by Richard Brenckman
Enlightenment is a word with a lot of buzz around it. My dictionary lists synonyms for enlightenment as “to educate, inspire, perfect (v), etc.”
But for those of us who’ve walked a spiritual path, enlightenment goes beyond that. This definition isn’t in the dictionary, but for me it included an intuitive knowing and speaking of the truth.
Enlightenment seemed like something that someone else bestowed on you. You somehow meet some being who’s enlightened already, who then looks into your eyes in a certain way or whacks you with a stick or laughs in just the right way at just the moment you are ready. And then what? Some transcendent state of awareness occurs that catapults you into expanded levels of consciousness from which you never emerge. I never knew exactly what to expect after the stick whacking, but I think it would have been something like I just described. I was pretty sure that I’d know it when it happened.
So, let’s summarize: to be enlightened you had to find someone who had it and hope that they’re willing to give it at just the moment you’re ready to receive it, and that you’ll recognize it when it happens.
Perhaps in a previous lifetime you could have arranged all these details, but is it possible during these modern times that you can find the right person and schedule a visit to them during a convenient vacation week when all the variables are perfect? Just the logistics and travel arrangements seem daunting—let alone the rest. What is a sincere being to do?
My own search for enlightenment was long and varied, different teachers on different continents with different ideas about what was needed. I received great value from all of them, but ultimately I was still left with certain elements of my life that never seemed to change no matter what I did or what someone else did to me. It was discouraging.
Then I did Avatar and came upon the simple truth . I could learn how to create the beliefs I preferred that would manifest the realities that I wanted. Cool.
Now, seven years after doing Avatar, the idea of enlightenment isn’t an experience of some transcendent state that takes me to some beyond, but rather the experience of the infinite possibilities that exist in each moment of my life. I know that I have the tools and technology that will allow me to create these anytime I choose.
Avatar took me into the space where the individual self is defined and taught me how to create and discreate my over-all definition. It guided me into a level of awareness beyond personal consciousness.
That’s the Avatar experience. And it is possible in today’s world—possible to be happy, to be satisfied, to be prosperous... whatever you choose.
It is an enlightening experience to hear about Avatar and the new possibilities it offers, but to actually do the course is an experience that is beyond my ability to describe to you.
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