Is Enlightenment Everybody's birth-right?

Answer 1

Every soul on this earth is a potential God-coz a soul is a part of the Lord! And so, everyone is entitled to Enlightenment-when the Lord wishes!
Even the love for the Lord is given by the Lord Himself to everyone!

Answer 2

Anyone can be a Gautam Buddha, but not everybody can be a Einstein or Russell. This is because spiritual realization (Enlightenment) is everybody's birthright. It is not a talent like painting, music, poetry, or dancing; it is not genius either. A genius has tremendous intelligence, but it is still of the mind. Enlightenment is not of the mind, it is not intellect; it is intelligence of a totally different order. Some great intellectuals, missed the journey towards their own selves but all that belongs to the mind. And to be a Gautam Buddha, is to get out of the mind. It does not matter whether you had a big mind or small mind, a mediocre mind, or you are a genius; the point is that you should be out of the mind. The moment you are out of the mind, you are in yourself. So the strange thing is that the more a person is intellectual, the farther he goes away from himself. He is a genius, he may create great poetry, great sculpture. The genius creates, the mediator discovers. Consciousness has nothing to do with creativity, it has nothing to do with inventiveness, it has nothing to do with science or art; it has something to do with tremendous silence, peace, a centering. When an ordinary man meditates, he comes to the same space of blissfulness as Einstein or Russell. That space of blissfulness will not be different, will not be richer for Russell because he is a great intellectual. Those values don't matter outside of the mind. It is as if you all fall asleep here; you will be dreaming. Somebody may have a very beautiful dream, and somebody may have a nightmare. But both are dreams. And when they wake up, they will know that the beautiful dream and the nightmare are not different — they are both dreams. They are non-existential, mind projections.

Answer 3

Yes, Yes and Yes. But so many factors are involved. The present state is one of endarkment. Thorough understanding and realising it is enlightenment. But that is not liberation. That is the point. Enlightenment goes on happening day in and day out. The culmination is liberation. To be liberated is very different from getting enlightened.

Answer 4

Yes.

SHARHE LOH O QALIM
by, Alshiekh Azeemi

Lecture 1
The Presented and The acquired Knowledge
Before embarking on the journey of learning this spiritual knowledge, it must be kept in mind that the knowledge we intend to learn, in the coming days, is the Presented one. Presented Knowledge (Ilm-e-hazoori) is the knowledge that enables us to enter the world of the Unseen and makes us to acquaint with the Unseen. It is that knowledge, which is a sort of direct information, bestowed upon the mind of the person learning this science, that is, the unconscious stimuli start functioning in that person.

Functioning of the unconscious stimuli means that an impression of the stated thing is created upon the screen of the mind. When, for instance, the teacher of the Presented Knowledge, utters the word ‘pigeon’, an outline of a pigeon is formed in the memory or upon the screen of the mind. And, when the word sinks deeper in the mind, a pigeon with all its detailed features is actually witnessed sitting there upon the screen of the mind.

Similarly, when the teacher mentions something about a star or a planet, a bright star is actually felt twinkling upon the mental screen. And, when the spiritual teacher tells about the Paradise, the information, which we have already had about the Paradise, start displaying in our mind in the form of a mental picture. We see that the Paradise is a garden with waterfalls, brooks and streams of sweet and clear water and beautiful sweet smelling flowers of every type and colours. And, it is such a scenic place, which is beyond any comparison with the worldly scenes of beauty and charm.

It is a brief description of the Presented Knowledge.

The difference between the Presented and the Acquired Knowledge (Ilm-e-hasooli) is that in the latter case when a teacher teaches to draw a picture to his students, he demonstrates to draw a picture on a graph and tells that if these many squares of the graph are used in this way, an eye would be formed, if these many squares are brought under the pencil, a nose would be formed and, if these many squares are used, an ear would be the outcome. The more the interest and willingness of the student to learn to draw a picture in the squares of a graph, the more successful artist he becomes because of the teacher’s guidance, or to say, the basis of the Acquired Knowledge is that any particular ability can be activated in a person by proper training.

Opposite to this, the Presented Knowledge holds that everybody has the innate ability of drawing picture, making chair and tailoring dress. The work of the teacher is only to get that innate ability activated in a person and the more that ability is put to use and practiced, the more expert he becomes in that field.

Further explanation of this thing is that whatsoever existing in the world, or that ever existed or which will exist ever henceforth, is flowing upon thoughts. Something exists for us when we happen to receive information about that thing, or in other words, a thought about that thing comes to our mind, and if no information about that thing is received from within our self or no thought about that thing comes to our mind then that thing does not exist for us. When a person wants to be an artist, first of all it occurs to him that he should be drawing a picture. Similarly, when a person wants to be a carpenter, this thought comes to his mind that he should be going for carpentry.

It is true for every science and art of the world in the same way. Every science or art begins with a thought or an idea about that particular field of knowledge. Only after having a thought about learning something we become interested in that particular direction and we start searching for a teacher or guide who could help us in developing that faculty. And, the teacher, keeping our interest and quest in view, activates that particular ability in us.

His Divine Grace, Qalander Baba Auliya in the Loh-o-Qalum has stated that all that a teacher could do is to be an instrument in awakening the desired ability. Just as abilities for all the arts and sciences are there in a person, in the very same manner, the ability to learn and achieve the ‘Spiritual Science’ is also there in a person. When a person learns to draw a picture he is called an artist, when he learns to make furniture, he is known as a carpenter and if a person invents something, he is given the name of a scientist. And, if a person manages to get his spiritual potentials activated with the help of a teacher, he is called a spiritual person.



The methods of awakening and activating the potentials of the spiritual person have been disclosed in ‘Loh-o-Qalum’.

Answer 5

Yes, the problem is telling the difference between Holy and unholy enlightenment. If Jesus said it in the n.t. or gnostic gospels and The Holy Spirit confirms it then it is the real deal. Anything else is bogus.

Answer 6

NO, it is the birth-obligation. "Karmanye va adhikarastu .. Maa phaleshu kadachana "Kadachana = sure, you have no right". Everybody has the path in front, but no right to enter into unless permitted, after fulfilment of your duties on this earth, which would be clarified when you call Him. Till such time you would travelling by the wombs of each and every creatures by birthing and re-birthing.

Answer 7

Hello and NO this light is not a birth right but a gift from God notice John 1:7 The same came for a witness, to bear witness of the Light, that all [men] through him might believe.
1:8 He was not that Light, but [was sent] to bear witness of that Light.
1:9 [That] was the true Light, which lighteth every man that cometh into the world. You can gain more light and understanding free bible lessons www.amazingfacts.org God bless you.

Answer 8

Bahut kathin hai dagar panghat ki. It is a matter of choice for everyone for the path of life. But ultimately with all the rat race and vanity fair peace will come with enlightenment only. But one learns it very late.

Answer 9

enlightenment is of course every body's birth-right. it is not that u know gita or bible or quran or any other holy book but it is about getting the knowledge 4rm ur own self . try and get as much info bout RADHA SWAMI a religion practised in beas distrct of india.u will not get anything in internet but u frm people who practice it. it is not any sort of trash but it is all through meditation and internal things like god and internal light...............get going

Answer 10

Enlightenment -in body, mind& soul is That we are one with God. All we have to do is to improve our knowing & awareness. It is everyone's birth right.