True enlightenment could never be experienced… it could only be gained when we permanently detached self from the body. Gaining enlightenment meant becoming a pure soul atman, emancipating from cycle of birth and death forever… reaching cosmic end of life. No matter how much we desire, enlightenment could never be experienced or achieved. We need to work to reach […]
Enlightenment was gained traveling path of spirituality. The spiritual path was a journey that was always traveled all alone. A spiritual preceptor can act only as a guide but do nothing further. Similar as a teacher could not make a student come first in class, it is our individual karma that ruled the roost. At every stage of spiritual life […]
For lay mortals to reach stage of enlightenment, realize god in present life… indulgence in spirituality (not religion) was necessitated. Simply by reading scriptures one never gains anything spiritually. The spiritual wisdom never lay in textbooks of spirituality. All scriptures merely acted as guidebooks. Literal indulgence in scriptures led nowhere. Path of spirituality demands working for welfare of mankind all […]
When one reaches final stage of enlightenment… one never gets to know anything! We could never become a judge of our predicament… results of spiritual journey! Realization of self, realization of god always comes from within. At that moment everything contained in scriptures of different religions of world becomes like ABCD for us. We finally become knower of all. […]
When the first ray of light enters a darkened room… we say the room is illuminated! Indulging in spirituality, yoga meditation when human beings reached stage of enlightenment… it announces a soul atman reaching stage of absolute purity. Indulging in path of jnana yoga (absolute wisdom) when human beings succeed in vanquishing darkness of ignorance forever… one becomes an enlightened […]
Enlightenment simply means becoming a pure soul atman in the cosmic journey of life. Enlightenment can be gained only by a seeker who believes in existence of God… souls atmans! In simple words enlightenment means a soul atman emancipating from cycle of birth and death forever. Indulging in karma when human beings succeed in negating karma to zero … one […]
For a normal person material pursuit of life was necessary to earn daily bread and butter for the family. Dominated by ego (Aham in Hinduism) one indulged in daily routines of life! For a commoner, one from masses it was not necessary to pursue spiritual journey in life. For a true seeker, one traveling spiritual path… body itself was […]
Enlightenment … the concept, philosophy is best detailed in scriptures of Hinduism… primarily, Bhagavad Gita (teachings of Lord Krishna to Arjuna in the battle of Mahabharata) and various Upanishads (independent treatises)! As detailed in Bhagavad Gita… enlightenment simply means human beings reaching end stage of cosmic life… 8.4 millionth manifestation… when our soul atman, the spirit within finally liberates self […]
Experiencing spiritual enlightenment was not that easy. However, when it comes… one finally comes face-to-face with God Almighty! Veil of illusion removed forever… we finally as a soul atman gained absolute purity forever! If we analyze the requisites for reaching stage of spiritual enlightenment… we find the following were extremely necessary: 1. Following path of absolute truthfulness always and […]
The stage of perfection is achieved the moment we gained enlightenment in present life. Mahavira (24th Tirthankara of Jainism), Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ and Prophet Mohammed exactly did that. They finally crossed over from ephemeral life to a life of unbound consciousness… the stage of moksha salvation! An enlightened one after leaving mortal frame finally gains moksha salvation forever. […]
Enlightenment period… Could there be anything ever like that? Just by calling an age enlightenment period does not mean anything. It spells total ignorance on part of participants calling an age enlightenment period. Enlightenment (stage of kaivalya jnana) in Hinduism stood for reaching ultimate goal of cosmic life as a physical manifest human being. Reaching enlightenment means the cosmic journey […]
In yesteryears when human beings had not yet evolved to the stage they are today, seekers reached stage of enlightenment through path of bhakti yoga that demands total surrender to God Almighty. Such a surrender and finally acceptance by God Almighty in present times of Kali Yuga… Dark Age, metal age seemed totally impossible. Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana […]
Yoga meditation was the precept, travelling path of spirituality our goal of life. Enlightenment can only be gained by travelling path of spirituality as detailed in Bhagavad Gita. Ever since souls atmans separated from their source God Almighty himself (Parmatman in Hinduism), they desire regaining their lost original pure prime pristine primordial form at the earliest. Yoga is derived […]
A blunt no! Enlightenment is never gained that way. If we look at history of all who gained enlightenment in the entire history of mankind, one thing became extremely clear… all worked for welfare of mankind. None was after enlightenment for individual self. To work for welfare of mankind all the time, to reach hidden spiritual truths of life man […]
In present times only spirituality relates to enlightenment not religion, path of rituals. Enlightenment is the stage when we as a soul atman gained absolute purity forever. This is the stage when our karma negates to zero forever. In absence of dross impurities within, the need for a soul atman to manifest another body now ceased to exist. The purified […]
Enlightenment was not something that one hears and starts following. The domain of enlightenment lay in field of spirituality that demands travelling path of contemplation, logical reasoning. Every single moment of life human beings lived two lives. One by the physical manifest self designated as a human being and other by our soul atman, the consciousness within. As detailed […]
If a wolf in sheep’s’ clothing claimed at the top of his voice that he was sheep, would we believe him? Claims do not carry any weightage in the field of spirituality. It was not within capability of Swami Vivekananda to recognize Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, his spiritual master. But Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa, an enlightened one had inkling that one like […]
In the present Kali Yuga… Dark Age, metal age enlightenment was difficult to achieve but not impossible. Scriptures of Hinduism say stage of enlightenment is reached by a human being when karma negates to zero forever. In absence of dross impurity within, the need for a pure soul atman to manifest another body ceases to exist. Truly enlightenment was not […]
Literal reading is of little help on path of pure spirituality. All sacred texts demand path of contemplation, path of logical reasoning to reach hidden underlying cosmic truths of life. I have come across many people who confirmed they had read Bhagavad Gita several times still, nothing was clear to them. While indulging in day-to-day routines of life, dominated […]