How Do You Motivate Yourself For Enlightenment?

[Simon Håkansson]

I have been meditating for two years now and periodically I have done small amount of self-inquiry, but I haven´t been really serious about it. This is because I make up a rationalization that I don´t really know how to get around, and I can´t just ignore it.

First I don´t really get why we aren´t born enlightened, why are we created with an ego if there is much higher functional way to be created? The answer to this question seems to be that having an identity is very easy. You don´t have to stick out, you follow social norms, do what everybody else is doing and you don´t have to take risks. The ego seems to be created around comfort and security (the reason we have beliefs aswell, we don´t want to be unsure). But haven´t this security been a very good thing for our survival?

I have always waited some time with the idea that "as soon as I get more conscious from meditating, I will understand and get motivation for enlightenment."(my meditation has given really big growth as I meditate for one hour every day). But it somehow feels quite ignorant to do that.

[Stoica Doru]

@Simon Håkansson Enlightenment doesn't come upon motivating yourself. The ego needs motivation mainly. You need to learn to fully surrender and let go of the control you think you have. This denotes that you are trustworthy to The God within you, and only then the peaceful Love that you are in essence will shine bright within you. 

Enlightenment is Love. Can you force yourself to love me more, a stranger on the Internet, more than you love your mother? No. You need to let go of stories, personal justifications, egoic ambitions, in order to see the fully loving nothingness that you are. Once you're there, attend to your soul's core desires and wounds, as you'll begin the awakening of the heart.  Good luck! 

Edited May 25, 2017 by Stoica Doru