence are more easily attracted by the vogue word Enlightenment . They think that all their problems will be solved by this route, be it financial or phyical.
Let us get into the discussion of what this is all about.
Salvation, Liberation, Enlightenment are the words that are normally used to describe such a state of mind.
Nobody in this world can exactly decribe the experience in words, If somebody is trying to , then you know , You are with the wrong person.
For e.g, can anybody explain about death.The man who is dead cannot do that , because he is not with us anymore. The man who is talking about death , is very much alive, but has no experience. Whatever he talks , he does from the borrowed knowledge or from his imaginations, illusions -not from his personal experience.
So . I am going to tell you what Enlightenment is NOT.
Enlightenment is not a physical phenomena. It is not about intelligence either. It is not about money or about power.You cannot transcend the material things like water, air. You cannot do time travel either. You are not going to be a super Man either doing wonders and splendid things all along like a magician.
So How do I achieve Enlightenment?
You cannot do that by contributing to a charity or doing some kind of social work toward the destitute people.
You cannot by chanting Mantras, or by reciting holy verses.
You cannot by following austerity. They may help you keep physically fit. For example, If you don't drink it might keep your health problems at a lower level.
You cannot by doing Meditation. I understand, immediately, there are lots of eyebrows going up in disbelief. But fortunately, that is true. Meditation will not take you anywhere. For example, If you sit for hours together watching a lamp you are sooner going to have some problem with your vision. Same with breathing. The performance of your lungs might improve . Other than that nothing is going to happen.
So what should we do?
The answer is known to lots of people. They say immediately "Do nothing". while the answer might be correct in one point of view, it is also not the right answer. If you are not doing anything , you will soon be lethargic and lazy.
I cannot give you the taste of the Enlightenment either. But I can show what needs to done.
For example, A Baloon is tied to a rope. If you free the Baloon from the rope it will fly and travel along with the wind. I cannot make the Baloon fly.Nobody for that matter. But we can use a scissor to cut the rope. But that is not the only way. somebody could use a Blade still the effect would be the same.
But the main idea is to disconnect the Baloon from the rope. Same thing here regarding the Enlightenment.
It is becoming Free in all aspects.Staying in the same kind of mental state.
Fortunately we have some kind of scissor, and that is called awareness. That is the only thing that can cut the rope and make you liberated.
But before talking much about awareness, let us talk about the present state of mind by giving an example. Nowadays everybody is some form of a computer user and so we will start with that so as to explain our point more clearly.
The computer has a input device and a output device. A processor and some data stored in a hard disk and some programs to deal with the data.
When there are no inputs the processor is working at its minimum using only what is required to run the operating system, to keep the system alive.
Imagine a scenario in which the processor is initating lots of programs on its own when there are no input from the user. It can start different programs and play with the available files in the hard disk. Let us say the computer opens a movie converter program and started converting available movies in the hard disk to different format when not initiated by the user. Under these circumstances, the processor becomes very much busy cannot monitor the other event handlers, and much worse when a process is initiated by the user its resources are not easily and immediately available.
And it is all waste of time and energy.
Our mind is like a processor. It takes all the memories from the brain and starts calculating , keeps thinking about different things using the data available in our memory, especially when there is no need, Or not initiated by us at all.
When we are thinking about something , we loose the present moment. we are submerged in our thoughts.We do not seem to have control over the thoughts. Or rather to say, we are not conscious at all. We are not aware .
For an Enlightened being the mind works only when needed.Other times it is at rest.
Some people say the death of mind is enlightenment.Beware of those people. If your mind dies , you wont even remember your name. You will cease to exist because you cannot even sustain your body.There are some basic things that are to be done for the sustenance of the body, like the Operating System should be On for the computer to work when needed. The processor cannot go to zero when there are no inputs.
Test yourself , if the above things are not clear you, or if you are not wellversed with computers.
Let us say I tell you to think about a dog. You sit in a lonely place where it is peaceful and start to think about dog.You will initially think about dogs and your experiences with dogs, and your freinds etc etc. after about two minutes stop thinking and find out about what your mind was thinking. It definitely would not be thinking about dog. Depending on your life's experiences you will be thinking about different things. somebody could even be thinking about a rose after two minutes.
The connection of thoughts between the dog and rose is unique for the person depending on his experiences. This is how the mind is wasting all the energy and power and weakening the human race, making him powerless.Degrading him from using his full potential.
To stop this mind , unwanted, wavering and thinking process there is only one way. That is to be aware.
Watch your own thoughts.observe the train of thoughts and the linking that happens between thoughts.Be watchful. Be conscious of what your mind chooses from the memories. How it manipulates them, only to generate more thoughts. Just see the possible permutations and combinations it is creating with the available experiences in your memory[Hard Disk?].
This is the scissors that can liberate you ,cut the rope and take you towards Enlightenment.
......,, and then you will Experience what Enlightenment is , like the flying of the Baloon.
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