Have You Heard of the State of Enlightenment?

[quasar987]

Have ye heard the good news? :)

Out of curiosity, I am interested to know how many of you fine folks have heard about the existence of the state of Enlightenment (aka Self-Realization, aka One-Mind). I myself am 28 and I have heard of it only recently and I am amazed that it is not more common knowledge.

I have made the poll "private" in the sense that we don't get to see who answered what.

Feel free to post any comment explaining your answer, I would appreciate that.

 

[Pengwuino]

Is this that 51st state they've been talking about lately in the US?

 

[Evo]

In what sense do you mean, Hinduism, Buddism? We don't discuss specifics of religion here and we don't discuss new age mysticism.

 

[quasar987]

Is this that 51st state they've been talking about lately in the US?

lol, what??

 

[lisab]

Is this that 51st state they've been talking about lately in the US?

You're thinking of the Land of Enchantment, it's already a state - the 47th, in fact.

 

[DaveC426913]

I Googled those terms and came up with nothing specific. Opening post is too vague.

 

[quasar987]

In what sense do you mean, Hinduism, Buddism? We don't discuss specifics of religion here and we don't discuss new age mysticism.

In the sense of the physical phenomenon that such a state is possible to be realized in a human being. I certainly did not mean to get religion involved.

 

[Pengwuino]

Someone has found PF's booze stash

 

[Evo]

It became popular in the US with the Beatles in the 60's.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-realization

 

[phylotree]

Out of curiosity, I am interested to know how many of you fine folks have heard about the existence of the state of Enlightenment (aka Self-Realization, aka One-Mind). I myself am 28 and I have heard of it only recently and I am amazed that it is not more common knowledge.

I have made the poll "private" in the sense that we don't get to see who answered what.

Feel free to post any comment explaining your answer, I would appreciate that.

If you don't underestimate or deny dualism, enlightenment is sure on your way. Even though you are not completely satisfied following a particular practice, choice of lifestyle or behaviors, the side-effects or contradictory parts of the outcome would benefit in one way or the other in the long run, that is what I define my own meaning of 'enlightenment', which is probably not scientific and is inadvisable to follow.

 

[Evo]

Since this involves religion, we can't allow it.