Being Enlightened Gets You Everything In Life

[arten]

Being Enlightened Gets You Everything In Life

By Enoch Tan / Creator of Secrets of Mind and Reality

Enlightenment is about seeing through the illusions of life and knowing what reality really is.

When you are enlightened, you can have everything you want. Because you'll know the truth about what everything is, and what does it really mean to have something.

It is an irony of the world that the people who seek material things and desire to have them before thinking about enlightenment, tend to attain neither, but those that acquire enlightenment first are the ones who do.

The desireless attain all their desires.

Being desireless is not about having no desire, but it is about having no attachment to desire. Attachment is the cause of all suffering. Suffering is burning emotional energy on the uncontrollable.The more you suffer, the more suffering you attract.

Letting go of all attachments is the way to end all suffering.

When you are attached, you are in a state of wanting or lacking. When you are detached, you are in a state of being desireless. Enlightenment is about knowing why detachment gets you your desire.

Physical reality is an illusion created by consciousness to rediscover itself. It is an illusion that you do not have what you already want, because you already have all that you desire in spiritual reality. Physical reality is a place for you to manifest anything that you are resonating with from spiritual reality. When you are attached, you are resonating with the spiritual untruth that you do not have your desire.

When you are detached, you are resonating with the spiritual truth that you already have your desire. You free yourself by being emotionally detached from choices. Many people fail to get what they want because they do not free themselves to have it.

You trap yourself when you are attached to choices. You think that it has to work a particular way rather than allowing yourself to go another way. Detachment from choices is what gives you true freedom of choice. You are able to choose again in every moment and are free to make a different choice if you will.

Detachment from choice is secret of flexibility.

Stock market trading success comes to those who trade in an enlightened way. The masses are emotionally attached to choices and that is why they lose money when they hold on to failing stocks instead of selling them. They also fail to sell when the stock has reached a substantial level of growth because they are attached to seeing it grow forever.

The elite traders are not attached to choices but they buy and sell freely in a way that makes them more money than losing it. To be unattached is to be free.

Having the relationships you want also comes from being enlightened. What a woman really wants is an enlightened man. He is a man who realizes his true being as a free spirit. He is free to express himself to her and he is free from being affected by her.

Being detached is the attractive quality that makes a man uncontrollable by a lady. Being undefined by external factors is what makes him self assured. He is capable of loving fearlessly and loving without attachment. Enlightened loving is loving like a god.

Those who are enlightened get what they want by benefiting from movement and changes, whether positive or negative. It no longer matters to them whether the stock goes up or down. They have strategies to make money either way. It no longer matters to them whether which person likes or don't like them, or when their partner is happy or unhappy with them. They simply allow themselves to enjoy all the happiness and positive energy they experience from whoever, whenever and however it comes.

Enlightened manifestation of your desires is about getting the essence of what you want and not being attached to the form or channel. Those who are attached to form or channel will suffer more and more, and have less and less self esteem. Whereas those who are not attached will be able to enjoy more and more of the things they like in life, and have more and more self esteem.

Those who have more self esteem are more capable of having the success and relationships they want compared to the others.

Freedom from attachment is also the reason why the rich get richer and the happy
get happier, while the poor get poorer and the unhappy get unhappier. Having comes from being. When you are being detached, you are resonating with having. When you are being attached, you are resonating with not having.

That is why it has always been said that you will finally be able to have what you want when you no longer want it. It does not mean you do not want it, but you are no longer in a state of wanting it.

All that we want is peace and bliss. We think that when we have all the material things we want, we will have peace and bliss. But that is because we don't really know what peace and bliss are. It is peace and bliss that bring us everything else in life.

Peace is total transcendence. Bliss is an untouchable happiness. When we transcend all illusions of the material world, we are in a state of peace where we can manifest anything we want. When we have no attachments, we have a happiness that cannot go.

Enlightenment is the key to everything. The unenlightened may ask what enlightenment has got to do with making the money or getting the girl that you want. The answer is everything. When you are enlightened, you realize that it is not about getting this or that, but it is all about knowing what reality is, and who you really are. Then from that space of knowingness and beingness, you are free to create whatever you wish.

You're free to play with illusions without being trapped by any, as it is all just a game.

