Friday, July 29, 2011

Enlightenment: The End Game of the Ego

With so many claiming to be enlightened these days, what exactly does that mean? Who or what is enlightened? The separate individual? Some folks can tell you the exact second they were "awakened" and have dramatic stories surrounding it but were they really ever "asleep" to begin with?

There are some really huge egos that claim "enlightenment" as the ultimate feather in their cap but the truth is that enlightenment is a non-event meaning--nothing happens. If there really was an independent "me" that could be re assimilated into oneness, then, of course, liberation could be real, but, as all there is is undivided being in this very moment, there is no one who could "wake up". Mistaking the ego for something real is a sort of "sleep" but it can only appear in awareness, wakefullness. In deep sleep, when there is no consciousness, there is no idea of a self and, therefore, no problem.

Generally, the imaginary seeker doesn't want seeking to end. It's the lure of "hitting the lottery" and attaining the unattainable. Hearing about their true nature isn't what they want, they want exercises and tasks they can do to become, but the Self--what we are, has no use of becoming because IT IS. Becoming can only happen in the dream of self, time and space. In the absence of belief in these falsehoods, there is WHAT IS and it doesn't need to be any other than what it is.  

An individual who claims to be enlightened in taking part in another form of self hypnosis. The ego is "hiding" within the idea of egolessness. The truth is, though, that there is no ego and there never was one to begin with, there is only the movement of the divine energy which can be called "God" or whatever you like. It doesn't matter what you call it.

Seeing through the "me" concept is not a positive event, it is a lack of something--the very core belief in the separate self. It is nothing and it is already the case. The separate self is a figment of God's dream but God doesn't sleep.

Thursday, July 14, 2011

What the seeker is after

What the seeker is after is an experience that they feel will make themselves complete. When the ego idea is seen as a reality, there is a feeling of separation and lack. From this sense of lack, one either seeks satisfaction in "material" existence or they conjure up an image that there is "something else out there" that will make them happy and satisfied. This can lead to years, decades and even a lifetime of searching for that "something". One may have read certain descriptions of enlightenment and even have a very specific idea of what it will be like.

There are many who have amazing experiences and intense spiritual visions. After these, what happens? One comes back to "everyday" reality, of course. All experience is fleeting. The thing that is missed in all of this seeking is the most obvious aspect of existence--being. This is the constant in a seemingly ever-changing life. When the ego idea isn't believed in, being is unobscured and living is natural and effortless. When one's life is no longer dominated by thought then it can truly be said "All there is is God.", the words aren't necessary though--one doesn't need them to be.