Awakening, realization and Enlightenment.

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Awakening

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Awakening is physical event. It is

waking up from dream. It is waking up

from sleep. It is waking from

" thoughts " . It is being thoughtless,

content-less. . . for the first time

[and, then every other time] for a

noticeable enough duration. It is

ending up without dream, without sleep

[thoughts] for large enough duration.

It is a gap between thoughts which is

large enough to become readily apparent.

 

A physical activity like Yoga, breathe

control can cause it. Some other

activities can cause it too.

 

 

 

 

 

Realization

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Realization is seeing your true nature

in absence of thoughts, concepts and

images and recognizing it as such -

your true nature, empty of content. It

is seeing who you really are and who

you are not.

 

 

 

Enlightenment

===========

 

Enlightenment is waking up from the

dream, realizing your true nature plus

realizing the nature of the 'mind',

soul, individual and the universe. It

is realization of the nature of the

universe, evolution, the operating

principle, the driving force. It is

understanding the purpose, process and

significance of life and death, of

human life, of coming and going, of the

universe, of the bondage and freedom,

of nirvana, of liberation, of

salvation. . . of Enlightenment. It is

being able to understand everything

with enough clarity to be able to serve

as a 'guide', as a 'leader' - as

'messenger' - as a 'prophet' - as an

'avatar' - as a 'master' - as an

'adept'. It is being to recognize,

understand and do the 'job of God'.

 

 

 

Awakening is an event. It is an even

which can be slow and gradual [as in

increasing the duration of being

'thoughtless', content-less and thus

'waking up' slowly …] or it can be

sudden.

 

Realization and Enlightenment are

always a 'process' . . . an 'ongoing'

process!

[Guest guest]

When awakening happened to me, I

thought that I was physically dying. My

mind would get blank - thoughtless and

I would think if this is what death is;

if this is what a person feels before

death. I would wonder if it meant; I

was about to die. Many times it would

occur on its own and I would start

purposely start thinking, dreaming, and

imagining, in order to bury this

feeling of BLANK, this feeling of

emptiness under thoughts. I bought term

life insurance thinking that perhaps, I

had some terminal disease and was about

to die soon.

 

 

That was the result of physical

awakening sans Self Recognition

.

 

 

Then, I started reading Ramana. Some

of the key points that I read and

understood from Ramana were on the

lines of:

 

 

- There is NOT a Moment... when

you are NOT!

 

- See the Seer...

 

- Blank is the EVIL result of

looking for Mind...

 

- Even in order to see

'absence'... you MUST be there!

 

- At any moment, irrespective of

what you " see " , " feel " , " sense " or

experience... just ask... who is the

seer/experiencer? The answer is... I.

Ask who am 'I'?

 

- Abide as that 'I'... and, don't

pay much attention to what is 'seen',

'experienced' or 'felt'... all that is

'transitory'... all that has a

beginning and an end! Only the Seer is

Real.

 

 

 

This was the 'beginning' of Self

Realization.

 

 

 

 

 

>

> Awakening

> ========

>

> Awakening is physical event. It is

> waking up from dream. It is waking up

> from sleep. It is waking from

> " thoughts " . It is being thoughtless,

> content-less. . . for the first time

> [and, then every other time] for a

> noticeable enough duration. It is

> ending up without dream, without sleep

> [thoughts] for large enough duration.

> It is a gap between thoughts which is

> large enough to become readily apparent.

>

> A physical activity like Yoga, breathe

> control can cause it. Some other

> activities can cause it too.

>

>

>

>

>

> Realization

> ==========

>

> Realization is seeing your true nature

> in absence of thoughts, concepts and

> images and recognizing it as such -

> your true nature, empty of content. It

> is seeing who you really are and who

> you are not.

>

>

 

 

[...]

[Guest guest]

>- Blank is the EVIL result of

>looking for Mind...

 

Huh?