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Enlightenment
"En-light-en-ed"
implies you must have the light. The light is within you. In the Christian
Bible, it is said: Take heed that the light in you should not become
darkness. It also says: If your eye be single, your whole body shall
be full of light. It always mentions the light. Also, it mentions
many kinds of Godly sounds, like the sound of thunder, the sound of
many waters, the sound of the heavenly trumpet, the harp, and all
these kinds of things.
Enlightenment
is a must. Enlightenment means knowing the light within ourselves,
EN-LIGHTENED. The light within us will guide every footstep in our
life to the correct destination. The word of God, the sound, the
vibration, the music of heaven will whisper to us all the wisdom
in the universe, and what we can do in our daily lives until we
fulfil our duty as the blessing givers of this Earth.
Enlightenment
is the process of knowing what is greater than life, what is greater
than the things we can see with our physical eyes, or touch with
our physical instruments. It is the moment when we begin to know
something greater than that, the true governor of the whole universe,
which is also within ourselves.
Enlightenment
means inner awakening. You realise that you have a power that
is much greater than what you use every day. Usually, we follow
the directions of our ego, but after enlightenment, we follow God's
will. We are connected with Him and recognise our real value. But
at the same time we become very humble. The more we know about ourselves
the more humble we become. We know that there is a greater force
in the universe, and it isn't for our human understanding to discuss
and to grasp. So we become humble and then very powerful, because
we have a higher power within us, and use it every day for the benefit
of others. As we tap within ourselves into the right source of positive
power, which is called in Christian terminology,'the spirit that
dwells within you,' or God Almighty, we open that source that was
closed before. So once that source is opened we become powerful
like Christ, like Buddha. We can help many people with this inborn
God power, and then we become more humble because we see within
everyone the same power, so we respect everyone as living God.
Enlightenment
is a gift from God, and not the result of virtuous or charitable
deeds. We can all become enlightened or liberated. If not, why would
God have sent Jesus or Buddha or Mohammed if we were so helpless,
if only the virtuous souls could achieve it? And I do not know who
is really virtuous because,'Every saint has a past and every sinner
has a future.' We are not such sinners. It is an illusion and after
you understand this, you will know that there isn't any virtue or
sin. We must however work a great deal to realise this. The Quan
Yin Method offers you a method free of charge to rediscover your
original purity and noble heritage.
What is it about
enlightenment that so many people make a great mystery about, praise
so much, and encourage us to go forward to claim it again? It is
not enlightenment at all. It is just the Truth. It is just the way
it should be; it is the way it is. And if we don't know enlightenment,
then we continue suffering so much until we realize that everything
else is not important, except to know God.
Only when we
are truly enlightened can we enjoy anything. Whatever comes, we
can enjoy. When good things come, we take them as a gift from God,
wholeheartedly, without any guilt or reservation, without any obstacles
whatsoever in our heart or in our thinking, because the nature of
an enlightened person is very free, very carefree, very easy, just
like a child. If you give him something good, he accepts it, he
won't think that you want to trick him, or whether he deserves it
or not, he just accepts it. And, when the circumstances do not allow
that we have comfort or richness in life, then we are also happy
to carry on that way, we have no desire for material greatness.
But this doesn't mean that we don't strive to work for the society,
and that we don't do our best to fulfil our obligations as a citizen
of the world. We do, all the same, we do more effectively and with
ah willingness to contribute our part to the whole world. The difference
is that we do without a desire for reward or praise. Should we fail
or should people misunderstand our goodwill, we still can bear it,
we will not have any suffering in our heart.
During enlightenment
we enter into higher levels of existence and we see life from a
very different angle. Everything takes place very quickly, without
effort or drama. Like in a movie, if someone dies, we know that
it is only a movie.
After enlightenment
don't fear that you will lose everything. You just enjoy things
more intensively, but you know when and how, and do not abuse your
power of enjoyment like you did before enlightenment. You might
have sex now and again, if you wish and enjoy it. But enlightenment
is your main aim in life, and it will never leave you after initiation.
We have many
prejudices, many so-called preconceived ideas about life, about
enlightenment, about religion, about how we should lead our lives,
about how religious people should be, about how an enlightened Master
should lead his or her life, about how he or she should dress, eat
and even speak.
All the scriptures
emphasise that we find our own enlightenment, and all our sins will
be washed away. It is as simple as the sun coming out and dispelling
all the darkness. Otherwise, we have what the Bible calls the sins
from our own ancestors, or what in Buddhism is called endless karma
from previous lives, and we can never wash it off by our own mind
efforts. We could not do it by charity or good deeds alone, or by
bowing to the statue of Jesus or Buddha. We must do it in the correct
way, using the light of God, the inborn heaven to dispel hell's
darkness. Jesus also said,Whatever I do today you will do even greater
in the future. This means that He and we are equal. He didn't say,'I
alone can do all these miracles. You will never ever be able to
do it. No, He said,'Whatever I can do you can do also.' That is
a great liberal attitude, and Buddha also said, I have become Buddha
and you will also become Buddha. If we follow the correct method,
just like with a scientific method, everyone does the same thing
and gets the same result.
After enlightenment,
after initiation you will feel every day that God is taking care
of you. Truly that is so in all ways, in any situation, small things,
big things. God does really take care and love us, and smoothes
things out for us. He helps us in accidents, in sickness. He helps
us in our dark days, helps us in every way. Then you may know that
God truly exists. You will feel the overwhelming love power protecting
and loving you. That is God. This is why people say God is love.
When we free
ourselves from the concepts of attachment, negative thinking and
binding passions, then we are liberated in this life time.
All the suffering
will end the moment we know our true selves. Even though we sometimes
still feel affected by the suffering of other people, we ourselves
do not feel such a deep suffering like before enlightenment.
Anyone who is
enlightened is the embodiment of the scriptures; they understand
any scripture thoroughly and correctly.
Before we become
a fully enlightened being, we must first become human. After we
have become a good human, then we will become a fully enlightened
being.
If you are enlightened,
you are happy. The more happy, the more you believe in enlightenment,
and the more you will appreciate God's nature.
When a person
is enlightened, he rediscovered his own greatness and inner glory,
and he will be satisfied forever. This is the best way to improve
our shortcomings and satisfy our desires.
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