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What is Enlightenment?
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In preparation for my book on Enlightenment, I asked a hundred people what Enlightenment meant to them. Here are some of the most intriguing answers.
. I used to think enlightenment would come quickly, instantly, with the right attitude or correct breath, or mantra. I hear enlightenment in the city's roar - slow, steady, waiting for me when I am ready to relax the defenses that keep me holding on. - Eric
Here is what enlightenment means to me:
A glimpse of a moment in which one becomes connected with the very source of collective intelligence. At a moment of Enlightenment, the truth can be seen clearly, and many questions find their answers. Enlightenment is also remembering or realizing our true, authentic nature, because the whole reservoir of life experience, from past, present, and future already exists within us. All we need is a quick ray of light to bring it back to our conscious mind. - Orna
I believe Enlightenment is a transitory state. When we experience it, it represents some kind of broadening or deepening of understanding of life, spirituality, knowledge.. It usually is accompanied by our having let go of a preconception about our world or universe. - Mark
It means having an awareness that allows one to be open to insight.
- Pam
All we really need is a roof over our head and a baloney sandwich to get through the day. If that can satisfy me I will be truly enlightened.
-Al
Enlightenment is the presence of unconditional Love!
Mary
If enlightenment is anything beyond an illusion like anything else in the conceptual framework, I would say that it is the recognition of the presence of an underlying, constant inner peace in the midst of the worst possible chaos, renewed moment by moment, or lost moment by moment, depending on the openness of the heart to the Grace of the One Spirit. - Sandra
TashaHal@aol.com writes:
It is being in the present moment and at the same time in the eternal moment, from moment to moment. Tasha
. It's a grace, it doesn't come just because you've paid your dues. Like bodies of water, it comes in various depths and has different qualities. Drink a little each day until you get oceanic, until the ocean is in you. - Christopher
To me, Enlightenment is the questions to live by. - Nancy
A moment of brilliant clarity, a feeling of intense joy, a realization that we are more than just our physical bodies, we all stand as one, together, and are inter-connected in a manifestation of collective thoughts. it can happen anywhere, with anyone, at anytime......."incredible!" - kris
Perhaps enlightenment is the realization of what makes harmony in our lives and in the world and then starting down the path to make it happen. - Deborah
Enlightenment consciousness is bringing to conscious awareness all that is in the subconscious and unconscious (of your body mind) and running you without you being aware of it. - Christopher
What is Enlightenment? That's like asking, What is God; why are we here; how did this all come to be? And today's answer is not the same as yesterday's, and different still from next year's...
Enlightenment is falling in love -- with yourself and with life. Enlightenment is a state of.. being.. in.. love, feeling that love radiates out from you and comes back to you, experiencing that love in every moment, every breath, every action, seeing that love in every person and in all of creation. It's, finally, the end of separation -- union, communion; longing becomes belonging. Bliss, joy, peace. I guess that's it.
Thanks for asking me.
- Valerie
Enlightenment is being in the "KNOW/FLY" zone. You "know" you're in the present moment and you can "fly" anywhere in an instant! Well, it's a bit humorous but then I think the world could use more humor. - Maril
An enlightened person is one who is at peace with him/her self, family, friends and environment. I believe that seeing the connectedness of all life allows us to happily co-exist with other kingdoms and cultures. When we separate good & evil, male & female, human & other, we are able to close ranks around our sex, culture, religion, species... and consider everything else some disconnected “other.” Harmony returns when we once again understand that there is no separation. We are all always connected to the Source. - Celeste
En-Light-enment simply means remembering who we really are - Beings of the Light having a human experience. This remembering becomes a meditative experience. We remember, we forget. We bring our attention back to remembering, and we know that we are already enlightened.
- Priscilla
Enlightenment: to be filled with light, to comprehend the light, to know the light, to function from the light, to have the light on all knowledge and to radiate the light.
- Genevieve
Greetings, Blessing and light, Enlightenment is attained when we accept our soul's invitation to return to an infant-like state of mind and being...free of guilt, free of fear and seperation, and back to our natural state of being... love, light and oneness."
- Blanca
Historically, “Enlightenment” has had religious connotations. Enlightenment is something that occurs after much time has been spent cogitating an idea for goals or aspirations. This involves active awareness and the subconscious. Enlightenment occurs when one finally comes upon the answer. For the artist, maybe this process becomes their religion. - Jessie
Enlightenment is knowing that everything is perfect just as it is right now. The knowledge of this enables you to live in total serenity and peace of mind. - Valerie
To me enlightenment is simply “following your bliss” doing in life what you really want to do - having fun in your work and in your play - enjoying nature and the “Universal play” - being guided by the Spirit Within. - Ted
I like Charlotte Jacko Beck’s idea in “Everyday Zen” that it is not about “finding” something but about losing things - Joella
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Lonny Brown,
Ph.D.
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Lonny J. Brown, Ph.D. is the author of "Self-Actuated Healing" (Naturegraph, Publ.), and "Enlightenment In Our Time," (BookLocker.com/
LonnyBrown).
His writings on holistic health have appeared on AOL's Alternative Medicine Forum and in Alternative Health Practitioner, Yoga Journal, and many other progressive publications.
Dr. Brown teaches holistic health, mind/body healing, and stress reduction courses at hospitals, schools and businesses throughout the US. His Web site also features essays, tapes, books, and links to a variety of integrative health sources.
Lonny J. Brown, Ph.D. is also the author of " ENLIGHTENMENT ONLINE - The Newsletter for Spiritual Cyberspace.
holistic.com/lonny
lonny@holistic.com
lonnybrown@aol.com
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