After many years of intense study and many breakthroughs related to enlightenment; at this stage; it isn't anything like I imagined. It isn't fanatical stories of doing, mystical powers, and ability to control peoples minds. Those things I have studied, but ultimately, have found that it is more about; telling new stories of doing, awareness of the magic we already have weaved, and the ability to let others be themselves. I have come to know that the things we desire in others is within ourselves already, and no amount of manipulation can give us what is already ourselves. By the pursuit of knowing oneself, we can untangle the knot of filters we chose to tie around us to protect us from the power of our infinite selves. Our parents many times sell us on their life and mistakes, and desires, and as we are pure as kids, we lose sight of it in pursuit of material gain. Their focus on the lack made us creatures perpetually lacking, yet having everything. I have found great bliss, but that has followed me releasing a "filter" or 'blockage' or 'knot', and gaining back a little bit more of my totality.
Thing is, that high is to be regulated, and as you gain more of your personal power, you can regulate it, and the high becomes a bit more like normal. It reminds of being a kid, because when you were young, you had very little knots restricting the flow. Enlightenment reconnects you with that power, and helps you to face everything with that same kind of energy. Much like on the playground, the less things bother you, and the less you need to change others = more play time; more energy and consciousness to devote toward task at hand.
With that said; main point is that we are all enlightened at one aspect of our being, and the eastern and even western teachings are metaphorical helpers to help us know that feeling more consistently. It is never anything external that brings us these things, or compromises them, unless we choose to allot them to, and knowing why we do many times takes digging back to childhood looking for agreements (definitions with emotional attachments) in order to understand why we are not that child any longer.
Everything I do is to make the mysterious simple in an attempt at making mental health more common and accessible. By combining many approaches with a practical theme, being me, I hope that it might help many. Thanks for your time.
Tophu