Enoch Tan is the creator of Secrets of Mind Reality.

[dedicate]

Then The Question: "How does one become enlightened?". Being detatched and desireless is not as easy as it sounds. Nor is as simple as just accepting that one is already detatched and desireless, even though it is that simple.

Seems to me that the majority of people would need to train themselves for enlightenment. What is that training? How can I be sure that I'm not "the blind" being led by "the blind"? Where might I find the best possible means of attaining enlightenment? Are there any tried and true "enlightenment methods" for me to take advantage of?

[dedicate]

Then there is the question: Is this essay above, just another "Promise of Paradice"? How might I be sure that there is such a thing as enlightenment before spending time/money in the endeavor? At what point should I decide that I am on the wrong track to enlightenmen? and either find some other tract or pack it in?

[capi777]

Then there is the question: Is this essay above, just another "Promise of Paradice"? How might I be sure that there is such a thing as enlightenment before spending time/money in the endeavor? At what point should I decide that I am on the wrong track to enlightenmen? and either find some other tract or pack it in?

This is an email that I received from a Buddhist friend of mine. It is kind of fitting to post it here. Here goes:

Saṃsāra in Tibetan Buddhism
Saṃsāra is uncontrollably recurring rebirth, filled with suffering and problems (according to Kālacakra tantra as explained by Dr. A. Berzin). In this sense, Samsara may be translated "Wheel of Suffering."

The term Samsara has been translated many ways which include but are not limited to endless suffering, cyclic existence, perpetual wandering, and transmigration. There are six realms that one can go to through this cycle of Samsara. Many believe that when one goes through the process of rebirth that they are the exact same person when they are reborn. This however, is not true. They bear many similarities with their former selves but they are not the same person. This is why many use the term reborn instead of reincarnation. The term reincarnation implies that there is a transfer of conscience or one’s soul to the new life and this is not the case in Samsara. buddha101.com gives a good example that shows an easy way to better understand the transfer of consciousness “Like a billiard ball hitting another billiard ball. While nothing physical transfers, the speed and direction of the second ball relate directly to the first." This means the previous life has just as much impact on the new life.

There are also some who believe that Samsara is not the question but the answer to what we are doing here. They consider it to be a process to why we are here. They believe that one creates their own worlds on their way to enlightenment. Meaning when their world is starting to collapse due to their death they will create a new world and move into it. Some also believe that while they are continuing to go from world to world they encounter others who are on the same path that they are on. It is also believed that all of these different worlds impact the worlds of those who are in a similar place/path that you are on.

Buddha was the first person to grasp the belief of Samsara and figure out how to end it. He taught that the only way for one to end their journey through Samsara was enlightenment. The only person who could stop one’s cycle of Samsara was the one who was traveling through their path. Some thought that Samsara is a place and thought that it was selfish for them to be able to stop it and leave the others behind. Most believe that Samsara is a process. In this process people are being born into new lives and since it happens to everyone and everyone has the ability to escape it, it is not selfish. Being said the process of Samsara may take a long time to complete and even with no time limit there may be some who can never actually escape this endless suffering.

I do not believe the last statement of this quote. I think all of us are capable of ending our collective and individual suffering.

Enlightenment is like a loose tea leaf in a nice cup of tea. The more force you use to get the tea leaf out of the tea the more you end up chasing it around and never actually getting it. You can see it but it is always just out of your grasp. But, if you put your finger or spoon in the cup and just slowly, gentley attract the loose tea to you, viola! Nice cup o' tea!:D

[zero1]

What a crock of BS. Enoch Tan sounds like a Sun Reader, not enlightened.

[nectars]

Appologies if this sounds like an attack on him, as its not my intention. However I spent alot of both time and money looking in the wrong places(including several of his works). I dont doubt Enoch's seen and understands more than many, but from having possesed some of his works he's far from "enlightened". His work is by far missing many essential elements of truth both Spiritually & Scientifically.

Two major caveat's to this topics first post.

1. Enlightenment(this term could be better as any new realisation not previously held is a "moment of enlightenment") is not only "about seeing through the illusions of life and knowing what reality really is." Enlightenment(true enlightenment) is knowing the Ultimate Truth of Self; the Ultimate Freedom; Omnipotent, omniscient & Omnipresence of Self.

