Zen – How Does Enlightenment Happen?
The mind must come to a state of silence, completely empty of fear, longing and all images. This cannot be brought about by suppression, but by observing every feeling and though without qualification, condemnation, judgment, or comparison. If unmotivated alertness is to operate the censor must disappear. There must simply be a quiet looking at what composes the mind. In discovering the facts just as they are, agitation is eliminated, the movement of thoughts becomes slow and we can watch each thought, its cause and content as it occurs. We become aware of every thought in its completeness and in this totality there can be no conflict.
People study, meditate, and prepare in many ways to be enlightened, but when it happens, it is in an instant. We have many small enlightenment in life, inner learning that are felt from within and yet share a universal character. Learning to ride a bicycle provides an analogy that may help you understand how enlightenment happens.
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