Have questions about Enlightenment, Realization, and Living?

I am not a Buddhist
by Greg Martin
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Enlightenment is seeing the world through the beauty within me. Its beauty like I've never felt before, so stunning it feels as if my mind is full of light. The phenomenon of light as a sensation, is like opening the door on my soul. I always knew it was there, I never looked directly upon it. Each time I do, I look at the world with new eyes.

Realization is when all the explorations of my mind, all that I have found inside my head, my inner values, my spontaneity, my thoughts, pure peace, how my mind knows my body with my eyes closed, all of it, even the part of me that sees all these pieces, is together in the same room at the same time. That room is my mind.

When these experiences move from their first occurrence out to the world then I knew I had something, I have a life full of spirit, full of light, and lightness. My mind has nimbleness to move in concert with the circumstance, the past, the present, and the future. Life is sweet, like golden honey.

 

I'm happy for you. Wanna beer?

 

You bet! I could use one after all that hard work!

 

now how do you reach each of them? I mean, is that a thing that you get when you meditate or when you are high?

 

I love this! I love it! I love it when people "reach" enlightenment and then the world becomes all flowers and poetry.

Why can't it be something like: I reached enlightenment last night and the first thing I had to do was take a shit. In hindsight I shouldn't have eaten the burrito.

Also, what do being or not being a Buddhist have to do with enlightenment. If the writer of this thinks that Buddhist have a monopoly on enlightenment then I think they need to read a book.

 

Maluhia: I did reach these states of mind through meditation. Meditation is simply opening up to your emotions within. I have put up a website called truthisgold.com (I would pick a different name now!) which I work on to help others interested in a happier healthier life.

ZenBlue: I love the compliment that my words are flowery and like poetry. I'm glad you also agree that Buddhists do not have a monopoly on enlightenment, that was the intent of my headline. Everyone understands the world is not all flowers and poetry, my life simply consists of more moments like that than before.

 

these are three statements of personal, perhaps very reasonable definitions. what are the questions?