Enlightenment

The word enlightenment conquers up images of some distant guru sitting in a meditative pose chanting some unrecognizable language to yet another unknown end - That's what I used to think.

But what if I said that enlightenment can come to anyone with very little difficulty in very little time. Would you be interested?

What if I said that if you could rid yourself of all your worldly troubles in one elegant thought or one simple process, would you be interested in that?

Try this; make yourself an image of all your troubles and worries. Give them shape and form. Now take these objects and place them into tight secure boxes, nail them shut and wrap them in chains. Use as many as you need but make certain that you put all your troubles, all of your worries and all of your pain, into these containers and lock them up.

So, how large is your pile? Now put them on your back! Yes, put them on your back. If you can't fit them all, attach chains to the rest and drag them behind you and hurry, time is running out. How does that feel? Dumb question right? Then why - are you doing it?

For those of you who have little or no boxes - well done - you appear not to be needing help. For the rest of you - You seem to be having a problem. I personally had such a problem that the only world I knew was of the boxes I had nailed shut which made my walls. I knew of nothing else because - I couldn't see over them.

Why don't you remove those containers and boxes? Why don't you just drop those heavy chains you pull and leave those packages behind? How and why are you attached to them anyway? Why can you not remove your load? Why can you not lighten your burden? Just remove them or drop them one by one or all at once. Simply lighten the load and en- lighten yourself.

I'm not saying to give up all your material possessions and run off to join the hare Christna or whatever they all called, however material possession can be more trouble and more burden than their benefit. Nothing wrong with wealth, as long as it serves you well.

Enlightenment is not just a higher understanding. What comes with it is the knowledge that there is NO need to worry. No need to be afraid and No need to hang onto that what does not serve you well.

Ok, so maybe its not that simple, but it can be.

Perhaps this will help:

Most of our problems revolve around time or losing what we have. We are so concerned that time is running out, and with it are the lesser chances of accumulating the treasures we seek while we can. Then we have this burden of worry that outweighs the benefit of the treasures or lack thereof. Many worry about their final demise and the uncertainty of what they find and when it might happen. So they worry about everything because of time and the finality and the rushing that it brings. Or we worry that someone will take what we already have and there won't be enough time to get it back. Most Wars are fears of losing something!
But what if there was NO time and you never had to worry about death or pain or doing without anything you desire every again?

Well guess what; we never die! We live forever, we only change form.

I think you'll agree that most people believe at our core, we are energy in some form. That is we have a soul and that is exactly what that soul is - pure energy. Now energy can not be created or destroyed, it can only be transformed. This is a the First Law of Thermodynamics and a universal physical truism. This is the way it is and WE are no different.

It is because we are energy, that we go on forever. The body dies but the Spirit, the Soul - never does. So if you can except this truth, you will see that all of your worry is for not. There is no need. Death is painless and easy, it is life that's hard, but if you learn to let go of the baggage, it gets so much better.

It is the understanding of these things that is the greatest gift of all it is - Enlightenment.

A wish for all - be the Light
Sincerely
RG Whyte

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