What is "Enlightenment" ...
Enlightenment, is nothing more then a word.
Languages have been invented to describe that word ...
Hmmmm
Using words
Hmmmmm
Okay, here is one ...
Perspective
Here is a other good word ...
Observation
Enlightenment is ...
A shifting of perspective,
between participant,
and observer.
That's it.
That is the long and short of it.
Enlightenment is a shift in perspective.
But I know ...
That is not the answer anyone wants to hear.
Perspective 1.
Earthly
Active participant
Your awareness comes through your 5 senses.
You, physically interact with the "world."
All animals live instinctually, as active participants.
Attachment to life.
Perspective 2.
Earthly
Passive participant
Your awareness comes through your 5 senses.
You, "observe" the world happening around you.
You have emotional attachments to those happenings,
You are easily "drawn in," to active participation.
Languages of fear, and manipulation, are invented here.
Attachment to life.
Attachments to rewards.
Perspective 3.
Earthly
Active Observer / Participant
Your awareness comes through your 5 senses.
Thinking, reason and logic augment the senses.
You, observe the world happening around you.
You "choose" to be, or not to be, an active participant,
based upon ...
what you observe and what you think.
"Choice," separates humans from all other animals.
Perspective 4.
Earthly
Active Observer / Participant
Your awareness comes through,
your senses, thinking and "something else."
Intuition is a good word here.
You, observe the world happening around you.
You choose to be, or not to be, an active participant,
based upon ...
what you observe, what you think and, your "intuition."