Yes, gaining enlightenment means reaching stage of immortality forever.
What do we mean when we talked of immortality? It was for certain that immortality could never be gained physically in human form. That was not the intention of god. Immortality, the stage of absolute purity is always gained by our soul atman, the consciousness within when our karma negates to zero forever. In absence of dross impurities within, for an enlightened one the cosmic journey of life finally comes to an end. The need for a pure soul atman to manifest a human body any further ceased to exist.
Every soul atman manifested a chain of 1.1 million bodies in human form to cleanse itself of dross impurities within. By travelling spiritual path as detailed in Bhagavad Gita the moment human beings reached stage of absolute purity all was over for soul atman within. The moment an enlightened one left mortal frame one gained moksha salvation forever! The liberated soul atman having freed self from cycle of birth and death forever gains entry into abode of God, kingdom of God (Vaikuntha in Hinduism).
Reaching stage of kingdom of God (Vaikuntha) is the stage of immortality for a soul atman. The liberated soul atman remains in kingdom of God (Vaikuntha) until and of cosmos.
Human beings who thought immortality could be gained in physical manifest human form were totally mistaken. We were reading through scriptures literally. We failed to realize the hidden underlying inner meaning. Immortality belonged to world of spirits… soul atman, the consciousness within. The human form was but a medium for soul atman within to complete its cosmic journey. Human beings indulged in spirituality to realize this cosmic truth of life. Enlightenment can never be gained through path of religion.
When a bud becomes a flower, does it need to become a bud again! The seeds in the flower need starting their cosmic journey to become a bud and finally a flower.
By: Vijay Kumar “Atma Jnani”… The Man who Realized God in 1993 – (Ref 150920)
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