| Enlightenment can come in an instant or it may take | | | | out of this physical realm and into another. |
| many life cycles. | | | | With this level of awareness comes rejection of all |
| The shortest distance between two points is in a | | | | physical things and people. The truth is we are all |
| straight line and so the fastest way to achieve | | | | headed there anyways. Those that have a higher level |
| enlightenment is to know that you are already | | | | of enlightenment or awareness simply move faster |
| enlightened. | | | | and with anticipation lacking any fear of what is to |
| Few of us will be able to do that on demand because | | | | come. It is the tendency for all things to move back to |
| we all have lifetimes of experiences and | | | | its source, it is a natural law of cause and effect or |
| circumstances that say we cannot do it. So we have | | | | Karma. |
| to wrestle with all our memories and the wisdom of | | | | There is a Buddhist teaching that says if you want to |
| others that we have adopted to get to a place where | | | | put new tea in your cup you must make sure you |
| we can accept our new awareness. | | | | have an empty cup. |
| Changing a lifestyle can be met with great difficulty | | | | In preparing for this new enlightenment you must let go |
| and struggle or wild abandonment and joy. It is simply | | | | of old belief systems and thoughts. You must clear |
| another trip or a course along a different path that has | | | | your mind to make way for new concepts and ideas. |
| an alternative purpose. It is not going to be any easier | | | | Enlightenment will not come when your mind is busy |
| or more difficult than the one that you already chose | | | | with old thoughts. Neither will it come while you try to |
| and it will mean sacrifice or clearing depending on how | | | | analyse it, acceptance is the key to enlightenment. |
| you think of it. | | | | There are many who say that they want |
| Because there will be a profound change in you and | | | | enlightenment but few will receive it. The pull of the |
| your lifestyle you will lose people along the way, | | | | physical world is strong, and addictive. For those that |
| including friends and family. For one thing as you move | | | | have found great meaning in the earth experience |
| along your new path you will learn a different language | | | | they will find it hard to let go. "A rich man cannot get |
| and as you start to master this language your friends | | | | into heaven," for when you are attached you are not |
| and family will no longer understand you; it will not be | | | | going anywhere. |
| so easy to communicate with them, nor they with you. | | | | In preparing for enlightenment you must be prepared to |
| Along with having difficulties communicating with each | | | | leave all things behind. It is the natural tendency for all |
| other you will not be able to relate to each other just | | | | to move to the next level of awareness and to better |
| as a grade one student will not be able to relate to | | | | themselves. Leaving this world and moving into the |
| another in grade 12 except on the most basic levels. | | | | next realm comes in two ways with the highest level |
| As you empty your mind of old business and memory, | | | | of enlightenment and transformation or the lowest |
| new concepts and awareness will replace them and | | | | through physical death. |
| become your new truth. You will travel lighter and pay | | | | There are few that have gone the first way and most |
| little notice of others that are around you, they will call | | | | people tend to get there slowly and through many |
| you crazy or weird and as your awareness increases | | | | lifetimes experiencing physical life again and again. |
| you will eventually move to a state of transformation. | | | | Once you have grasped the idea that life is an |
| One transforms when one has raised his/her vibration | | | | occurrence that you are in control of, and you grow to |
| level so high that they virtually disappear and enter | | | | understand that you are not in school to learn anything, |
| another realm of awareness. You will become invisible | | | | you will begin to look farther ahead to greater |
| to all in the old realm. | | | | awareness with the knowledge that the spirit is eternal |
| If your feet are firmly planted in the physical world and | | | | and cannot be destroyed. |
| this is where you are strongly focused, transformation | | | | Enlightenment should never be taken lightly but seen as |
| may take several lifetimes. Death is a human or | | | | a natural course of experiences that you have |
| physical concept and in truth you do not have to leave | | | | absolute control of. |
| your physical body behind. | | | | Enlightenment can come in an instant or it may take |
| The first step in the thousand mile journey is to make | | | | many life cycles but always it is about freedom of |
| a choice or decision for enlightenment. With this choice | | | | choice and unconditional love. |
| comes the eventual transformation that will take you | | | | |