Re: What do you gain from enlightment
First, I want to say that I don't really like the word "enlightenment". I just don't. It has a crapload of social expectations and dogma and other stuff attached to it, to the point that it's nearly meaningless. It also implies that it's sort of "ta da, FINISHED!" but it's actually not that at all. It's just the beginning of a different way of experiencing life. I like the term "awakening" because it's like "recovering", in that it's ongoing. But that's just me.
Oh, and if you use the word "enlightened" people can get really rude about it. Just sayin'.
Originally Posted by
Eyeswideopen
what actually changes.
Perspective. That's all.
Originally Posted by
Eyeswideopen
What does the change of perception do for you.
Well, imagine you're standing on the ground in a back yard with a high fence. What can you see? Now imagine you're standing on the roof. NOW what can you see? Now what can you understand about the neighborhood? If you want to go further, imagine now that you're in a helicopter, hovering over the neighborhood.... and so on. Only add the fact that you can, in time, move between these perspectives pretty much at will. Oh, and make "the neighborhood" into "reality".
Originally Posted by
Eyeswideopen
If you had a choice again to not have experienced this, would you now say no?
No. The liberation is exquisite. And so is the view.
May the light surround you, may you be blessed. May the light surround us, may we be blessed. May love and light surround us all, and may we all be healed and blessed. And so it is, and so it shall be, now and ever after.
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