Enlightenment

Introduction How the generate enlightenment Enlightenment versus en-darkenment In preparation Please return later The Pilgrimage Site

Understanding enlightenment For enlighten read: en- (or in-, as an intensifier) + lighten (i.e. get brighter or lighter). Enlightenment happens as the after-affect of an energy surge, that is to say, of a life and life transmission enhancing capacity increase in a (i.e. any) living system. Energy surges happen when a problem is solved and the energy invested in its resolution released. Minor enlightenments are a frequent, everyday occurrence, major enlightenments rare. There are two problems whose resolution produces an energy surge - or acceleration of speed (and which is self-interpreted as the various intensities of happiness, joy and so on): 1. Getting out of a problem (situation or process, i.e. an unsteady state or astasis), and which saps or sucks energy. Getting out (i.e. as in escendence) is experienced as release, ‘freedom from’ bondage (Sanskrit: moksha) 2. Getting into a new solution (i.e. steady state or enstasis), and which adds energy. Getting in (or over, i.e. as in transcendence) is experienced as ecstasy (i.e. climbing over to an apparently safe haven). By contrast, not getting out and not getting in (or over) sucks energy, resulting in an energy depression or ‘low’ (or deceleration of speed) – to wit, en-darkenment, or getting heavier - and which is interpreted as the various intensities of suffering, pain and so on. When self-interpreted as happiness or unhappiness, en-lighten-ment and en-darken-ment function as simple and immediate, therefore direct and effective Control & Guide mechanism. Enlightenment, that is to say, the sudden (gradual increase is seldom noticed) increase in available energy is not identical with 1. Deliverance (Sanskrit: moksha, Pali: vimokkha) 2. Nirvana, blown or cooled out @rest status 3. Knowledge (Sanskrit: bodhi) 4. Awakening