Thursday, November 10, 2011

True Enlightenment...!!

Hi all !!
am finally back after a long time.

i don't know how many of you read the Times of India supplement "Speaking Tree". i just read the article “Unlearn to Learn” which appeared in the "Speaking Tree" of November 6, 2011.

I totally agree with this thought. In fact it is such a coincidence that I had arrived at the same concept through life’s experiences and have written about it in my book “You Connecting With ….YOU!!” (YCWY) published sometime back.
Here are some relevant quotes from my book.

“This enlightenment, what I have come to realize, is nothing but unlearning everything you learnt. Sounds stupid, isn’t it? But think deeply. And, I am no “Guru” or something trying to teach. This realization has dawned on me as a result of different incidents and happenings in life. Because to live life in the true sense, you need to unlearn all that you had learnt and what is left after that is your actual knowledge gain. So in a way enlightenment can be equated to emptiness, but one that came only after extensive learning.” (chapter 9- YCWY)

“Keep learning but a stage will come when you have to begin unlearning everything you learnt. But this does not mean that all the learning accumulated by you throughout life was a waste, because this stage of unlearning will never come if you have not learnt enough. It is as simple as you will not know what an empty glass is till you have filled it and seen what a full one means. Once it is full, you can empty it out and refill it with something else.” (epilogue- YCWY)

“Then, having made that space free, you could add your new form of learning, the higher form, where you begin to understand life better.” (epilogue- YCWY)

//best//mg

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