Enlighten Yourself

ANDREW COHEN





Is Enlightenment a personal matter? No, when you think about Enlightenment, it is important that you include other people in that idea. Transcendence will be yours when you begin to accept responsibility for the condition of the whole human race. When you give yourself up in unconditional surrender, automatically you rise up beyond the limited perspective. You come upon an infinitely greater perspective in which all questions disappear.The by-product of Enlightenment is that you cease to suffer the way you suffered in the past. If you feel disturbed by all the conflict and suffering that you see in the world but are unwilling to come to the end of conflict within yourself, then you can be sure that you are not serious.
And what is the reason for all spiritual experiences? Evolution. The true value of profound spiritual experience lies in the discovery of fundamental trust. Full realisation is the evolutionary leap to which all spiritual experiences ultimately lead. In deep spiritual experience, a human being realises a profound trust is found, so that you can liberate yourself from tendencies towards aggression and permanently destroy the illusion of separation that those tendencies arise from.
The result of this discovery is a level of integrity that is deep and profound and that manifests consistently at all levels of human expression. If the evolutionary leap is to take place, then the final outcome of true spiritual experience must result in this kind of purity .