Spiritual Enlightenment The Search for Knowledge, Insight and Awareness
By Eric Rees Awakened Sanctuary Founder
Namaste Awakened Family!
Spiritual Enlightenment is an inward journey of deep self-discovery and enlightenment. It’s an evolution of your consciousness and your conscious being. It is a journey that has no destination, one that has no finite ending point, but as your consciousness grows, expands, evolves and awakens, you awaken to a purpose, you awaken to an enlightened and elevated state of conscious being. You awaken with a deep understanding of your conscious being, and you awaken with a deep and meaningful connection to the universe.
Consciousness Creates Both Experience and Meaning
Each and every person on the planet possesses a consciousness, we are conscious beings, and we are mind, body, heart and spirit. It is our consciousness that creates both experience and creates meaning to life. As we are conscious beings we are aware of both our internal and external existence. But not everyone has awakened their consciousness or from a conscious and spiritual perspective, actualized the full potential of their consciousness.
As conscious is a person’s awareness or perception of something, being conscious is the overarching awareness or perception of something, which includes the awareness of ones thoughts, choices, decisions, actions, and the processional effects, ripple effects and impacts those thoughts, choices, decisions and actions will have on their external existence, the universe, the planet and people around them. To be conscious of something whether it’s your thoughts, actions, an event or experience, or the knowledge and awareness of somethings existence, means to be aware of all the intricacies, impacts, and processional effects or ripple effects each and every interaction or response would have. When you combine these two principals you form the basis or foundation for which spiritual enlightenment is built upon. These principals aren’t only found in new age spirituality, but are also deeply rooted in most traditional religions.
One Becomes Enlightened Through the Development of Awareness
In Buddhist traditions, the Pali Canon accounts the basic formula of enlightenment via the observance of the rules of morality, contemplative concentration, knowledge and liberation, achieved by practicing deeply spiritual traditions such as meditation.
According to Tibetan tradition Buddha identified two important qualities that arise through meditation:
- Pali: Smatha which in Buddhist traditions refers to tranquility or calmness of the mind. Which meditation balances, creates coherence or unifies the mind, as well as concentrates the mind.
- Vipassana which in Buddhist traditions refers to insight which enables one to see things as they are, see bigger picture, analyze all the variables and determine the best course of action.
Through meditation one is able to overcome the obstacles of the mind, and bring the mind to a place of balance and coherence or known in Buddhist traditions as Samadhi. This supports the progression or development of Vipassana or insight, awareness and wisdom or Prajñā, which is the ability to see clearly or known in Buddhist traditions as vi-Passana. When this happens, one develops emotional detachment or dispassion, commonly known in Buddhist traditions as Viraga, for all events which includes all negative qualities, habits or hindrances, and lets them go. One becomes enlightened through the letting go or release of negative qualities, habits, cravings and hindrances, through the development of insight or awareness through introspection, reflection, and meditation.
This is just one overview of the beliefs and traditions of one ancient religion which has been around for hundreds and hundreds of years. But these fundamental principles can also be found in a number of other religions. The search for knowledge, wisdom, insight and awareness remains the basic foundations of spirituality, spiritual awakenings and spiritual enlightenment.
Spiritual Enlightenment – The Search for Knowledge, Insight and Awareness
In new age spirituality, the basic principles of conscious and spiritual enlightenment remain the same, where the search for knowledge, insight and awareness form the foundations of the conscious and spiritual evolution. In new age spirituality the focus is placed on one’s own consciousness and their experience. Focus is also placed on the evolution or progression of consciousness, or the enlightenment of self which becomes an intrinsic goal. So in a sense new age spirituality allows for much more freedom than traditional religions. In new age spirituality, what’s commonly known as a spiritual awakening provides the platform for which spiritual enlightenment can be attained.
We are all Conscious Beings
Even though each and every single person is a conscious being, are conscious of their internal and external existence, they may not have awakened their consciousness. Their consciousness lays dormant, while they go through life either on autopilot or living for self-fulfilling reasons, with little to no regard for any processional effects or ripple effects their choices, decisions and actions have on the universe, the planet and people around them. Their consciousness still lays dormant waiting to be awakened. Some people may never go through a conscious awakening for a multitude of reasons, it could be because they are not ready in this life to become a spiritually enlightened being. They may be in an earlier life cycle, where their consciousness is still only beginning to develop and go through an evolution which will take place over the course of their next few life cycles. It could be perhaps because they have not discovered a path of spiritual enlightenment. It could be because they are stuck in the mundanity of life and habitual patterns, or living life following the predetermined societal constructs the majority of the human race follows. There are a multitude of reasons why a person may not go through a spiritual awakening in their lifetime.
A Spiritual Awakening
As we are spiritual beings, we are more than just mind, body and heart. We all have a spirit, or a higher-self, and it is our consciousness that creates spirit or our higher-selves. There are ways to improve one’s mind or knowledge through reading, learning or experiencing new things. There are ways to improve one’s body through things like eating healthy, drinking water, and doing things like yoga, exercise, or activities which are physical in nature. There are ways to improve one’s heart, by being able to love and be loved, and by being surrounded by loving people who are supportive of us. There are also ways to improve one’s spirit, or progress to higher levels of consciousness, which is done through a spiritual awakening.
A spiritual awakening involves the progression and evolution of the spirit or consciousness, which is done through gaining insight and awareness. As a person becomes more and more consciously aware of their internal existence, their external existence, aware of their thoughts and feelings, and aware of the processional effects or ripple effects their actions have on the universe, the planet and people around them, they begin to awaken their consciousness. They begin to experience what is commonly known as a spiritual awakening. Even though by definition we are conscious beings which means to be awake, our consciousness has not awakened, evolved or progressed to the point of spiritual enlightenment. It’s through development of conscious awareness you become a spiritually enlightened being.
You’re Ready for a Path of Spiritual Enlightenment
Chances are good that as you’re reading this article you are ready to go through a spiritual awakening and begin a path of spiritual enlightenment. As your consciousness led you to a point in time where you found this article. The universe unfolded space and time to lead you here which you or your consciousness desires more information on a spiritual awakening or spiritual enlightenment. Which means your consciousness is ready to begin awakening and expanding. There are thousands of thoughts you could have had, but you had a thought or question which lead you to find this article. There are thousands of things you could have searched, but your search query lead you to find this article. And there is an abundance of information available on spirituality, yet something inside you guided you to choose this article. It’s your consciousness which is ready to begin awakening and expanding. You’re ready to go through a spiritual awakening, or begin down a path of spiritual enlightenment.
A spiritual awakening is an incredible journey, one that has no finite end, but it a journey filled with incredible discoveries of both one’s self and their place in the universe. It’s a journey filled with an abundance of insight, knowledge and wisdom. A spiritual awakening is a journey of self-acceptance and appreciation for one’s self, others around them, the collective consciousness and the universe in which we exist. It’s a journey filled with lots of highs, lows and everything in between, but for every low there is a deep appreciation for the wisdom gained from each and every experience. A spiritual awakening is a magical journey filled with magic, wonders and mystery. If you choose to go on a journey of spiritual enlightenment, it will change your life forever, in the most amazing and magical ways!
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