Why most people can’t pursue enlightenment

[How to be wise]

If you look at mbti, it is split between sensors and intuitives. Enlightenment is by definition intuitive. That means sensors will be unable to access enlightenment. Sensors compromise 70% of humanity, and intuitives only 30%. So only 30% of humanity has a chance of pursuing enlightenment. 

[GreenWoods]

Everyone is intuitive to some extend.  And intuition can be improved.

Though yes, it will probably be more difficult for sensors. 

But intuition is not the only factor. There are so many other factors like brain chemistry, genetics, heavy metals, curiosity, determination, past lives, fluidity of consciousness, karma, luck, grace, maturity, money, health,...

[mandyjw]

Personality is like color. White light is absorbed and reflected and appears as the color it reflects. Turn the light off and there is no color. Color is not inherent to an object, it actually belongs to and is borrowed from the light. In the same way personality is not inherent to the person. Enlightenment is prior to personality and any qualities of a person just like light itself is prior to the appearance of color.

[Terell Kirby]

The majority of people can’t simply because they tell themselves they can’t.

Your inner critic protects itself through telling a multitude of lies about how the world is against you.

[How to be wise]

1 hour ago, mandyjw said:

Personality is like color. White light is absorbed and reflected and appears as the color it reflects. Turn the light off and there is no color. Color is not inherent to an object, it actually belongs to and is borrowed from the light. In the same way personality is not inherent to the person. Enlightenment is prior to personality and any qualities of a person just like light itself is prior to the appearance of color.

What planet are you on? I don’t understand anything you’re saying.

 

1 hour ago, Terell Kirby said:

The majority of people can’t simply because they tell themselves they can’t.

Your inner critic protects itself through telling a multitude of lies about how the world is against you.

Wrong. Most people who tell themselves they can’t do so because it’s true. Otherwise they would, at some point, bite the bullet and pursue it.

[How to be wise]

3 hours ago, GreenWoods said:

But intuition is not the only factor. There are so many other factors like brain chemistry, genetics, heavy metals, curiosity, determination, past lives, fluidity of consciousness, karma, luck, grace, maturity, money, health,...

These factors are obstacles for the 30%. The 70% were already out of the game.

[Terell Kirby]

4 minutes ago, How to be wise said:

Most people who tell themselves they can’t do so because it’s true. Otherwise they would, at some point, bite the bullet and pursue it.

Bullshit

[Fearless_Bum]

@How to be wise 2 answers for you:

No one including all the teachers is enlightened and will never be. 

Every human is enlightened. 

[Carl-Richard]

4 hours ago, How to be wise said:

So only 30% of humanity has a chance of pursuing enlightenment. 

Intuitives are probably more likely to pursue enlightenment, but that doesn't mean sensors don't pursue enlightenment.

[Nahm]

4 hours ago, How to be wise said:

Enlightenment is by definition intuitive.

Thus by definition enlightenment can not be intuitive. 

[Moksha]

Enlightenment happens when Consciousness chooses to become aware of itself. It has nothing to do with the personality of the individual, which is only a disguise.

Every person, regardless of their psychological profile, is Consciousness manifesting itself in a unique way. We are all the same Consciousness, and the personality of the apparent self is only part of the dream.

[mandyjw]

@How to be wise The third one from the sun. 

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color

 

[How to be wise]

1 hour ago, Carl-Richard said:

Intuitives are probably more likely to pursue enlightenment, but that doesn't mean sensors don't pursue enlightenment.

Name me one enlightened guy who is a sensor. You won’t find any. 
 

 

4 minutes ago, Moksha said:

Every person, regardless of their psychological profile, is Consciousness manifesting itself in a unique way.

The state of the brain is a decisive factor in whether or not enlightenment is possible. You can’t become enlightened with half a brain.

[Moksha]

16 minutes ago, How to be wise said:

The state of the brain is a decisive factor in whether or not enlightenment is possible. You can’t become enlightened with half a brain.

Enlightenment is just a word for Consciousness becoming aware of itself, within the dream. There is no "you" becoming enlightened, only Consciousness acknowledging itself. Sure, the brain has to be functioning for Consciousness to realize itself through it, but personality type is not a limiting factor. The purpose of every human life, regardless of personality, is to realize your ultimate nature as Consciousness. There is nothing that Consciousness loves more than discovering itself.

If a vindictive, law-obsessed Pharisee like Saul can become enlightened, anyone can 

[Carl-Richard]

17 minutes ago, How to be wise said:

Name me one enlightened guy who is a sensor. You won’t find any. 

Martin Ball is an ISTP.

[How to be wise]

38 minutes ago, Carl-Richard said:

Martin Ball is an ISTP.

Wrong. He’s very clearly an INTP, exactly like Leo. 

Description of ISTP from 16 personalities website: “Often mechanics and engineers, Virtuosos (ISTP) find no greater joy than in getting their hands dirty pulling things apart and putting them back together, just a little bit better than they were before.” Does that sound anything like Martin Ball. 

 

[Carl-Richard]

1 hour ago, How to be wise said:

Wrong. He’s very clearly an INTP, exactly like Leo. 

Description of ISTP from 16 personalities website: “Often mechanics and engineers, Virtuosos (ISTP) find no greater joy than in getting their hands dirty pulling things apart and putting them back together, just a little bit better than they were before.” Does that sound anything like Martin Ball. 

ISTP simply means Ti > Se > Ni > Fe. 

Ti - internal logical order.
Se - specific and concrete perception of external world.
Ni - broad & plethoric perception of internal world.   
Fe - external emotional data & harmony.

(https://youtu.be/PQtBUvGK5C0)

All MBTI personalities contain both intuitive and sensing functions. They're not all that different. They just emphasize different aspects. We're all humans with brains after all. On that note, ISTP is considered one of the most "intuitive sensors".

Don't fall into the trap of assigning some teleological significance to your personality type. INTPs can be mechanics and engineers as well. It's just that some types are more likely to produce certain behaviors than others. It's a cognitive structural model, not a descriptive behaviorist model.

Also, consider cross-referencing different models like Big 5 (granted, there are correlations, but no two models are equivalent). For example, you could have an ISTP who scores very high on openmindedness that would be even more likely to be express so-called intuitive behaviors. Not all ISTPs are the same.

[BipolarGrowth]

You should start looking at the OCEAN personality test. It’s much more effective from what I’ve seen experts saying. You’re simplifying enlightenment and people in general though quite a bit by saying everyone in a certain category can’t awaken. Look at enough data, and you’ll find you were in hasty generalization territory. I’d bet on it. Enlightenment betting? We should totally start that… ?

[Nahm]

This is like saying why only some actors in a movie could be the screen.

[Carl-Richard]

Just now, Nahm said:

This is like saying why only some actors in a movie could be the screen.

 That would be a fun movie.