Have You Reached Enlightenment?
NO, I am no where even close to enlightenment. I have yet to overcome anger, envy and greed. More ever I have yet to develop compassion, humility and tolerance to a higher level that I feel an enlightened person exemplifies. I may not even achieve it in this life time. And all I can do is to try to improve a little everyday if not improve at least not fall down any further. I guess I should stop now. Maybe the weekend mood is kicking in.
Muhammad (peace be upon him) could not read but he was able to HEAR
I would like to see who says 'YES' to your question.
I have anjali , go back and read about it.
Thanks chakra I am not playing games.
Its more like understanding your perfection.This universe and everything in it is in perfection at all times.
"Knowing you are perfect ,
I still curse you with disrespect."
When I am pissed of with god.- think deeply is that so difficult to give them fair chance? yes it is, you know why because we all self centred, nothing will change that
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Like Happiness
Enlightenment is a state of mind ,and not a destination ( my opinion)
My answer has to be No...It counts Marine ,all things are relevant, but why do you say that? how did you draw these conclusions..
Enlightenment is in light-God. The source from where we have all come and will eventually go back to.Like Jesus says on must be reborn- this is literal , one needs to die , go back home- to god, understand that you are god.
Its termed satori in Japanese, samadhi in Hinduism ad is a state of being one with god, also termed as revelation.
"You are made of such fine light, love tissue,
No beginning, no end an ageless issue."
My job is to help and I will be happy to answer any more of your questions.By helping you I am helping god.Oh ok ,you were meaning spiritual enlightment then, I was speaking enlightenment in a more general defination.
Jesus does say ,we must be born again ,for we have been all born once , then die to ourselves ( here on earth),put to death daily our fleshly desires and become reborn 'spiritually' or of spirit,(Holy Spirit) here ,right now,when we first heard.Perfect.
Isn't that why we joined hub pages?
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Seriously though, I think we are talking about two facets of our being here - the physical and the spiritual...
There are those who believe that God, or Allah, or the Universe, created each one of us exactly the way we are supposed to be. We are therefore therefore perfect in the eyes of our creator, whatever our physical nature is, and however our physical being may be perceived by others.
There are also those who believe that though we strive to be better people according to the teachings of whatever religion or philosophy we follow, we are not spiritually perfect beings, and we can never be truly perfect spiritually nor attain enlightened in this lifetime.
There are many definitions of perfection, both physical and spiritual, and perhaps it is the striving towards the goal that is important.I am humbled by your flattering analysis.
Perhaps its more true, that I aspire to be a better ,more peaceful person inwardly.
Mostly you hit the nail on the head,and I find your insights to be very refreshing.
There is much more to you than what we can glean on here Im sure.
I think often we miss out on so much, when our minds are closed and it is especially sad when anyones mind remains closed.
Sometimes those are the minds that I feel drawn too , I dont know why. It is not always that enjoyable ,lol.
Like you, I find people somewhat fascinating ,definately entertaining and always amazingly complex.
Thankyou for answering.
P.S Maybe its all the seafood I was fed as a kid,lolSo now one can be a Freemason indirectly- very interesting philosophy
- off course it does ,you haven't converted to Islam
It is not so hard. Depressing yes, hard no.
I was practicing one pointed concentration, closing my eyes and focusing on a star or point of light between my eyebrows in order to improve my concentration powers.Would do this for roughly 10 minutes in the early morning after my watch.( was a navigating officer in the merchant navy and my watch or work timing would be 12-4 afternoon and night.)
It happened in the Atlantic ocean from a voyage from South Africa to South America . Was practicing as usual and I was not looking for god or enlightenment.
You basically race to the point of light when you inhale and away from the point of light when you exhale at very fast speeds _ its a tunnel created between you and the point of light and you are racing up and down this tunnel.
It scary and you hold back as the speeds scare you, then comes the time of let go , you dont hold back , drop all egos and attachments and race towards the point of light.
This point of light becomes huge like the moon and you implode into it before exploding from It- one with the light- god- bliss-home- no beginning and no end- timeless.
Then you think of yourself -meaning your body and at that very moment you are back.
Enlightenment - one who has been one with the light- that sate and come back.
I've reached enlightenment.
I used to weigh 69k. Now only 60missed you frogs ,where ya been
oh hey did ya see you were voted funniest hubbiest ( thats not a word is it) lemme try that again
funniest hub writer,well that was a few hours now ,but not matter
I just see those wet green legs an do this~~>I won something? What did I win? I could do with one of those wotsits ... you flick ash in them. Or I'm good for a lucky dip.
Once you are "enlightened," hope is for losers.
Best I can do is ask questions. Not massively popular though...
it is not a formula , i was trying to say that it is the same thing with the sign(
You are right enlightenment is taken in a very light vein as well.
I believe that is the real question otherwise every single person in the world has many moments of enlightenment .
Some days I feel so amazingly full of enlightenment, my heart is overflowing with electric baubles of energy.
Other days the 'some things' I know ,have wondered off to goodness knows where ,and I feel inactive and perplexed.
I have decided to treat those days as reflective days , and feed my visuals on other living energies , birds,trees,mountians and memories...
Do you ever wish you had made a different decision than the one you did-I am a poet and I am sharing my life or soul with you.
Enlightenment is such an awesome word ,as it defines many different things for different people,and those experiences change too,though seldom do we ever lose knowledge we have gained.( might appear to be ,but isnt really) all stored up in our amazing human databases ,called brains.
Isnt that just the most amazing organ!!4 days is nothing
we all love a good old debate we all love a good old debate-
So do I .
indeed
then the world would be boring Well no, actually it is another problem I have been having. LOL
Mentioning Charter made me reflect a moment.
When I located a few months back from another country to here , we had no car,no phone, radio , no tv , no internet.
Although we could have access to a payphone and internet ( at a libray downtown,which we did use once) for 3/4 weeks ,we found ourselves sleeping better , eating better and walking alot ,since the bus system was a joke.
But I felt transported back in time in a way , and as we became established again ( if ya can call it that) slowly the mod cons were added back into our lives again ,and it was then that I relised how demanding and intrusive our toys are!!
I love computers ,and hubby loves TV and Music more , but a part of me misses that other life too.well said i hope this is true and i learn till the day i die
would be nice but i think that would be quite an achievement in the literal sence, but hopefully you can make a good contribution in life so that the memory of you will never die
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Electricity is a wonderful thing I am a three cupper in the morning, but then I never go beyond that for the rest of the day. Otherwise, I either can't sleep restfully, or I prowl the house all night trying to stay away from munching on sweets........
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