What is enlightenment ? Why so many people have devoted their lives to attain it ?
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Posted by GailG3 Feb 4th, 2013 at 3:27AM
It is a state of awareness. It is worth any and every price that you can imagine, but it comes with no price (other than, perhaps, in our culture, a sense of isolation that is SO worth the rewards, But as more people become enlightened - and it's a growing phenomena - that too will go away).
An enlightened person looks out on the world and sees so much more than the spiritually blind can see. Enlightenment allows one to see one's own innate PERFECTION, and in this way allows perception of perfection in all. So you could call it a state of enhanced perception of the world in which we live
enlightenment is a PLACE of peace - total, complete, unadulterated. it is nothing like what our culture calls peace. It is a state of GREAT power. An enlightened person, therefore, does not feel fear, and is not owned by his/her emotions. Because emotions no longer control me, ego is largely missing, and when it pops its head up, I can quickly remind myself of my perfection and it fades back into non-existence.e
The rewards are so worth devoting a life to.
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Reply by Desiderius Feb 4th, 2013 at 10:43AM
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Reply by AbrahamL Feb 4th, 2013 at 10:45AM
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Posted by FlowersNButterflies Feb 3rd, 2013 at 4:46PM
Enlightenment brings an end to suffering. When in that vibration, all is well. A sense of well-being brings peace. Enlightenment by many of us is experienced as a sense of fulfillment, contentment and unity with all existence, a setting aside of ego-based demands, and an end to needs. I have experienced this state in meditation, and nothing else compares. However, I am unable to stay in that state as I still have unresolved spiritual beliefs.
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Posted by Desiderius Feb 3rd, 2013 at 3:29PM
Enlightenment is a deeper knowing. Many want a deeper knowing. It cannot, in my opinion, be attained by devoting your life to it, but only by living your life. If you devote your life to attain it, you will only attain what you already know and can imagine, not the unimaginable deeper layers of knowing you find by accident when living your life and experiencing it in all its facets, fearless and with passion.
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Posted by JayFett Feb 3rd, 2013 at 1:44PM
A higher level of consciousness which lets you see everything from a better vantage point.
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Posted by hunkalove Feb 3rd, 2013 at 1:43PM
It's an end to suffering.
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