Enlightenment 101Enlightenment 101's purpose is to help you achieve the end of the false self or ego. The ego is the stream of thoughts and histories and body you consider to be you on a purely physical level. No ego is a state as close to pure spirit as possible. To want enlightenment for the betterment of the self is False! That is a craving of the ego! To want enlightenment in the service of all beings is in synch with the God-source, and proper. If you are attempting enlightenment for the purpose of the self, you will not get it. Welcome to Enlightenment 101. The entire course consists of six words. They allude to the very source of all creation. At the same time they allude to your very essence.
---Love Unconditionally--- Love all things seen and unseen, known and unknown, manifest and unmanifest, and you will love yourself. To love all things is to see the connection that they have to the totality. It is to know that there is a hidden perfection in everything there is and everything that happens, even if your reaction to the content is negative. Know the difference between the content and your reaction. The content simply is. You color it with your senses and the frequency of your consciousness. Recognize that all matter is made up of things that perform feats that defy logic and even go beyond what could be described as magic. Quantum physics experiments even allude to the possibility that subatomic particles are in some way aware, as they behave differently based on whether they are being observed. Or could it be that the observer is the one who creates the result by the very act of observation? Or could it be a little of both? Either way, it's looking more apparent that the building blocks of both animate and inanimate objects may be in some form conscious. Recognize the possibility of a shared consciousness with all matter, or at least the fact that all matter is energy, and that rocks and dirt and planets and you are matter. Know that you are made of energy as is everything else in the material world. This relationship was proven by Einstein's E=mc2. Energy is matter times the speed of light times itself. To realize and appreciate the common thread between you and all beings and things (energy) is as close as I can get to an explanation of unconditional love.
---Allow Everything--- Be always in a state that allows the present moment to be whatever form it takes. After first allowing, you may try to change it or not, from an attitude of acceptance and logic as opposed to resistance and emotion. Allow the shifting of all energy to form and dissolve as it will. ---Judge Nothing--- By attempting to know things through words and labels, you assign incomplete or even false meaning to things and situations that are impossible to know completely. By refusing to assign the label "good" or "bad" to whatever form the moment takes, you deny the ego the pleasure of false victimization. Neither can you be falsely elevated. Disallow the ego form by refusing to name or judge the shifting of energy as good or bad.
Put no limitations on the six words that enlightenment 101 teaches. Don't try to explain or understand them in terms of everyday life because they only point to a "knowing" that is beyond words. They point to a state of being that defies all understanding. They point to the being that you always were, always will be. They point to you. Be what they point to. Enlightenment 101 Grading: Do these words resonate with your highest state of being? If they do you will know beyond doubt what they point to. If you "don't get it", that's ok too. You cannot fail the course. Memorize the words. Live them at all times. Be the intent of them. The truths to which the words point will come to you in flashes that will last longer the more you live them. If, after memorizing the words, you ask: But what about this or that?...then you have not been exposed to what the words point to. Never stop being the intent of the words and eventually you will see where they lead. The only rule is that the six words must be lived as a package. You don't apply "allow everything" to a particular situation and declare the situation resolved. You apply all six words to every situation every time. The words override your train of thought. They must reside in your subconscious. You do not come upon a situation and then apply them after the fact, you live them all the time. You are a sphere that consists of the intent of the six words. Everything that happens in your life lies within the boundary of the enlightenment 101 six-word sphere. The sphere is the space around which the content of your life occurs. The sphere is your true essence. The sphere is connected to everything. When you stop asking questions of what the words mean or what they point to or how to apply them to everyday life, only then will you know that to which they lead. Only then will the heaviness of the world be lifted. And when it is--you will know. THE EGO The Spirit is a derivation of the God-source. The human is a derivation of the spirit. Free will is a characteristic of the human and is a gift from God. It allows creativity. To be creative is to be God-like. The ego is a bastardization of free will and is a false self born of the appearance of, and the belief in, separation from all things and beings. The ego seeks self enhancement and knowing through things and doings. It seeks to know itself and the world through naming and judging, only to imprison itself in a hell of resistence and suffering, and in the end it is unconscious and knows nothing. Words are a beautiful invention with which to convey and communicate, and at the same time they are a hideous wall of limitation. When not speaking, attempt to eliminate words from your existence. SUMMARY If in a state of allowing and non-judgement you can love unconditionally all things seen and unseen, known and unknown, manifest and unmanifest, then you will love yourself and know the mind of God.
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