ENLIGHTENMENT
For the average person, spiritual enlightenment may seem impractical and out of reach. But this is not so. Enlightenment at this point in history is not only practical and feasible for millions of us to achieve, it’s also essential for human survival. During this century, we may each participate in forging a new age of spiritual enlightenment. But first we must understand what spiritual enlightenment actually is.
Simply put, enlightenment is a higher level of self-realization. As a toddler, a moment comes when we become self-aware ... and a moment comes later in human growth when we realize we’re unique persons. So a time can come even later on when we realize that we’re also much more ... that we have a spiritual essence ... a divinely creative self.
However, this later development requires a special breakthrough ... a breakthrough that doesn’t come if we remain completely identified with our physical body and a material world. First, we must suspect that there’s more to ourselves and life than the obvious, and then we must have the interest and courage to look deeper ... to look within.
This is the purpose of learning spiritual techniques; they eventually allow us to experience our deeper reality ... to know our divine level of being, not merely as an idea or an ideal, but as an actuality.
At this level of self-realization, we see that we are all one and our capacity to be creative and loving expands. And we begin to fulfill our human destiny by creating the life and world we are divinely meant to have.
Goodness and joy to all, Joseph.
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