Enlightened moments

 Question:  Does not the realized being continue to live just like a non-realized man?

 

Ramana Maharshi:  Yes, with this difference that the realized being does not see the world as being apart from the Self, he possesses true knowledge and the internal happiness of being perfect, whereas the other person sees the world apart, feels imperfection and is miserable. Otherwise their physical actions are similar.

 

 

Technically speaking, we shouldn’t distinguish woke from unconscious people; we should recognize enlightenment moments instead. A spiritual quest is really the mission to raise the vibration of people and places and use the unconscious encounters for self-reflection. All of us carry a web with us—body, conditioned mind, events and people we attract into our lives, etc. Sometimes the weight of this web is so heavy that we hardly find the space to breathe, while sometimes we fly in the weightlessness of being.  Spiritual living is the ability to spot this web following us around and find that opening to break through no matter what. Life’s perceived ups and down is just a stage. Break free of self—enjoy the enlightened moment at hand.