Will enlightenment bring us happiness?

[Breakingthewall]

by elimination it should, since it is the absence of ego, which is the source of unhappiness

[Consept]

There is no enlightenment in the same way there is no salvation for religious people, in the same way that there is no happiness from material things or relationships. There is only what is and acceptance of that 

[Seraphim]

40 minutes ago, Someone here said:

OK seriously I'm genuinely interested in knowing the answer.  How in the world could there be an enlightened someone when there aren't any someones in the first place??????   How can something that doesn't exist become this or that??.   "I" is a thought.. Is a thought enlightened? (and enlightened is a thought as well)

If a human thinks he is a human he is correct. You have misunderstood the non-duality teachings. It's not about convincing oneself that one does not exist, beliefs have nothing to do with it, there are some Christians and Muslims who are more awake than many non-duality students and teachers.

In my opinion, after kundalini awakening and refinement/integration one will basically be unconditionally happy.

[Gesundheit]

If you're suffering from delusions, yes.

If not, it'll bring you suffering and then act like it'll free you, just so that you can go meta and while not moving an inch.

[Someone here]

@Seraphim the one who thinks thoughts is a thought. 

 

[Someone here]

"one convincing oneself that he doesn't exist"  just how many are inside your head?  That's like saying you can have the same moment repeating three times...each moment is a new moment. Each self is a new thought.  There is nobody home. People underestimate the significance of this.. Ofcourse that'she death of you. 

[VeganAwake]

It's the death of the individual that believes it needs to find happiness.

It's freedom for No One ❤

[Enlightenment]

2 hours ago, Moon said:

Someone enlightened can be suicidally depressed?

Yes, enlightenment doesn't protect against mental illness like schizophrenia, major depression episodes, bipolar

If someone has a genetic predisposition + there will be an environmental trigger = no enlightenment will protect against it

[WaveInTheOcean]

It doesn't bring anyone happiness per se, as awakening is a deep recognition that there is no one to be either happy or depressed.

But in the emptiness of existence is a natural peace, a natural joy. This presupposes, however, that the ego has fully surrended to Love/Oneness, which takes a lot of consciousness-work❤️

[zeroISinfinity]

Well there is GOD ya know. ?

[WaveInTheOcean]

3 hours ago, zeroISinfinity said:

Well there is GOD ya know. ?

God = no one <3

If God was 'someone', then God wouldn't be infinite

God is God ... is the very fabric and structure of existence ... reality ... which is you; the real you - when you get to the rock bottom of it all.

[Breakingthewall]

11 hours ago, WaveInTheOcean said:

It doesn't bring anyone happiness per se, as awakening is a deep recognition that there is no one to be either happy or depressed.

But in the emptiness of existence is a natural peace, a natural joy. This presupposes, however, that the ego has fully surrended to Love/Oneness, which takes a lot of consciousness-work❤️

Beautiful idea, that surrender