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If there is
any remnant of an individual who can say that he/she is Enlightened,
then know that it is not the case. Or, rather, that it is already
the case as it is for all beings, whether they are aware of it
or not. Know, however, that any claim of such, is simply the
individual 'I' seeing a more beautiful costume and claiming
ownership. There are countless beings making that assertion and
it is very easy to fall into this particular prism of illusion.
Does it matter? It does if one assumes the role of guru...and
it also matters because one inhibits one's progress to absolute
Freedom from the false notion of an individual existence.
Enlightenment
is very simple. It is the very Existence. It is not an
achievement, for any achievement is for an individual 'I', and
any movement from the perspective of pure Existence itself is
false, an illusion, since the 'I' of individuality simply does
not exist.
If Enlightenment
can be described, it would be more like saying the individual
has gone away. If one can remember what it was like in the first
year of life, then that would approximate Enlightenment. There
is no sense of 'I', 'mine', 'other' - just Awareness in its Pristine
State.
If any question
arises with respects Enlightenment, he/she would be unable to
answer - not really knowing what to say. There would be no sense
of being somehow special, for how could Being be special? It
is everywhere, permeates everything. Such a being would just be
basking in the sun of Being. They are just themselves, just
being Being or just being the pure and vast undifferentiated Consciousness
which we all are already in essence! And there is no danger of
slipping from this place, because there is no place and there
is no 'I' - there is just Existence.
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