Brahman
Paramatman
For thousands of years the concept of Enlightenment has been around. And it seems that people make it look like it takes eons to attain. Buddha even said, to become fully enlightened you must be a bodhisattva for 3 eons, or Kalpa. But this seems wrong to me to even place time in the equation. So does it take long, is it hard, and is it attainable
Does it take long, well it takes as long as you say it to take. There are people throughout history who have had sudden enlightenment. That means that they just suddenly dropped the mind and attained the cosmic consciousness. Ramana Maharshi just dropped on the floor thinkning he was gonna die, and got up from the floor enlightened. so i think we need to get this time limit off our minds and just do whats needed.
Is it hard, not as much as we would think. Even Osho once said that enlightenment isnt some great attainment that is huge. one enightened master said at the moment of enlightenment, " i want a cup of tea". and why is this, they have dropped the Ego. if you drop the Ego, nothing is earth shattering, and nothing is great. Enlightened ones only appear great to us because we have egos and want to attain that. we think, o it would be so great to attain that state! but once you get there, you dont think that.
is it attainable, YES!
and i know that there are some who will dissagree with me and say that it is hard and it does take along time to attain. but keep in mind the self fullfilling prophecy. once you say its hard, it becomes hard, and once you say it will take a long time, it will.
thanks!
Does it take long, well it takes as long as you say it to take. There are people throughout history who have had sudden enlightenment. That means that they just suddenly dropped the mind and attained the cosmic consciousness. Ramana Maharshi just dropped on the floor thinkning he was gonna die, and got up from the floor enlightened. so i think we need to get this time limit off our minds and just do whats needed.
Is it hard, not as much as we would think. Even Osho once said that enlightenment isnt some great attainment that is huge. one enightened master said at the moment of enlightenment, " i want a cup of tea". and why is this, they have dropped the Ego. if you drop the Ego, nothing is earth shattering, and nothing is great. Enlightened ones only appear great to us because we have egos and want to attain that. we think, o it would be so great to attain that state! but once you get there, you dont think that.
is it attainable, YES!
and i know that there are some who will dissagree with me and say that it is hard and it does take along time to attain. but keep in mind the self fullfilling prophecy. once you say its hard, it becomes hard, and once you say it will take a long time, it will.
thanks!
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