iamom | enlightenment, now

I really do think that enlightenment is just a keystroke away, so to speak, for many of us. Some may need to do some preparatory work to clear their minds and their emotions, but once progress has been made in that area, they should be ready for enlightenment. Awakening to what is, and accepting wholeheartedly the inherent nature of this moment, is to live in the enlightened state. All that is required to do this is a clear mind that is free from overly strong attachments to one's emotions, one's past, and one's future.

Bob Rose made it into today's NDH on a related topic:

It is said that Buddha once indicated that if you have even just heard about the concept of Enlightenment, you are in the final 7 incarnations prior to Realization. He was a meditator right up to and including his last lifetime before Enlightenment. There is a concept that goes something like, "You are already Enlightened, and need not seek anything; you don't have to meditate, just look deeply at what is". Looking deeply at what is, is meditation. Don't be afraid to call it that, or be fearful of being a "seeker", or looking for or having a Guru, as if these things are something to be ashamed of. It's all a part of your spiritual evolution. And that has been going on for hundreds of thousands of lifetimes. Now, after millions of millenniums, you are in the last few hundred years of finally reaching your goal. And yes, you will then live happily ever after.

From Bob Rose, President,
Meditation Society of America
http:www.meditationsociety.com