Query:
How can I be enlightened?
Vijay
Kumar:
Before we
talk of enlightenment... we need to understand what enlightenment truly is! Enlightenment
is simply not a path... it is the end of cosmic life! One truly becomes a Mahavira,
Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or Prophet Mohammed! In the last about 150 years'
only two persons amongst 6500 million existing on Mother Earth world over gained
enlightenment... they were Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana!
Gaining
enlightenment... reaching the stage of enlightenment is not that easy nor is it
impossible to achieve! Only those serious seekers of spirituality gain enlightenment
who are willing to travel the path of absolute truthfulness... practice absolute
celibacy for a minimum period of 12 years in continuation... practicing Neti (not
this, not this) the Shavasana path of yoga!
Enlightenment
can only be gained after establishing absolute control over five senses and the
mind. For reaching the stage of enlightenment, God Almighty ordained a journey
of 12.1 million earthly years in the human form... not a small period of time
by any means! One need not hurry on the spiritual path yet, who knows what we
shall be in the next manifestation... why not travel the spiritual path now!
Most
human beings on Mother Earth simply do not want to believe that every human being
has the potential of becoming a Mahavira, Gautama Buddha, Jesus Christ or prophet
Mohammed! As many human beings... as many different paths to God can there be!
If we need going to Bombay from New Delhi... we can travel on foot... board a
bus... the train or the plane. We would definitely undertake the journey as our
pocket allows and the means available!
Whatever
be the means... the goal of cosmic life always remains our soul atman reaching
the last leg of cosmic life... the stage of enlightenment in the human form! It
is only in the human form enlightenment can be gained! As a lady for all practical
purposes... gaining enlightenment is too difficult a task! Why?
In
the history of mankind only two ladies till date gained enlightenment... they
were the famous philosopher Gargi and Maitreyi (wife of Sage Jnanavalakya... the
originator of Brihadaranakya Upanishad). It is in their memory the famous Gargi
and Maitreyi colleges in New Delhi exist. Enlightenment was never meant to be
gained by ladies. The imbibed ingrained feeling of Moha (attachment) practically
prohibits ladies gaining enlightenment!
Devoid
of the feeling of attachment (Moha in Hinduism) the function of ladies on Mother
Earth would not serve the purpose. Humanity exists because the feminine gender
has a deeply imbibed sense of togetherness... feeling of attachment Moha! To cut
across the shackles of Moha (attachment) was only possible for hard witted ladies
like Gargi and Maitreyi.
Gaining enlightenment
means breaking up of all relationships in the ephemeral phase of life... life
as a human being! As a truly enlightened person it becomes difficult to even recognize
those nears and dears whom you called your father, mother, sister, brother and
so on! For an enlightened one... all feelings of attachment carry no further meaning!
One
practically rises above the attachments of the physical manifest life... liberates
self from the bondage of love and misery forever. Enlightenment announces liberation
of the soul atman within from the cycle of birth and death forever. After gaining
enlightenment our soul atman within regains its original prime pristine pure form
forever!
After
gaining enlightenment (kaivalya jnana) one finally takes salvation (moksha). Thereafter
it is a direct journey into the kingdom of God... the abode of God (aka Baikuntha
in Hinduism). The kingdom of God is a place of no return... unless the dissolution
of the Cosmos occurs... all liberated souls atmans remain in the kingdom of God
until eternity!
Before
embarking on the path of enlightenment... one must decide what really one wants
in life! Having commenced the spiritual path... one simply cannot return into
the family fold again... the spiritual path is a one-way affair! Living in family
life (Grihastha ashram)... gaining enlightenment is one of the most difficult
task... yet, not impossible!
Liberating
self from the cycle of birth and death... reaching the cosmic end of life... the
stage of enlightenment is a noble goal to pursue! The first and the foremost requirement
on the path of enlightenment are practicing absolute truthfulness throughout.
We need to control the five senses and the mind for reaching the stage of Nirvikalpa
Samadhi.
The stage
of Nirvikalpa Samadhi... the stage of nothingness simply cannot be described in
words... it can only be experienced! Only after reaching the stage of Nirvikalpa
Samadhi does one commune with God on one-to-one basis and that too permanently.
The stage of Nirvikalpa Samadhi can only be reached after gaining enlightenment!
In
the human form gaining enlightenment is the most pleasurable experience for the
soul atman within. One finally transcends all the barriers of physical mundane
life! Practicing absolute celibacy is another difficult hurdle on the path of
enlightenment. Most human beings unable to tackle the situation... Fail at this
point! Sage Vishwamitra failed to practice absolute celibacy for a continuous
period of 12 years... he had to repeat austerities all over again!
Be
serious if you desire pursuing the path of enlightenment!
More
Advaita Vedanta related links...
Gaining
Enlightenment - Path
of Enlightenment - Kali
Yuga and Enlightenment - Enlightenment
and Karma - Path
to gaining Enlightenment - Stage
of Enlightenment
May
God bless all!
Always
there to clarify your queries (send
your query),
Vijay
Kumar "Atma
Jnani"
Vijay Kumar... The Man who Realized God in 1993 on Enlightenment.
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