Inspite of so many religions, religious scriptures and knowledge base available in this world.
2007-03-29 03:32:11 · 8 answers · asked by dd 6 in Society & Culture ➔ Religion & Spirituality
To find an enlightened soul in the present Kali Yuga is extremely difficult for the only reason... the manifest phase of life we are passing through is more inclined towards wanton desires and materialistic reaches.
Imagine a situation if 24 Jesus Christ manifested today... how we would recognize the seniority... whom to pray or not!
In the present Kali Yuga phase of life only two or three enlightened souls manifest every hundred years. In the last about 150 years only two persons gained enlightenment... they were Sri Ramakrishna Paramhansa and Maharishi Ramana. More on enlightened souls - http://www.godrealized.com/enlightenedbeings.html
2007-03-30 04:27:36 · answer #1 · answered by godrealized 6 · 7⤊ 0⤋
To be enlightened is to be one with yourself. A person of enlightened stature will most likely not be on yahoo they will be out doing all the things they are supposed to be doing to make this a better world. Me myself i find enlightened people kind of boorish, creepy, and one sided in their determination. I also envy them because they will have an inner peace that i can only dream about having. Why is it so hard to find one? because it is so hard to become one. There aren't very many around.
2007-03-29 10:41:54 · answer #2 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
Perhaps that may depend on how you view someone who is enlightened? Enlightenment isn't something that is just proclaimed from the rooftops to everyone who passes by. Once someone received enlightenment, they still have choices to make and have to live moment to moment to maintain their enlightenment.
Many do not choose to accept the enlightenment that is within, and no amount of religion, spiritual questing, meditation or anything else can make anyone accept what is within unless that person goes within themselves to find it. So many seek outside themselves that they do not realize that enlightenment is ready and waiting within them to find.
2007-03-29 10:49:36 · answer #3 · answered by Unity 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
I would rephrase that & say ," it is hard to find an enlightened soul" because of too "many religions, religious scriptures..." .
2007-03-29 10:57:37 · answer #4 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋
It's because there are so few of us ; )
Too many look on the outside for answers instead of looking inside where all knowledge exsits.
2007-03-29 10:36:52 · answer #5 · answered by American Spirit 7 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Maybe you are not looking at the right place or asking the right questions or asking the one who made us to point you to where you want and/or need to go.
2007-03-29 10:43:38 · answer #6 · answered by 1saintofGod 6 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Because an enlightened person does not proclaim their enlightenment...
2007-03-29 10:38:12 · answer #7 · answered by Shinkirou Hasukage 6 · 3⤊ 0⤋
Because you don't know one when he is talking to you.
2007-03-29 10:36:09 · answer #8 · answered by chris p 6 · 0⤊ 2⤋