And probably the most practically damaging of the two:

2. Detachment is not the true path to enlightenment -or Ultimate Freedom. To detach from something creates Aversions which are generally stronger and more subtle than Attachments(ie: we dont like to look at them) and much more destructive. In the higher teachings it is said that the truly enlightened(or Free being) can do or not do; have or not have. Detachment should never be mistaken for the Non-Attachment of the Truly Free Ones.

dedicate: Check out the work of Lester Levenson & Dr David R.Hawkins. Levensons work involves removing all pre-programming to quite the mind allowing the the Truth of Reality & Self to become obvious. If you want more details PM me and we'll sort you out with some stuff from both of them.

Edit:

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yNJUfCBtU20&feature=channel_page

http://video.google.co.uk/videosearch?q=David+Hawkins&hl=en&emb=0&aq=f#

[baron von lotsov]

It sounds evil. They used to refer to it as selling your soul to the devil. No ego = no soul. 'Ego' is latin for I.

[nectars]

It sounds evil. They used to refer to it as selling your soul to the devil. No ego = no soul. 'Ego' is latin for I.

Check it out: http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/704

Who is the "I" you think you are?

"I" is also the Roman numeral for 1. Not many or other. 1.

Selah

[baron von lotsov]

Check it out: http://www.wordinfo.info/words/index/info/view_unit/704

Who is the "I" you think you are?

"I" is also the Roman numeral for 1. Not many or other. 1.

Selah


It is used as the first person, e.g. "I went to the shops"

When you sell your soul you become inhuman, like a zombie.

[nectars]

It is used as the first person, e.g. "I went to the shops"

When you sell your soul you become inhuman, like a zombie.

Who is the "I" that "went to the shops" then? See? The Egos nothing more than the survival mechanism.

From my own point of experience you dont become a zombie if you "Sell your soul" either. Your essentially taken over or possesed by low level Attractor fields(or entities) which use your Ego or Soul(same thing) as as they will. This place is a breeding ground for them btw.

[baron von lotsov]

Who is the "I" that "went to the shops" then? See? The Egos nothing more than the survival mechanism.

From my own point of experience you dont become a zombie if you "Sell your soul" either. Your essentially taken over or possesed by low level Attractor fields(or entities) which use your Ego or Soul(same thing) as as they will. This place is a breeding ground for them btw.

I have seen people like this. It's rather scary in that they really do seem to be vacant of any personality.

[arten]

One day all you peeps will get it you just have to, the ego does not really exist lol scary thought or what.:D

[infinite tea]

Then The Question: "How does one become enlightened?". Being detatched and desireless is not as easy as it sounds. Nor is as simple as just accepting that one is already detatched and desireless, even though it is that simple.

Seems to me that the majority of people would need to train themselves for enlightenment. What is that training? How can I be sure that I'm not "the blind" being led by "the blind"? Where might I find the best possible means of attaining enlightenment? Are there any tried and true "enlightenment methods" for me to take advantage of?

Activate your third eye - google Sagan, activate your third eye :-) Then you will be the seer who can lead the closed eyed :-)

[measle_weasel]

One day all you peeps will get it you just have to, the ego does not really exist lol scary thought or what.:D

Not really. Just sounds like unsubstantiated eastern and/or new-age religous blab. Nothing scary about it, unless the person reading it is influenced by such nonsense.

[shankara]

The post reminds me of Lester Levenson (which someone mentioned up thread). His students are the creators of The Sedona Method and the Release Technique. I've used the latter (for about 2 months) and it really helped me release desires, fears, attachments and aversions. I feel such a constant calm and peace now, and I've also received some money (over $600 more than I was expecting from the IRS this week). Using the program, I've felt my heart opening and expanding, which has then led to intense spiritual experiences. The course is not necessary for spiritual development, and I probably could have achieved the same on my own, but not as quickly. I like it because it's experiential rather than analytical, which wouldn't be the case if I read the same information in a book.

The program included lectures by Lester, and I felt much more of a connection to him than the creator of the Release Technique, Larry Crane. Listening to Lester, I felt that he was truly enlightened, while receiving the advertisements from Larry for more and more courses from leaves me with a cold feeling about him. Truly, once you learn the basics of releasing, you can use it for any thing, so I believe the different tapes for specific issues are unnecessary (thought I haven't tried them and can't say for sure).

