What Is Enlightenment for you?

This is a topic posted in WIE magazine Pod here at zaadz. Here is my answer.

In simple terms Enlightenment is about bringing light into darkness or the light of knowledge, understanding, insight and wisdom into life's deepest questions or existential dilemmas. As much as i love to ask, think and contemplate questions, the question of "Enlightenment" itself was a non-issue for me.

From my experience, a real Awakening experience cuts through all beliefs systems and structures wihin one's own mental constructions and touches the very groundless ground and selfless self of Primordial non-dual reality like a big-bang in consciousness and it happens spontaneously following a vajra intention “to know” not for the sake of ego-self but for the benefit and well-being of all LIFE.

Anytime you approach the E thing with any speck of idea or concept or structure or image you would be back into your own reality creation box. And those who are quite afraid of genuine self-inquiry, knowing the unknown void or truth, stepping out of the imprisoning attitudes of ego, letting go of fear of future and attachment to past, relaxing in the present moment by dying to self-image, of being completely free of mass-consciousness and being authentic in their self-expression cannot reach the threshhold.

BTW there are as many paths and as many ways to get a Peak Big-Bang E experience, as there are individuals, since it has to happen within one's own unique consciousness by  leaping out of all ego mind-identifications.

“Why enlightenment?” seems to be a better phrased question for myself  than “what is enlightenment” which implies  “something already known” or “something that can be explained or described in language” ..which itself is based on duality or separation.

My path has been to persistently follow the in-spired questions of my life, exploring and living them as best as I can. And the awakening experience is just a by-product of it.
It is simultaneously the most difficult and the most spontaneous thing to achieve for any human being. And yes you do not need any teacher or guru outside of you ...if you are open and passionate about Learning (from within and without).

I feel knowledge and understanding of human beings greater nature and nature of reality from universal perspective (that bridges physical and non-physical) expedites our learning curve and our conscious evolution. Since knowledge takes away fear and judgements, it allows us to embrace the path of  unconditional love for self and joyful exploration of Life instead of resistance, pain and suffering. Bless all your experiences and grow from them.