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LOW-COST ENLIGHTENMENT

My dream is to make enlightenment less of a divine idea, and bring it down to nearer to the ground.

Perhaps some will be upset because I use the term “enlightenment” frivolously, and maybe they are partly right in their reaction. But realize that it is another notion inside an intricate maze of concepts sustained by words that seek to apprehend reality. Something that twice distances us from reality: concepts and words.

Take note that the notion of using “enlightenment” with reverence supposes marking distances and creating separation, perhaps for not feeling as deserving of that condition.

Much has been written about enlightenment, and I am perhaps the least appropriate author to make new contributions to the subject. I am not a mystic, an ascetic, nor a guru... I am simply an author who wishes to propose within his books a very personal vision of life. With this “low-cost enlightenment manual,” I seek to guide you towards the doors of your awakening. If you have a simple insight, I will be pleased. Enlightenment is a recognition, it is neither a change nor an achievement.

“Premium Enlightenment,” consisting in being awake 100% of the time, is something that I will discuss in a future book (if I ever get to experience that state of continuous alertness first hand); even though I intuit that such a level of vibration may be a threat for the physical body, that it could not be stabilized for long, and that it would run the undeniable risk of short-circuit.

So let us leave that aside for the time being. For now, we will focus on “low-cost enlightenment” (plainly “enlightenment,” from here on), which consists of brief and spaced insights of transitory lucidity.

 Premium Enlightenment: limitless lucidity.

 Low-cost Enlightenment: instants of lucidity.

Therein the use of the term “low-cost,” as insight, epiphany or momentary revelation. And do not worry about the brevity of its duration: although you may awaken only for a nanosecond, and then return to slumber, rest assured that you may never again forget the certainty that lies on this other manner of being a part of the world. In the future, you will return more frequently to that moment of insight.

Throughout this book I will repeat that enlightenment is to awaken, and that event will not demand any effort (only the ego will make and effort and tire, but enlightenment is not a matter of ego). Since it simply entails realization, it also entails a low cost. Capisci?

But do not confuse the low-cost with it having no value. The value of self-revealing is, in itself, absolute. Do not confuse value with price.

Neither me, nor anyone else, can tell you who you are, since you would not believe it; you must find out for yourself at some point in your life on this plane. This is the sole purpose of life in this world: to awaken your real identity. I just solved your problem of finding a purpose in your life. There you have it, there is no other.

Once more: low-cost enlightenment is to realize, to be conscious, drop the curtain, understand... without the need to do anything else, without the need for anything else to happen. It is easy to understand that this is a path without distance, since it will take us to ourselves, where we already were, but now, feeling very differently. Enlightenment is simply a recognition. It cannot be a change, neither small nor big, since what is already perfect cannot change to be something else.

Enlightenment means to be in the world, but not belong to it.

Is being more conscious enough to lead an enlightened life? I believe it is merely the first step. A mental state, however advanced, is nothing more than understanding; an enlightened life transcends the mind, and reaches the observer of the mind.

Enlightenment is synonymous with defacing the illusion of separation.

Enlightenment is to bring a little light to wherever one may be. How important it is to be a point of light in the world. Light benefits all those who approach it.

Following the metaphor of “The Matrix,” it is time to choose: Go get yourself a glass of water.

Blue Pill: the ego, duality, the separate mind that projects its level of consciousness in the world (knowingly or not). Is the creation of the world, which is in turn only a reflection of the mind, which generates it with its projection. It is simply looking outward, without introspection, the materialistic view of the world. The mind flies toward the outside, which takes share in the mundane. It expresses fear.

Red Pill: the Spirit, non-duality, the correct mind, not separated, in contact with the Source and extending to the only reality: Love. Upon returning to impersonal consciousness one returns to reality. It is the mind turned inward, which becomes pure consciousness. It expresses love.

I will try to synthesize what has been said up to this point in these two points for each pill

1: A level of consciousness perceives or interprets parts of what it sees, with much effort, the owner can mutate to a happy or improved dream; however, they still sleep, since they continue to believe in the individuality of people who exist in a world separated from them. Everything experienced by a conscious being, a mind that supplants true identity.

2: A much evolved level of consciousness transcends and reaches pure consciousness, which places it at the doorstep of pure knowledge or absolute certainty. Something has awakened, but there is no longer anyone there to claim the achievement. It is an impersonal perception from reality, cause of the world. Everything experienced by the observer of the mind that uses it as an instrument.

Apologies if I cannot be clearer, or if you do not understand. I have serious difficulties, even as an author, to describe it in words or concepts. If I feel it, I know it; if I say it, I do not know it.

The conventional coach takes the blue pill and offers the same remedy to his or her clients. The “enlightened coach,” on the contrary, has already taken the red pill and, even though their clients may have chosen the blue pill, is able to help them from an elevated state of consciousness. When able to contemplate their mental labyrinths, they do not get lost in them, as it happens to the conventional coach. He or she is no longer in the middle of the drama, with other characters, but rather plays an observer, and this allows him or her to abstract from the slumber conditions. From that position, their mere presence may awaken others that may still be asleep.

This is all about enlightenment, for the time being. Keep reading, because this will only get better.