So What is Enlightenment Anyway? - part of The Stableford Martial Arts Resource Site

So What Is Enlightenment Anyway?

Enlightenment is:

The understanding that the past and future are just an illusion.
The ability to laugh at yourself anytime.
A feeling of unconditional love for all things in the universe (No matter how good or bad).
The ability to see the dance of the universe as it truly is without any feelings of prejudice whatsoever.
To feel like you are playing like a child ALL THE TIME
A genuine feeling that everything is and always was more than all right.
To know that wherever you go, there you are.
The ability to love all people equally.
To know that when the church bell chimes, the universe is chiming.
To have that same feeling of excitement when you were a child when you got something you really wanted, right now, as an adult.
To feel what you see.
The chance to smile with your whole being, not just your mouth!
The knowledge that everything that has happened to you in your life is not who you are, but just things that you've experienced.
To have the feeling that you first felt when you fell in love for the first time, all the time. To have all of your emotions be in balance
To know your place in the universe.
To realize that when you see people walking in different directions or cars traveling in different directions, these are in fact not different directions, but a singular direction, a directionless direction.
To realize that a leaf falling off the tree in the Fall, is in fact you.

Enlightenment in this context refers to the experience of deep insight into the true nature of reality...living one's day to day life from the enlightened point of view which includes an awareness of other people's full humanity and our connectedness with them.