What Is Enlightenment?

I use the term enlightenment and awakening synonymously to refer to the recognition of the nature of our being. When you return, so to speak, from that recognition doesn't mean to say all your issues are just cleared up overnight. There's a further process, which I call the realignment process, that takes place after so-called enlightenment or awakening. In fact, it's a process that has no end. There's no end ready to realigning the way we think, feel, act, perceive and relate with this recognition goes on forever.