Spiritual Not Religious: The Delusion of Enlightenment

Sacred Tools for Modern Times #7 — Personal development is a moment to moment process of Awakening

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This is part of a series of stories exploring all aspects of spiritual life. A journey that transcends rites, rituals, ceremonies, trinkets for sale, and all of the other elements of formal religious dogma.

What is Enlightenment?

Enlightenment is deep insight and complete immersion and understanding into the purpose and meaning of all things, including communication with or understanding of the “mind” of the Divine. Though many people especially the followers of certain gurus believe it is a constant and permanent state, most in the Wisdom Path Community where I am a senior teacher believe it is a state one embraces and is embraced from moment to moment. The world is a multi-layered and complex place, yet it is reasonable to accept that at times, some among us have a “full comprehension of all of the subtle patterns that comprise a person, place, thing, or situation”. In a sense, at least at that moment, we might say that…