Does enlightenment start or stop?

Question

Thank you all in advance for answering, I will post a follow up question tonight. ~ : )

Nothing like a concept to kill a concept. ~ : )

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Answer 1

Enlightenment is an ongoing process that is eternal in nature, just like an ever-opening flower.

Answer 2

Enlightenment is a state of mind, where one's craving and personal desires are destroyed, uprooted or non-existent.

When one's mental defilements are destroyed, there is no cause for craving. When there's no cause for craving, there is no suffering, no unhappiness and no unsatisfactoriness.

It can be said to be a 'start' or 'stop' at the same time.

One starts to become liberated, free and comprehends the incomprehensible. He/she becomes the knower of the Truth... and one stops from being a worldling, an ignorant being and free from all forms of births and deaths.

It is said, that the state of enlightenment is beyond birth and death, so again, it reflects on your question... 'it starts and it also stops'...

I guess all these are just a matter of words, and does not reflect enlightenment at all unless we experience it for ourselves :-)

Answer 3

Sometimes I see something and suddenly understand many things in an instant; then the instant is gone and I can't remember a thing. Apparently I've done this and said things that cause my husband to tell me I'm an oracle; however, I think he may have been joking. That would be apt, wouldn't it? In answer to your question; it is still there, but sometimes it is with me and sometimes it is not with me.

Answer 4

that's certainly a organic technique! Why that's a organic technique, is we won't be able to do it. we are in a position to on the best enable it to ensue. The warfare and hurdle is easily the assumption technique! any greater elaboration could purely upload to confusion and contradiction. i might desire to supply an indicative occasion. We, with this physique, think of and experience that we are patently heavy, and think of of our weight usually. we've that 'weight help courses' too, and that's a good thriving employer for many, globally. Now, if we check out the folk in an area craft, all of us comprehend that for them, on an identical time as in area, their weight would not count. If by some potential, the earth had controlled to hold us an identical way, without exerting that gravity, life could have been 'needless to say' greater completely happy. No gas expenses tochronic us mad and so on! Our very fundamentals of economic device could be remodeled! we would not be spending our physique's capacity purely to maintain battling the gravity all our life! This enlightenment too is prevented via considered one of those gravity that holds us strongly with the physique and concepts. (perhaps consequently as quickly because of the fact the fortunate few 'attain' they end! they purely leave their physique and bypass ---not the favored variety of demise, please notice. actual now, we'd desire to tamper with this physique to leave it, not at will that we are in a position to leave it!) some compassionate ones, who additionally ensue to be good at communication skills, linger around, staying in the back of redundantly, to make it ensue for us! (Please attempt to locate a fashion, to forgive, for this attempt to place something into words, it somewhat is meant to be previous the attain of words!) So, that's certainly the main organic technique. The 'being' interior of generally tries to communicates to us (our concepts), its very own time table, however the message is perceived fairly in any different case and that too contributes to the hurdle! i will boldly communicate approximately this being interior of, because of the fact maximum persons do communicate for that reason: 'my concepts is at a loss for words/happy/calm/and so on,' and additionally as 'my physique feels heavy/gentle/stiff/and so on' (There must be no dispute approximately that 'me/my' nevertheless that's intangible and mischievously elusive too :) !

Answer 5

from where we question or answer will give the correct answer

From a point... there is no need of enlightenment

from anothr point the enlightenment started when we first woke up in the chemicals

Answer 6

Whether you are interested in Moksha, Liberation, Freedom, Transformation, you name it, you are interested in happiness without one moment of unhappiness, pleasure without pain, it is the same thing"
We don't want to be free from fear. All that we want to do is to play games with it and talk about freeing ourselves from fear.

So there is no start and stop
And why do we need it

Answer 7

It is a blessing
From unknown
Source of light
Which reflects
Within.a.Mirror
For a while
Now and then
flickering and
Sometimes all of sudden acts like Supernova

Answer 8

It does both. There are periods of enlightenment followed by periods of introspection.

Answer 9

When you switch on the lights, the enlightenment starts, when you switch them off, it stops.

Also when the sun rises, it is enlightenment, and when it sets, enlightenment stops.

So for most part of the day we are enlightened only.

Answer 10

it's a concept only

nothing to worry about