Gaining Enlightenment... "There is nothing that is to be learned, it is more of a process of letting go... you do not gain anything... how can you gain what has always been and will always be Reality.... You only drop the illusions of truth and surrender all a the so-called knowledge you have gained.... only then are the illusions dispelled and the Light of Truth remains... and Self is KNOWN...

What it is like to be Enlightened...

E:If you were Enlightened, what would be different?

G: Nothing is different......

E: What do you think your experience of Reality would be?

G: the world moves forward as it is..... but instead of seeing the diversity as the ulitmate the One underneath it all is rested in..... Like the ocean reality or maya is simply the surface waves of moving consciousness.... shakti which manifests the underlying Ocean of Consciousness into a limited visible form..... But what is beneath and around and within that form is simply the same consciousness which comprises the Whole of the Ocean.... But in the calm of the depths you know the vastness instead of the limited......

E: It's been something that has been on my mind for some time now... Would it be vastly different?

G: Yes and no.... the paradoxical answer.... no the world moves the same.... but what has changed is your relationship to the world..... no longer caught up in the play thereof being in the world but not of it you remain going through the motions of everyday life.... but while the surface "personality" may be seen to be involved within the everyday emotions and foibles underneath within you the reality is a steady calm..... nothing moves the
center.... the waves still appear to manifest on the surface but you are absorbed in the deep.... where there is no movement.... that state within is utter calm........

E: Would it be an experience, or would it be an abiding feeling...that's my question.

G: Everything from then becomes Pure Experience.... No judging nor catagorizing.... no separation from the experience at hand it is entered into fully...... The feeling is one of continued Wholeness - Calm the peace which passes all understanding..... the differance is between one that gulps a
cheap wine versus a conniseur which smells the fragrance.... and feels the warmth and gets everything out of the experience of the moment...... not judging it good nor bad but simply the experience of the Eternal Moment which is ever in flux and fluid within the transient and stable being that it is none ending eternally ONE......

E:.How would you know, what would you expect to have happen?

G: hahahahah that is just it .... you expect Nothing and accept all things..... it just becomes an unfolding..... there is no longer expectation... nor anxiety.... nor desire.... just a centered calm in the midst of moving consciousness.... non -moving awareness....

E:It would probably help to know the territory, what do you believe you'd possess or know that you dont possess or know now?

G: You possess no longer anything.... even the so-called knowledge that you held and treasured receeds.... all is pulled away.... all drifts away..... but what has changed is the Perception.... instead of living within the noise and seeking the silence.... you are the Silence and the sound rises from there.....
instead of being within the play.... there is simply the pregnant emptiness wherefrom manifestation appears and then once again receeds into..... it is the Perception that is changed..... instead of the motion you are the stillness.... the motion continues on the surface but no longer moves the depths of Being......

E: This is a tough question, because it's an experiential answer, but it interests me...You see, my human nature is still very dear to me, so living as an Enlightened beingis tough to understand.

G: so enjoy your humaness ..... there is nothing wrong in that whatsoever.... but really enjoy it..... take time to slow down and be within it..... and guess what... you will then slip into the realm of Being....... hahahahaha enjoy the adventure at hand.....

Love and Blessings Sat*Chit*Anand shanti-shanti-shanti Om

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