[unbornawakened]

Don't THINK about the "how", that is a trap. Find out what is right and live by it. That should be enough. Don't even think about being "enlightened", otherwise you will be following the ego's path which leads nowhere.
Then The Question: "How does one become enlightened?". Being detatched and desireless is not as easy as it sounds. Nor is as simple as just accepting that one is already detatched and desireless, even though it is that simple.

Seems to me that the majority of people would need to train themselves for enlightenment. What is that training? How can I be sure that I'm not "the blind" being led by "the blind"? Where might I find the best possible means of attaining enlightenment? Are there any tried and true "enlightenment methods" for me to take advantage of?

[universal_]

So how can you detach yourself from loving someone?

[universal_]

Enlightenment and detachment are WHORES! :eek:

[unbornawakened]

Let things flow naturally. Don't put your expectations into it. If it is not meant to work, it won't. If it is meant to work, it will. Just flow in the moment, be true to yourself, be an integral human being, and everything will unfold as it is supposed to. Don' think about the future and what may or may not happen. Do not attach yourself to a specific outcome, because even if you get it, if you are not true with yourself, it will not make you happy. Honesty with yourself and the other is very important, unless you want to manipulate someone for short term gains :(
So how can you detach yourself from loving someone?

[universal_]

Let things flow naturally. Don't put your expectations into it. If it is not meant to work, it won't. If it is meant to work, it will. Just flow in the moment, be true to yourself, be an integral human being, and everything will unfold as it is supposed to. Don' think about the future and what may or may not happen. Do not attach yourself to a specific outcome, because even if you get it, if you are not true with yourself, it will not make you happy. Honesty with yourself and the other is very important, unless you want to manipulate someone for short term gains :(


That goes against the Law of Attraction..

wow everything is pretty confusing..I say find the truth within and that will be the only truth..

[unbornawakened]

If you truly want something ... let the Law of Attraction work for you ... but first be true with yourself and make sure that is what you want ... and the law of attraction works only if you are in the right state of mind ... make sure you don't attract something you don't truly want ...
That goes against the Law of Attraction..

wow everything is pretty confusing..I say find the truth within and that will be the only truth..

[universal_]

If you truly want something ... let the Law of Attraction work for you ... but first be true with yourself and make sure that is what you want ... and the law of attraction works only if you are in the right state of mind ... make sure you don't attract something you don't truly want ...

:)
k...I agree and always believed in what u said earlier, to allow things unfold, that always happens, I am very true to myself, and events tend to unfold so perfectly and better then I even thought they would..its great..

[universal_]

How all of this relates to Law Of Attraction...

-'Being desire-less is not about having no desire, but it is about having no attachment to desire......The more you suffer, the more suffering you attract.'
-'When you are detached, you are resonating with the spiritual truth that you already have your desire. You free yourself by being emotionally detached from choices. Many people fail to get what they want because they do not free themselves to have it.'
-'When you are being detached, you are resonating with having.'

The Law of Attraction paraphrasing of that would be, to FEEL as though you already have all that you desire, because like stated in this article 'It is an illusion that you do not have what you already want, because you already have all that you desire in spiritual reality.'....and to have it you must believe and feel that it WILL manifest into your physical reality by ALLOWING it to happen by being DETACHED because it is already yours, and you are already one with all that your soul desires...


It makes so much sense, that is why this was NOT a 'crock of shit' like some one put it here, it resonates with truth to me...

[nectars]

shankara: I wouldn't get put off Larry by his selling etc, he just tries to get the method out as much as possible. Alot of people dont like him as a teacher because hes quite "in your face" with the ego presentation. A caution though is to ask yourself "why the aversion?" As you'll know it's just another set of programmes at the root of it that need released, after which you'll find you see another side to him. I dont know how much Lester stuff you have, but he had a saying that "As you see the world so are you". Think about it. What do you see in others you like/dont like? or take the person you hate the most and ask "Whats similar about us?"(from the advanced G & R course) and release whatever comes up.

As you say, it's you can make tremendous progress with either of the basic courses alone -all the way I feel. According to Steve Seretan -another direct Lester student, Larrys exersizes though(and his advanced courses) are supposedly more directly taken from what Lester urged people to release on while Hales changes after the basic course to going more in the Buddhist direction(5th way or releasing etc).

