Understanding What Leads To Enlightening

[Arkandeus]

We've all heard it before. ''You're perfect just the way you are.''
Well that doesn't change what is right? You're suffering, and you want it to stop right, being perfect doesn't change the fact that you suffer and that you're unhappy. 

So for those who like to be real let's see enlightenment in a concrete way. 
Why do you suffer? 
Because you do things that feel bad, things feel bad because they do not bring you closer to enlightenment, they not do follow the guidance of your higher self. 

Why do you do things that feel bad?
Because you misinterpret your own feelings, you think you're doing something which makes you feel good, but in reality it's making you feel bad. 
It's not common for people in this society to not know what feeling good actually means anymore. And that's why so many people are lost. They think what they strive is making them feel good but it's not, it's making them feel like shit. 

So how do you know if something will make you feel bad or good? How do you get back in touch with your good feelings? 

First of all, anyone who is not enlightened is like a drug addict. Yes, a drug addict. It's time to get your ego's out of the way. 
Just like an alcoholic, or a drug addict, when they drink alcohol or take drugs they feel good. Is anyone going to deny that?
They wouldn't be addicted to those substances in the first place if they didn't get a 'good feeling' out of it. 
Everyone who's not enlightened has their own form of drug addiction. 

It's confusing pleasure with actually feeling good.
It's like the difference between the climate and the weather. 
You can live in a cold climate but have sunny days, but that doesn't change that you live in a cold climate. 

That's what pleasure is, it's like the weather, it comes and goes but it doesn't change the climate. 
Are you trying to change the weather or the climate? 

If you do something that makes you feel 'good' for a period, but it doesn't have permanent lasting effects on your mood long after the activity is done or worse you feel bad or crave it, then it's pleasure. It's addiction. It's not a good feeling. It's the weather.

Do you want a sunny day in a cold climate or a entirely different climate altogether. A climate of joy and magic? 

Recognize when you're chasing the weather. 
And recognize those activities that change the entire climate. It requires paying attention to how you feel all the time. 
Let's say you visit a good friend that you love much. It goes well. You feel energized after the visit. That's a good vibe activity.
Or you follow your passion, dancing or making music, programming, whatever it is, if you feel like the activity is having lasting-effects on your life and your mood long after it, positive lasting-effects then that's a real good feeling.

Edited March 26, 2017 by Arkandeus

[FirstglimpseOMG]

@Arkandeus Nicely said, thanks for sharing. It sounds like you're onto something.. possibly I can contribute to your train of thought?  

Next time you're following your passion, whatever it may be, and you get into the flow, after you've been immersed for that period of time that just seems to disappear, try and notice what happened. It'll likely momentarily take you out of that state if you notice during the immersion, but.. afterwords, try to put your finger on why that felt so good.

What happened during that blissful stoppage of time, that absence of analytical, neurotic, incessant, scattered ''thinking?" I mean besides the creative flow, enhanced ability, naturally present sense of peace and fulfilment. What else was part of that 'good' feeling, what was it that brought that state about and sustained it. It WAS heavenly wasn't it?

Could you simply have forgotten something during that period of awesomeness?

Might that something you forgot, or neglected to maintain, be your 'self'. Your separate sense of self? 

Edited March 26, 2017 by FirstglimpseOMG
Substituted the correct word in sentence