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Is enlightenment only for privileged people?
No. It's actually much harder to awaken if you're privileged, that is, if you're having a good dream. Being privileged in this context just means being loved,...
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Why do some people hold onto myths and fantasies about enlightenment?
It cannot be otherwise. Enlightenment is the utter destruction of all myths and fantasies. It's the complete and total let go of all your dreams and hopes,...
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How many years did it take you to progress from first identifying with awareness to the last stage of being a human body?
About 2–2.5 years. And there still might be a smudge of conditioning in me, but it's absolutely impossible for me to see or perceive it, because I basically...
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Can one who has attained Nirvana feel pain?
Physical pain - yes, absolutely. For as long as the body is alive, it experiences physical pain. The stories about sages who couldn't care less are actually...
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If all dreaming ceases in enlightenment, how is anything experienced after, when that dreaming is existence?
Dreaming is not existence. Dreaming is, by definition, not reality - reality isn't affected by dreaming at all. Dreaming is imagination believed. To say that...
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Is enlightenment when the drop falls into the ocean?
In self-realization, the drop falls into the ocean, and you can't find the drop anymore. So all the descriptions such as "the drop and the ocean are one",...
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Does an enlightened being have an expanded sense of self or no sense of self?
Depends on the stage of the unfolding:
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How do you know when you have attained ultimate enlightenment and there's no further to go?
You'll know. For as long as you feel like there could be further to go, there is.
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Was the Buddha awakened or enlightened? Is there a difference?
Historically there was no distinction between these words. "Buddha" means "awakened". The term "enlightened" started to appear much later in the literature,...
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When do we know we are truly awake?
You are truly awake when there's nothing spiritual or divine about you, your life or the world you live in whatsoever. Until then, there's still more work to...
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