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#349 - Rupert Spira - Enlightenment, Happiness & Non-Duality

Modern Wisdom

CHAPTER

The Importance of Enlightenment

Enlightenment is the recognition of the nature of one's essential being or self. No thought that we have ever had is essential to us all thoughts appear they exist briefly and they vanish likewise our feelings however. It feels like casting off rather than learning more it feels absolutely feels like we need to get rid as opposed to acquire. We don't actually have to get rid of them or change them or discipline them. We just have to realize they're not essential to us. If you close down all your programs your emails your i photos your notes your youtube clips your word documents, what remains? What can't you close down?

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