Not really. Just sounds like unsubstantiated eastern and/or new-age religous blab. Nothing scary about it, unless the person reading it is influenced by such nonsense.

Its also Western though theres nothing unsubstantiated about it.

As for the person reading it, that "person" is nothing more than a set of decisions that appear as an apparent personality and makes further automated decisions based of subconscious habits, fears, insecurities & information etc fed into the mind in the past. If its such nonsense, instead of dismissing it why not prove it to yourself one way or another instead of repeating what you've believe based on what others have taught you is real or not.

[measle_weasel]

Its also Western though theres nothing unsubstantiated about it.

Substantiate it, then. As in, prove it to a reasonable degree, or provide verifiable evidence that the ego does not "really" exist.

As for the person reading it, that "person" is nothing more than a set of decisions that appear as an apparent personality and makes further automated decisions based of subconscious habits, fears, insecurities & information etc fed into the mind in the past.

Youre stating as fact that free will does not exist by putting forth that everything ever done, felt, seen, and so forth, is all predetermined based on some set of unchangable laws. As your stating this as fact, Im sure you can provide easily verifiable evidence to prove that free will does not "really" exist, and the lives of all sentient beings are deterministic. So, lets see it.

If its such nonsense, instead of dismissing it why not prove it to yourself one way or another

In regards to proving things to myself, I have proved to enough of a degree that the ego is real, and free will exists. I though I wasnt specifically seeking one thing or the other, as you suggest I do. Doing such a thing as having a powerful bias towards one outcome would taint any research done and any conclusions reached would be faulty. Is that how you reached your conclusion, through research undertaken with heavy bias?

instead of repeating what you've believe based on what others have taught you is real or not.

Ive actually come to those conclusions on my own. Supporting this claim is that my beliefs are unique, and I have never come across anyone else on this board, or in real life, nor any book or other information source, that espouses anywhere near the same set of beliefs as I do. That is only the logical course though, that a set of beliefs would take while being developed by someone who never takes what another says at face value, and who is ready to modify those beliefs if evidence supports an opposing view.

If you, or anyone else can prove to a reasonable degree, using logic or something else, that the ego and free will do no "really" exist, then Id be willing to change my beliefs. But despite all the claims from the arm-chair gurus, the new-age disciples, and the gullible masses that these things dont actually exist, all I see evidence of is their existence.

[nectars]

What makes you think I have anything I need to prove to you other than your apparent sense of self importance. I've proved it to myself through rigorous testing and thats all I need to do, nothing else.

Your truth is yours only, and I have no interest in attempting to coerce you into anything else. All I was trying to point out was that it could be wise to re-examine your thinking as you seem boxed in. Interest in conspiracy theories etc. doesn't mean your "awake" to what is, as is often thrown mercilessly around this forum. Question everything, esspecially if it comes from the mind and not a knowingness. Every single time we do something in the wrong direction we know it is by the simple fact we know it. We're just so accustomed to looking in the opposite direction and ignoring it(or claiming it doesn't matter) in an attempt to convince our own conscience.

The one thing I will say though since you wish to use logic & reason(which I was for most of my life and still have twinges of) is this:

Prove to me it does exist. If its from Truth it should never change. Truth never can. Again, check this last part out for yourself although I feel its self obvious.

[shankara]

shankara: I wouldn't get put off Larry by his selling etc, he just tries to get the method out as much as possible. Alot of people dont like him as a teacher because hes quite "in your face" with the ego presentation. A caution though is to ask yourself "why the aversion?" As you'll know it's just another set of programmes at the root of it that need released, after which you'll find you see another side to him. I dont know how much Lester stuff you have, but he had a saying that "As you see the world so are you". Think about it. What do you see in others you like/dont like? or take the person you hate the most and ask "Whats similar about us?"(from the advanced G & R course) and release whatever comes up.

As you say, it's you can make tremendous progress with either of the basic courses alone -all the way I feel. According to Steve Seretan -another direct Lester student, Larrys exersizes though(and his advanced courses) are supposedly more directly taken from what Lester urged people to release on while Hales changes after the basic course to going more in the Buddhist direction(5th way or releasing etc).


