  Thursday, October 27, 2011  What Is Enlightenment?  What Is
Enlightenment?   by Ken McLeod  "I wish I had an answer to that
because I'm tired of answering that question." --Yogi Berra
Enlightenment. It's why you practice, right? To become
enlightened? You probably have your own ideas about it.  The end
of suffering. The end of karma. The end of confusion. Free from
the struggles of life. The end of anger or greed or stupidity.
Free from neuroses and neurotic thinking. Ultimate sanity. Know
what life is and what life is about. Emptiness. Free from
subjective interpretation. See things just as they are. Free
from bias and prejudice. Total objectivity. Infallible.
Transform all experience into wisdom. Special powers. Complete
and total moral integrity. Beyond reproach, beyond question in
everything you do. Know exactly what to do in every situation
and do it effortlessly. Able to help others out of their misery.
Union of emptiness and compassion. Able to change the world,
transform society, heal and cure all