Well I finished my chores and my dishes are soaking and I am already second guessing my intention to deal with the the title subject. What is enlightenment? How do I know; I am just a dumb schlock from Ogilvie. Although, I have occasionally peered through the darkened glass and even had brilliant insights of lasting value; I am not in position to say what it is, with any precision. However, after dwelling on the subject for almost fifty years, I have a few things to say.
First of all: everybody is on the path to enlightenment. That is what you are here for and there is no one path. Everybody is on the journey. It doesn't matter if you spend twenty years in an ashram or twenty years tilling corn, your advancement on your path may be equal.
Secondly: you are not really in charge of your progress. You can delay it, by hanging on to materiality and negativity of all types and ignoring any guidance that comes your way. You can't stop it. Compare it to your physical growth; it happens largely without your cooperation. You may damage it by poor practices like diet etc., but it happens anyway.
Thirdly: Good practices will facilitate spiritual growth, just as good diet and exercise will aid physical growth. You don't decide when you become enlightened; it happens when you are ready. You won't have to ask, "am I enlightened?" You will know! Good practices are largely defined by how you choose to see the world and largely determined by the thoughts that you hang on to.
We came here to experience separation. Our task is to discover- we don't really want it. There is no peace in separation. There is no joy in separation. There is no love in separation. The champion of separation is our ego, which continues to measure our worth next to each other. The ego sees everything as better or worse. The ego uses judgement to maintain separation. As long as it has dominance, you won't have peace. You may think you are judging others; but there are no others.
Putting your ego in its place; entails seeing it's littleness. It is only concerned with materiality and what makes you seem better or worse than your neighbor. It is not interested in your happiness or well being; although it will {often vehemently} pretend to be. Putting yourself first { your real self} means making Love the dominate force in your life.
There is something happening in the world now, some people describe it as an intensifying of the light, which it makes it easier to see through our individual and collective ego disguises. People are seeing the Truth in greater and greater numbers.
Practice Love in everything. Value everybody. Be serious about keeping negativity out of your mind. We won't need to describe enlightenment. We will experience it.
Jamie says there are fried potatoes and bacon ready.
Love and Peace, Gregg
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