Yeah, I don't have a problem with him as a person, I got great results with the course I did. I guess I just prefer what Lester said (I think it was called Lester in my own words) because it resonated with the studying I've done on Advaita Vedanta, whereas I didn't feel that as much (it was there, just not as explicit) with the tapes done by Larry, except the one on Being. Maybe the tapes worked too well; after you release, you don't even want to do more courses or tapes for money and relationships, because you released those attachments and aversions! :D I guess it just seems like the principle of releasing in all of the tapes I did on various subjects during the course I have, so I'm assuming it's the same in all the other courses as well. I don't know about Hale's courses. I have a book on the Sedona Method, which was nice, but tapes work better for me because they are more experiential. I think I did hear that Hale's method was more mind based whereas Larry's is more from the neck down, because you release from the stomach and chest.

[mikethepunk]

BULLSHIT!
Being enlightened only gets you peace of mind and a greater understanding of your soul, life and the world.

IT DOES NOT GET YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT!

the person that wrote that needs to be shut up. He is a disinfo agent. You cannot expect to get what you want or even greater success in your career if you are enlightened. Seriously what a bunch of crap!

If you do spiritual stuff for material gain, you are not enlightened. the elite do this. They use their knowledge to deceive and hoard. They are not enlightened, they are evil.

Being spiritual actually means for most people living with less, less material goods, less desires, etc.

Wow. I am in awe over how dumb the writer of that article is.

[shankara]

BULLSHIT!
Being enlightened only gets you peace of mind and a greater understanding of your soul, life and the world.

IT DOES NOT GET YOU ANYTHING YOU WANT!

the person that wrote that needs to be shut up. He is a disinfo agent. You cannot expect to get what you want or even greater success in your career if you are enlightened. Seriously what a bunch of crap!

If you do spiritual stuff for material gain, you are not enlightened. the elite do this. They use their knowledge to deceive and hoard. They are not enlightened, they are evil.

Being spiritual actually means for most people living with less, less material goods, less desires, etc.

Wow. I am in awe over how dumb the writer of that article is.

I agree that having material motives for enlightenment is (for lack of a better term) ass-backwards. Though sometimes, once you release the desire for wealth, it comes to you anyway. If money is nothing but energy, I don't see why having less of it is any more spiritual than having more; it's just a preference. It's the attachment to money that should be avoided, as well as the aversion to money and/or attachment to poverty. Ideally you want to be free, to not have any of your desions based on how much money you do or don't have.

After several years of experimenting with the Law of Attraction, I have come to believe that while the law works, it doesn't work the way most LOA teachers claim. To visualize what you want (and don't have) is just another way to take you out of the moment, subconsciously affirming that right now is not enough (it also just puts you in a place of wanting and not having, which attracts that back to you). I think once you get to that place of unconditionally accepting the present moment, once you release all blockages in you heart center, you will attract (true LOA) through the essence of your Being (probably unconsciously, without effort) rather than through a finite mind.

[mikethepunk]

I agree that having material motives for enlightenment is (for lack of a better term) ass-backwards. Though sometimes, once you release the desire for wealth, it comes to you anyway. If money is nothing but energy, I don't see why having less of it is any more spiritual than having more; it's just a preference. It's the attachment to money that should be avoided, as well as the aversion to money and/or attachment to poverty. Ideally you want to be free, to not have any of your desions based on how much money you do or don't have.

After several years of experimenting with the Law of Attraction, I have come to believe that while the law works, it doesn't work the way most LOA teachers claim. To visualize what you want (and don't have) is just another way to take you out of the moment, subconsciously affirming that right now is not enough (it also just puts you in a place of wanting and not having, which attracts that back to you). I think once you get to that place of unconditionally accepting the present moment, once you release all blockages in you heart center, you will attract (true LOA) through the essence of your Being (probably unconsciously, without effort) rather than through a finite mind.

Yes totally! It is up to your karma what you can attract and actually if divine mother thinks we should have what we are asking for we will get it, but if she thinks we dont need it then we wont have it. It is a lesson, that life is truly about waking up and becoming self realized not the quest for material goods. She wants us to learn this, it is one of the biggest lessons for humanity right now since greed and the quest for material goods is so ingrained in our society.