(April 16, 2014 at 11:54 am)Confused Ape Wrote: I've found a useful page with various quotes about enlightenment.
Too many quotes.
I couldn't read them all but most of them are a mix of intellectual
extravaganza from people who never practice spirituality.
Enlightenment to me is the realization of who you really are.
You are God.
Quote:Enlightenment
[quote]There is an eternal, ever-present One Life beyond the myriad forms of life that are subject to birth and death. Many people use the word God to describe it; I often call it Being....To regain awareness of Being and to abide in that state of 'feeling-realization' is enlightenment.
--Eckhart Tolle
Is this the kind of thing you're talking about?
That is a good thought.
Quote:The page also has the following interesting quotation -
[quote]Enlightenment, liberation, is totally, utterly ordinary. It is not wonderful. It's not blissful, it is not the answer to everything. Life goes on. It goes on just as it did before. But the difference in liberation is the dropping away of any sense that there is anyone that life is happening to.
--Tony Parsons
Not at all.
Liberation and enlightenment go hand in hand with bliss which is missing in this comment.
Quote:I can't say that I've ever come across teachings about enlightenment being a state of permanent bliss where people are supposed to sit around like vegetables doing nothing.
The idea that people should work or doing something physical come from
the physical dimension (our actual dimension).
Quote:The Dalai Lama wrote an interesting article about science which has fascinated him since he was a child in Tibet.
Our Faith In Science - By TENZIN GYATSO
Quote:If science proves some belief of Buddhism wrong, then Buddhism will have to change. In my view, science and Buddhism share a search for the truth and for understanding reality. By learning from science about aspects of reality where its understanding may be more advanced, I believe that Buddhism enriches its own worldview.
For many years now, on my own and through the Mind and Life Institute, which I helped found, I have had the opportunity to meet with scientists to discuss their work. World-class scientists have generously coached me in subatomic physics, cosmology, psychology, biology.
Quote:He then goes on to say that he regards neuroscience as being particularly important.
That is Tenzin Gyatso not the Dalai Lama.
Interesting anyway.