Why Enlightenment?

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  1. Excellent article – I, too, believe that we are already enlightened – it’s a matter of bringing this state into our physical reality. It is possible for everyone – but I do not think most people aspire to enlightenment, actually. I’m not even sure most people strive to be better, I think they mostly try to get by!

    However, when we do decide to step on the path, we will always be shown a way to reach enlightenment. When the student is ready, right?

    Blessings,
    Andrea

  2. Andrea,

    You are correct. But, I think that “striving to be better” is a relative term. It depends on the perspective. A person in a Well thinks that it is the entire world. Unless something jolts them out of their present reality, they will not try to change it. But, it is okay, as long as they are okay with their present reality.

    When the student is ready, yes, the teachings appear! :-)

    -Desika

  3. Desika – I like your series on enlightenment. It’s encouraging to know that no matter where you are on the path, enlightenment is inevitable. Thank you for sharing your wisdom with us.

  4. Hi Pat,

    I am glad that this article is helpful.

    All wisdom/knowledge/intelligence comes from the One single source and I am just a conduit.

    Thanks for your appreciation,

    - Desika

  5. Hey Desika,

    Interesting interesting interesting! This article was a great appetizer, I am now very hungry to read more of this amazing series. Stop trying to merge with The Void for a few days, and FEED US will ya :-) .

    Looking forward to more…

    Cheers,
    Anmol

  6. Hey Anmol,

    Did you mention to me earlier that you were clairvoyant? :-) You are so right about the Void (Siva State). For the past several weeks, I have been experiencing this stillness emerging in me that I just want to sit by myself and be with myself. I feel this stillness even when I am interacting with my family and others. This is not laziness mind you, I just feel blissful, if I may use that term to describe this silence and stillness. It is immersing me. That is why, these days I am not writing blog posts too often. I have been writing only when I am compelled to write from within. So, bear with me, I will write more as soon as it pushes itself out. :-)

    Thanks,
    -Desika

  7. Hi Desika, I really enjoy reading your articles. I added you as a friend on Stumble as well, from Behind the Screens stumble experiment. I hope we can help each other. If you need anything, please don’t hesitate to email me. =)

  8. Hi Jonathan,

    Thank you very much for your appreciation and for adding me to your friends on SU. I have added you as a friend as well. I hope that SU brings in more traffic for you as well.

    -Desika

  9. I am on the way to self-mastery myself. To me, you are my own Self ;-) .

    I am looking to talk with someone who is totally OK with the idea that they are myself (so I will not get nervous around them). If you feel OK with that, please contact Me :-) .

  10. Hi Tim,

    I just sent you a reply to your personal email as well. I am reproducing what I said in that email, for the benefit of my readers here.

    Since you are me and I am you, then where is the room for nervousness. :-) Entire manifest and unmanifest comes from the same source and you and I are the same in essence though how that essence expresses itself through personality may differ. So, you need not feel nervous around me.

    My personal realization is this: Everything came out of me, and appears and dissolves in me, and that I choose to interact with my creation through Desika’s form and personality. This is the dream that I created and letting Desika dream it with his eyes open. Does it make sense to you?

    Thanks,
    Desika

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  16. Dear Desika:

    Your narration was wonderful, but I would like to humbly know whether after self-realization, one will be able to live in the family and work as usual as to earlier? Or is it that one has to leave family? In case, if one is not able to work after self-realization at least to meet the ends, how do u think money will come to meet the ends at least?

    Please kindly let me know when you are free,

    Thanks and expecting your kind reply

    Narayanan

  17. Dear Narayanan,

    An absolute “yes.” There are many enlightened people working in the corporate world as well, though they are not loud in promoting themselves as such. If you need examples from scripture look no further than Krishna, Rukmini, Rama, Sita, Dasaratha, Janaka, Vasistha, Arundhathi, Viswamithra and so on. After enlightenment one of two things may happen as dictated by your inner guidance: (1) The current work you are doing may change to something else, or (2) The “way” you are doing your current work may change.

    I hope that this helps,

    Desika