"In defense of my enlightenment" – That’s a somewhat twisted title that I’m using in a
humorous way, so let me show you how this came about (and it’s got to do with
the word ‘defense’)
In a group we were discussing a quote by
Carl Gustav Jung:
“One does not become enlightened by imagining figures of light,
but by making the darkness conscious.”
(I read conscious as in: aware; and enlightened as in: full
disclosure/ seeing/ knowledge/ understanding/ insight/ realization, or full
potential.)
I suggested that we can redefine ‘enlightenment’ as in
shedding light on and making transparent everything that is here – within and
without – so that nothing is 'hidden'/in the 'dark' anymore.
A cool perspective that was shared was that in
reality, nothing is hidden and never has been, it's all ‘hidden in plain sight’;
so what is the real key – it is that we have been unaware and only caught up in
the internal hologram of our minds and the mind consciousness system / world
control system, and now we are walking into awareness and becoming equal, to
stabilize ourselves within and as it all, to now take directive principle and
direct it to what is best for all.
This perspective opened up further insight within me.
Also, in seeing this I re-membered one of the
fundamental principles that I integrated in my life process so far, which is
that everything is already here and always has been.
So now I had to ask myself the question, why are we
not ‘enlightened’? Why are we seemingly ‘in the dark’? How did we manage to get
caught up in the hologram of our fear and limitation, of our greed and lust, and
to create a limited system out of ourselves? And perhaps more importantly, how
do we keep remaining stuck in such system?
What then came up was an interesting point, namely the
fact that, to some extent or another, we are always ‘in defense’ of what we think
we know, of how we see the world, of what we value, of what we believe,
perceive and accept as ‘real’. Being ‘in defense’ of our own limited world view
and reality understanding, we keep ourselves ‘veiled’ from the whole picture
and from the ability to expand our study and introspection of our existence.
Welcome to a world of self-righteous sheep!
How do the ‘veils’ exist that ‘hide’ truth and reality
from us? They exist by our own perception and permission, our acceptance and
allowance, and our inferiority – in-fear of taking responsibility for
everything that is here as it exists in its entirety.
By existing in a state of mind and being where we are
constantly ‘in DEFENSE’ of what we already think we ‘know’; in ‘defense’ of what’s
‘MINE’ as we MINE for ‘survival’ and MIND our OWN; or ‘in defense’ of something
or someone or an idea or a party, any belief – we keep ourselves ‘contained’ in
petty egos and ‘veiled’ from the entirety of what is here, in separation from
life as a whole.
Reality then remains ‘behind the veils’ that our own
mind (and world) system projects, hence ‘hidden in plain sight’.
Another expression that comes to mind is also the
words ‘rising in defense of…’;
which are indicative of our conditioned and
systematized way of ‘standing up for ourselves’ or ‘standing up for our rights’
– wherein we always see an ‘enemy’ to which we apparently need to stand up TO
or AGAINST; whereby we always have to ‘protect’ and ‘defend’ and ‘separate’
ourselves and MIND our OWN – so we are always in a battlefield, and it’s always
WAR.
So these words – ‘rising in defense of…’ – as such
already point out the inner struggle and the paradox of our endless attempts for
power, for standing, for fulfillment or wholeness. Could it be then that we
hadn’t realized yet what it truly means to be fulfilled, to be whole, to be
empowered, to stand.
The word ‘defense’ in itself is indicative of our
separation and of the inferior position that we accept and allow ourselves to
take (within how we relate to it all – within how we relate to life and living).
And again, what are we defending? That which we think
we know and accept to be ‘true’ or ‘real’ as ‘all there is’ – our beliefs, our
perceptions, our view of reality, our differences, our judgments; in other
words we are defending our own separation and inferiority, we are fighting for
our limitations. All the while we remain self-righteous. Is that really a ‘good
thing’?
So why do we entertain such ‘defense-system’?
Because the ego consciousness we’ve been cultivating
is based in fear.
in-fear-iority
Because we’ve always been at war.
Fear and war are always based in separation, and separation
undermines insight and understanding and the realization of true life potential,
of life awareness, of life creation.
The mind/system (and consequently the world!) is
always in fear. Always at war. Always on the battlefield. Always in survival
mode. Always MINDING its OWN business to MINE for ‘energy’ in separation from
life, based in a mind-set/system of lack, scarcity, limitation, that imposes
the need for survival, the need for DEFENSE.
But defense is WAR. Just like offense is.
So there’s nothing really to say ‘in defense of
enlightenment’ – lol – other than that true enlightenment exists as our life
awareness, our true being, our amalgamation with and responsibility for
everything that is here as our existence – within and without.
True ‘enlightenment’ would be the realization and
manifestation of our full potential as living beings, individually and
collectively.
A world where war and poverty, suffering and
exploitation, deception and control no longer exist because they are no longer
being entertained, impacted, accepted; a world where we can move beyond our
limitations and be truly creative and innovative and self-sustainable – that would
be an enlightened world, in fact. Where the ‘darkness’ of ourselves would have
been transcended and no longer manifests into reality.
The real ‘evil’ thus, the real ‘enemy’ is within, it
is the mind/mined system of ego consciousness in a polarity trap. But more than
that, it is in our relationships. Because the world exists as relationships –
life exists as relationships. There is so much potential within this
realization, and it is up to us to live it into creation, into existence, into
beingness.
So we need to self reflect and take responsibility
for, thus transcend in awareness, the darkness in our minds; the fear in our
body; the evil in our ways; and make the light physical, thus real, as that
which is truly good as best for LIFE.
Finding ways to co-exist in true freedom, care,
responsibility, peace, creativity and abundance for all – that is utterly
crucial. Especially at this point in time, here on earth.
The world around us is ‘breaking down’, the systems
are crumbling and we need solutions.
So then, what do we need the word ‘enlightenment’ for –
other than it being about transcending the separation of ourselves and no
longer keeping the ‘world as we know it’ alive through our minds and our
mining; stopping the power-games in the mind/mined/mine-field and removing
ourselves from the battlefield of commerce and corporate crime; to see, recognize, and birth holistic best-for-all
solutions and new canals for the rivers of life, as we realize our full
potential in awareness as living beings of life.
We must literally live ‘the change we want to see in
our world’ into reality, it must be real – and it must be best-for-all.
