would you be enlightened if?

Question

you had no morals no concience no scence of responsibiliy and no fear

Answer 1

depends on the person that is like this.

Answer 2

Not by the buddhist understanding of enlightenment, no, but surely only the enlightened know what it means to be enlightened. Surely if you take enlightenment to mean a highly realm of exsistence then morals and a sense of responsibilty are important in understanding the true meaning of exsistence. As for fear, perhaps enlightenment results in a fearless state where by knowing the ultimate goal of exsistence has been reached there is nothing left to fear. Fear is a counterproductive emotion which would surely hinder the path to enlightenment therefore losing it may help you achieve enlightenment more quickly.

Blimey! i was only going to put no!! See what happens when an A level in philosophy raises its ugly head.

Answer 3

No, that is the definition of a sociopath.

An enlightened person has morals, a conscience, and a sense of responsibility. Fear would have disappeared due to the knowledge that all is one and eternal. The vibratory response of fear goes against the true nature of existence in a vibratory universe which responds to the vibrations of emotion-based thoughts (hence the laughing Buddha, for example).

Answer 4

What makes us human is the capacity to think and feel-for this we have the gift of mind.
Morals- conscience and the sense of responsiblity are in a sense one complete package-evolving one from the other.
The sense of responsibility indicates that 'the light within is switched on' or to put it another way that the individual is capable of intelligent response.
This sense evolves and grows through various stages involving experimentation and the gain of Life experience. As a result, morals and the voice of consciousness ensue. Life is the Teacher speaking directly to us through the voice of conscience, which leads in turn to the development of the sense of responsibility.
The cultivation of morality is the intelligent response of the individual to Life.
Fear is the seed and product of the Ages-it has been handed down from one generation to the next. It is the reaction of our instinctual nature-(the instinct relates us to the animal kingdom)-When we learn to direct our lives by developing the right use of the mind and all that this implies we will eventually negate fear. Fear has its roots in the unknown and in Death.
My feeling is that as we come to know and understand ourselves little by little that we shall eventually discover our true Identity. In so doing we shall become FEARLESS.
We are already enlightened- we have only to recognise and become aware of this factually.

Answer 5

Perhaps..you are judging yourself by societies standards and not your own or that of a higher being than you. Morals are societies way of controling the masses. Concience is guilt and fear is borm from a lack of love. Responsablity ist o your self.

Answer 6

Without these other senses, would enlightenment exist? Surely the term enlightenment means to better understand, with no feelings of morals etc, why bother understanding. Enlightenment usually leads to self improvement, understanding one self, and a greater awareness of the world around. Without conscience or a sense of responsibilities, who would care?
So no, I don't think I would be enlightened with the building blocks provided by the other senses of obligation, fairness, fear and understanding.

Answer 7

Well what would be left ? an automaton , an animal . Think of some contemporary or historical figures that fit the bill in the lack of those things and ask if they were enlightened ?

Answer 8

In a way yes. A different type of enlightenment than the one so often spoken of but a form of enlightenment indeed.

Answer 9

Yes. You would probably be a manifestation of life at its purest. You would be amongst the most enlightened people alive, in my opinion, for all of the above are all control tools. If you live your life without any of them then you are living freely.

Answer 10

yes surely, ONLY IF a blind man can see and a deaf can hear and of course if human race can live without oxygen AND if sun can rise in West and set in East AND if the earth becomes stationary relative to the Sun (of our galaxy of course) !

Answer 11

Depends on your definition of enlightened. I could talk at length on the subject, but I could end up wasting my time....