Embodied Enlightenment by Amoda Maa Jeevan

Author:Amoda Maa Jeevan
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: SEL032000 Self-help / Spiritual, OCC027000 Body, Mind & Spirit / Spiritualism, REL062000 Religion / Spirituality, PHI015000 Philosophy / Mind & Body
Publisher: New Harbinger Publications

The Embodiment of Awakening

Perhaps, having absorbed the words thus far, you can now fully recognize that awakening is just the beginning and that the embodiment of this awakening is the real journey. Awakening itself is simple. Of course, from the point of view of the ego it’s not so simple, because the ego, being time-oriented, has an investment in enlightenment as a future goal. But once the mind recognizes itself as radiant emptiness, then awakening is absolutely natural and effortless. It’s as inevitable as a flower blooming from a bud. And yet, while the realization of the absolute truth of emptiness in which a separate “me” does not exist is undoubtedly a profoundly transformative experience, living this truth is frequently more of a challenge.

The adventure begins not in the rarified atmosphere of transcendence, but in the midst of the chaos of life. Living the truth of awakening has never been more of an imperative than in today’s rapidly changing world. Many of us live complex, multifaceted lives with jobs, careers, financial responsibilities, relationships, and families. Some of us are also attempting to pursue our dreams or live our highest potential, and make a contribution (however small or large) to the world. At the same time, we’re increasingly aware that over half the planet’s population lives in abject poverty and horrifying circumstances. Somehow, all of this needs to be included in our awakening.

If awakening is to be complete in you, if it’s to be a radical awakening, it must become alive in every cell of your being. Your beingness must sing and dance with the discovery of its light-essence. As this light filters out from the mind into the heart and further into the density of physical form, there’s a purification of all that is not yet living the truth of this awakeness. This is where it gets tricky. This is where the ancient movement of ego wants to claim ownership of the light, where it wants to hold on to an image of awakening as a transcendent, positive, blissful, or never-ending experience. Purification means that everything that is unconscious in you will be brought to the fire of awakeness to be transformed. This is where confusion, doubt, and fear come in. You may think “surely if I’m enlightened, I shouldn’t be having these unenlightened thoughts or these painful feelings.” It’s at this point that there is a danger of reidentification with the story of your life. But it’s exactly at this point that the invitation to the greatest adventure holds out its hand to you. Right here in this moment, and in each moment as it unfolds (whether it is an enlightened or an unenlightened moment), you are invited to rest more deeply within and to willingly open to the divine mystery and mess of that which we call the human experience.

If you choose to be unequivocal in taking up this invitation (remember there is no halfway), your life will no longer be your own but will be given in service to this invitation.

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