Written by Mathew Naismith
This post is not about the age of
enlightenment or reason, an age of reason and individualism, but about
spiritual enlightenment where one advocates egolessness over ego. Spiritual
enlightenment is a state of the absence of ego. It is often a state most egos
fear to tread, usually in fear of the egos demise and all that the ego creates.
In an enlightened state, all that the ego creates is simply becomes awareness,
this is why this state is often referred to as a state of pure awareness and
even wisdom or if you like, a state of God.
Don't mistaken spiritual enlightenment with
the egos expressions of wisdom either, where wisdom is often associated with
knowledge and learning. In a true enlightened state, knowledge and learning
give way to a pure state of awareness and wisdom. Yes, we even have to give up
our accumulated knowledge and learning, for in an enlightened state nothing can
be owned or accumulated. This also means giving up the teachings of ideologies
and isms, for spiritual ideologies are only of existence to serve and teach the
ego about its egoless self or being. This by the way is most important if
conducted in a non-abusive manner.
Make no mistake, the ego is unable to
experience a true enlightened state, for an enlightened state is of the absence
of ego, a state not accessible to the ego. However, this doesn't mean
that the ego can't feel enlightenment as opposed to becoming enlightenment.
Yes, the ego can experience enlightenment but only through feelings, not
through an actual state of being enlightened, be aware though, the ego in
control will try to convince you otherwise. Yes, these feelings can become a
physical and mental reality, be wary though, feelings are of the ego and can
become very controlling to the extent of a desire to feel good all the time.
All else not fuelling these desired feelings are often critically judged as
being negative or even toxic in some way.
Also, to the dislike of the ego,
unconditional love is not experienced or felt in an enlightened state, for all
feelings of love are of the ego. If you can feel instead of being love, it is
of the ego. Yes, you can experience an enlightened state and get a feeling of
unconditional love but it is your ego that is feeling love, not the egoless
part of yourself. Of course feeling a true sense of unconditional love is most
constructive to what the ego creates, this is instead of being destructive. Be
aware, a true expression of unconditional love will embrace the negatives in
the same way this state embraces the positives. In all, the ego beautifies
unconditional love but only when being of this love as opposed to simply
feeling this love.
Make no mistake, no one is unenlightened.
I will put it this way, which a lot of people's egos won't like, once of God,
always of God, or, once of energy, always of energy. Remember, you can't destroy
energy but you can transform energy. Our enlightened being is simply
transformed into another energy form or expression by the ego, this is all.
Most often in the process, only that which serves the ego is acknowledged, all
else is denounced by the ego to serve only the ego part of our whole being. I
cannot express this strongly enough, no one is truly unenlightened.
Please note; most of what I have written here comes
from my own experiences, at no time take what is written here to be gospel or of
an unequivocal truth for all.