Key Elements

@Leo Gura Are people really ready for enlightenment? (Footprints to Ox's tail to Riding the Ox Backwards) Or, do they need to work on life purpose first along with a required Hero's Journey keeping the following in mind? Enlightenment means internal peace. That's what we all have - peace as the only emotion internally. All the other emotions - fear, anxiety, sadness, anger, rage, lust, etc., are all created and conditioned by us ever since childhood. Happiness means peace, but we interpret it as excitement, which is only temporary. Knowing this, we know that we are "2-faced," our true-self which is peace and our false-self, the ego (all the human emotions we created). If we continue to choose our peace side, we are better able to focus on important things, such as life purpose, Hero's Journey, and family.

@Martin123 Very interesting questions... Questions I thought about: Who do I hang out with? Are they friends? Am I able to relate to them? What are topics discussed? How important are they (topics) to yourself and the others? How often do we meet? How often do we talk? Am I detached from them? Do we take actions on our goals before we meet? How openly can I speak to them? If I had any enlightenment experiences / awakenings, am I able to speak to them about it with ease, or do I keep it a secret?

Paradoxes

Can you be more specific about your next major milestone? (For example, mine is to write a book about awakenings / enlightenment experiences in two languages to influence someone like Trump. )

Sometimes the simplest things are the hardest to do because we take them for granted. I listened to a song too, the song below, and saw a metaphor. At 2:42, there is a man standing on the edge of the river pondering whether or not to swim across the river. At last, he just threw everything down and decided to swim across. He made it. I took this as a metaphor. I asked myself, "Should I make video clips for my students and send it to them on WhatsApp?" Sometimes I also wait and ponder. Then, I decided to just pick up my mobile and record the clips and send them. It doesn't matter whether or not it's perfect. It's only for my students. So I did just that.

@DimmedBulb Cool. Tell you something...There must be some idea in those thoughts that you could try out. I tried my first idea, which was making baskets as birthday return gifts for children (in US, they call them goody bags). It didn't work very well when business (the demand) picked up - busy and exhausting. Next thing I did was wrote a simple bilingual book. That worked. That's how I got my job - because my mentor noticed and presented me an opportunity. If the first thing doesn't work, keep trying and take baby steps actions. That's how it works. (Note: self-employment is different from pursuing passive income. Passive income is the preferred income. Takes patience.)

@DimmedBulb You don't have to wait. Just take a notebook or something, write or draw whatever spark that comes to mind. The mind is always generous and providing you with solutions.

@Pramit I used to think like that - that things are as it is, and we take the least resistant path - up until I heard about paradoxes. That made more sense to me. Everything isn't black and white. We live in a gray world. We are everything and also nothing. There's no up or down in space - gravity makes it up or down. We have freewill and we don't. We deal with the ego, the aka emotional monkey mind, yet it's all a fiction. I think life is generous. If you don't get something right the first time, life will give it to you again. We only have to choose to do it; then things fall into place, eventually. It's like learning to ride a bike - you keep falling and getting back up until you learn. That's the beauty of living life. It's what makes it meaningful - you. Find a balance that fits you.

Yes true. I get what you're saying. I still think there is hope to convince others (at least drop a little clue on their path), if we all did our life purposes in inspiring / brilliant ways and also write on spirituality in convincing ways. Something like that. Not everyone realizes this at the lowest times in their lives - everyone is different. Some are curious and realize it.