How to generate enlightenment

 

 

 

Introduction

 

Contrary to popular opinion, enlightenment is not a spiritual, religious, mystical, divine, holy, magical, cosmic consciousness or universal wisdom experience. Nor is getting enlightened proof of having achieved adept status in any one or all of the former localities. To en-(or in-, as an intensifier) + lighten (i.e. get brighter or lighter) means to create an energy surge energy in a (i.e. any) living system. Energy surge happens when a problem is solved and the energy invested in its resolution released. Minor enlightenment is a frequent, everyday occurrence, major enlightenment rare. Full enlightenment is a once-in-a-lifetime experience.

 

 

Steps

 

 

·         Experience your current state fully.

·         Fully activate a real problem/need that you’ve got; or create an artificial problem, for instance, a game, like tiddlywinks.

·         Invest (i.e. add) energy to define and solve the problem or win the game.

·         Solve the problem, or win the game.

·         Experience fully the energy surge (i.e. the relative energy increase) that results from problem solving (or winning).

·         Percolate the energy throughout your body and mind to lighten it up.

·         If you can’t solve your problem, or win, plug into an external energy source, then perform steps 5 & 6

 

 

Tips

 

·         Perform all the steps @100%.

·         Fine-tune your capacity to experience even minimal enlightenments (i.e. energy surges).

·         If unsuccessful, simply pump in energy to generate an energy surge (or high) or release stored energy as a sudden rush.

·         Transform the energy surge (i.e. enlightenment) as happiness or joy; or reinvest it to solve an even more difficult problem or win a more advanced game.

 

 

Warning

 

·         Enlightenment (i.e. energy surge) is not conserved. Don’t attach!

·         Avoid energy suckers.

·         Investing your energy wholly in one particular problem is dangerous because it leaves other problems you need to solve under-energised, hence depressed.

·         Investing your whole energy to solve an artificial problem, for instance, like skiing downhill @100kmph, is very risky, but great fun.

·         Don’t confuse enlightenment with awakening.

 

 

 

Things you’ll need

 

ü      A problem, real or invented

ü      The urge to be free (of drag) and happy

ü      Normal random access capacity

ü      Normal, albeit cleansed observation capacity

ü      Normal, albeit unobstructed analysis capacity

ü      Normal ability to decide/stop

ü      A fully restored (from infancy) capacity to experience

 

 

 

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