Everyday Enlightenment
Everyday Enlightenment
Why
Why would I want Enlightenment?
Our lives are clouded by illusions that bring unnecessary suffering and confusion. As we learn to rise above those clouds, we find a dramatic reduction in suffering, and a dramatic increase in mental clarity.
What
What does it meant to be Enlightened?
Most simply stated, Enlightenment means to unlearn The Self, to unlearn The Other, and to live only in The Now.
Where
Where should I look for Enlightenment?
Enlightenment can be found in everything around you, the first step is to start noticing it.
When
When can I look for Enlightenment?
Every day, all day. It can be an integral part of your life.
How
How do I become Enlightened?
There are thousands of schools of thought, and this is just one resource, which isn't intended to be all-inclusive. But it offers an approach that is rare to find.
Everyday Enlightenment
The key concepts that differentiate this approach are
- No emphasis on formal meditation.
- Learn to harness pieces of your daily routine as the tools of Enlightenment.
- Use these tools all day, every day.
- As you Awaken, the practices become part of you.
Unlearning The Self
- Nonself - there is no unchanging, permanent self or essence to be found in any phenomenon
- Decentering - a decreased attachment to one’s thoughts and emotions, which are temporary events in the mind, and neither necessarily true nor reflections of the self
Unlearning The Other
- Nonduality - to experience nondifference and oneness between subject and object
Living in The Now
- Mindfulness - attention to the present-moment experience without evaluation
- Impermanence - all things, whether material or mental, are deeply complex, continuously changing, and subject to decline and destruction
- Nonattachment - having flexibility instead of fixation on achieving outcomes
Exercises
These are the tools of Everyday Enlightenment.