Is Enlightened Living Like Being In An Egoless Flow State

[Joseph Maynor]

Just curious.  I know we tend to focus on the theory, but the theory and the experience are two different things.

Edited July 19, 2017 by Joseph Maynor

[john5170]

Enlightenment is a peak experience of your meditation session. I don't believe anyone (sane) walks enlightened all day.

Note, I have only had a slight peak into enlightenment (and I am not sure if it was enlightenment at all).

[Dodo]

3 hours ago, Joseph Maynor said:

Just curious.  I know we tend to focus on the theory, but the theory and the experience are two different things.

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What Enlightenment Is:

• A sudden massive shift in awareness where one becomes directly conscious of one's ABSOLUTE nature.
• "You" and "the world" merge, erasing the physical distinction between self, other, and world.
• The realization that you are reality itself, and not merely a "self" inside of reality.
• The realization that "you" do not exist, and never have existed.
• An experience beyond all experience.
• TRUTH!

What Enlightenment Is NOT:

• A meditative state
• A vision or an energetic experience
• A psychedelic experience
• A belief, a model, a theory, a concept, an idea, an ideology, a rational knowing, a philosophical position
• A psychological change
• Emotional mastery
• The cure to all your bad habits and evil ways
• A form of self-improvement or self-help
• Understanding of everything under the sun (omniscience)
• Depersonalization disorder
• Atheism
• Nihilism
• Existentialist philosophy like: Sartre, Nietzsche, Camus, Heidegger, or Kierkegaard
• Religious faith or positive thinking
• An OBE (out-of-body experience)
• An NDE (near-death-experience)
• Lucid dreaming
• Becoming a good human being
• The end of personal growth and development
• The end of existential investigation (there are more insights to be had than just one, so don't get cocky)
• Buddha-hood or mastery
• A shiny achievement to put in your trophy case

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Make sure to read this document again and again, I always find myself returning and doing some. Practise is most important.

[pluto]

Sounds like some kind of enlightenment at least, that is how one usually feels after a major awakening, i was in that state for few months before it started to wear off since i needed to re-integrate myself into society and share all this i had found which at the time only felt divinely right to share and express to others, feels like a million years ago yet just around the corner.

The more questions about enlightenment i hear the more i realize no one can really explain it because ones enlightenment could be another's illusion.