Hello. Today I wanted to share a secret to enlightenment. Now, there's one of many
that could be shared. They're mere pointers. And when I say - it's a secret to
enlightenment - I don't mean it will cause or lead to enlightenment. It is more of
making the environment and conditions more conducive for enlightenment to
happen. But, I think there's still value to it; and what I want to share today is
the idea...or the concept at least...of ceasing to self maintain. Ceasing
self preservation. There are so many things we do to build, strengthen, and
maintain the "me". Enlightenment, as I've defined it in the past, is seeing through
the illusory "me". It is really seeing that there is no "me". Now, prior to
enlightenment, this isn't the easiest thing to see or recognize, because we
very much believe in the "me". We believe we are this...this person...the self. So what
I'm suggesting is realizing and accepting and maybe even looking at all
the activities that we do to maintain and strengthen this "me". Because what
we're doing is we're wearing masks. We have these roles. We've got
these personas. It's funny, because we call ourselves "a person." And "person" comes
from "persona." And you know, persona literally means - through which the sound
comes through. And what they're referring to is the Greco-Roman masks they used to
wear with the big megaphone mouths in the open-air theaters. So that way not
only was the mask the role they're playing, but it would project the sound
out to the audience so everybody could hear. And that
was the persona. And now when we...now we say, well I'm a real person.
Which, funny enough, is kind of saying I'm a genuine fake. But, we have these
masks. We also defend ourselves. We have armor to kind of protect our feelings
and protect ourselves from harm...and I'm meaning more mentally not
physically. Mentally we have these defenses and armor to protect...you know...
our self value. So when enlightenment occurs, there is a seeing through the "me".
And then there's a...I guess you'd say...a dropping away or a dissolving or
decomposition of the "me". It kind of falls apart.
And with this falling apart, the masks kind of fall off, the armor falls off, and
if there's still a little bit of residual "me" in there
it will feel very vulnerable. You'll feel naked. And the trick is to
embrace and accept this and not retreat, because immediately the thought will be
"what could happen to me? I need to start putting this armor back on. I need
to put my masks back on, because it preserves and protects me." And we don't
want to do this. We want to embrace the void really. Embrace the total openness.
Which is a lack of limits. Because really, it's our efforts that maintain who we
are and what we are is what limits us. And so, if we let go of this maintaining
and borders...the masks...the armor. It's just open. It's void.
And the other way it could be experienced is liberating. It's
liberating not to have all this. It's freedom. It's pure, total freedom; however,
not that the experience is wrong or incorrect, but there could be an initial
feeling of vulnerability...a feeling naked. And the trick is not to fear this, but to
embrace it and accept it. To dive into the vulnerability. Because ultimately,
there's no way to be anything but vulnerable.
Conversely, funny enough, is when you...you know...realize you're not this personal "me"
and you embrace the void...although it initially feels vulnerable and naked,
there comes the understanding and realization that nothing can harm you. If
you could get over that initial fear...as the last remnants of the "me" are kind of
there...if you can get past that...and you.... There's no real getting past that. That's
another act of the "me"...trying to get past something. But, if you just accept and
embrace the momentary nakedness and vulnerability, you may realize nothing
could harm you. So, thank you much.
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