2006-10-25 13:00:27 · 12 answers · asked by Anonymous in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
No. Enlightenment is complete understanding of All There Is. However, if you quiet the mind and practice this regularly, you can help yourself evolve spiritually. In doing this, in quieting the mind you will gain insight into the untruthful programs and beliefs that you use in this physical life. Through this, and through eliminating those untruthful programs and beliefs, you will become more and more aware of your total and complete self.
2006-10-25 14:59:47 · answer #1 · answered by Ashaka 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I guess you are talking about meditation. People that practice Zen Meditation try to do what tou say. But you shouldn`t practice meditation to pursue enlightment. This is not the rigth way. If you try not to think on purpose, you will only obtain a busy mind, trying not to think. Zen Monks says you will need several years of practice to experience only one second of "no-mind" and consequently any level of enlighment. Thank you.
2006-10-25 20:25:08 · answer #2 · answered by Avatar 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
enlightenment means the awakened one or in other words, supreme wisdom in seeing life's all facets with a clear view instead of biasness. etc.
if you stop your mind at the point where you are stupid. it just means you gonna stop there and be stupid forever.
enlightenment requires improvement of the way we think in the current moment.
so... no.
2006-10-25 20:07:34 · answer #3 · answered by Spidergurl 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you seek the immovable that way you will be no more than a rock. You have to be conscious to understand. The really immovable is above and in the motion itself. You can be still to see it.
2006-10-25 20:11:37 · answer #4 · answered by michaelsan 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Stop thinking, become cleverer? Sounds a bit odd to me.
2006-10-25 20:01:44 · answer #5 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
You're probably partly right. You have to transend the physical to move on, but you need the tools to get that far.
2006-10-25 20:03:09 · answer #6 · answered by shermynewstart 7 · 0⤊ 0⤋
If you stop the mind you stop the soul. At that point you cease to exist. Only God can do that. "We" can't do it.
2006-10-25 20:03:55 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
if we stop the mind, we become comatose--if you see that as enlightenment, go for it
2006-10-25 20:03:01 · answer #8 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
probably. the mind seems to take us two step back for every two steps forward it takes us.
2006-10-25 20:06:03 · answer #9 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
no it gets better after organizing your truth among fellow truth tellers of there own truth and
2006-10-25 20:03:42 · answer #10 · answered by deezel09 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