"What is Enlightenment?" - Maharishi Mahesh Yogi

What exactly is enlightenment, is it the same as whole brain functioning,or is it something else?

Maharishi: It is the whole brain functioning, but we add,fully-developed whole brain functioning. Full development of the brain can touch cosmic level of creativity of natural law. Cosmic level of creativity of natural law available to human awareness is the state of enlightenment. In short we can have a glimpse of enlightenment in the conscious awareness of the source of thought, from where intelligence becomes creative intelligence, on that level is the level of enlightenment, on that level is the utilization or existence of total natural law. On that level the whole field of enlightenment is to make our awareness known to that level, the source of thought, so that any thought that rises has the total intelligence of natural law, that means cosmic level of natural law, in every thought. Cosmic level of thought functioning is the functioning from the level of enlightenment, and that will mean absolutely no mistake, that is one thing, but absolutely all possibility lively in every thought. That is the state of enlightenment in which man will not make mistake, man will hit high, speaking, thinking, behaving, all those values from that fully enlightened awareness. From there, I am the totality, all these exhortations about the supreme level of life, individual life a cosmic life--that is our strength, educating the people to become familiar with their own source of thought. That is the program of gaining enlightenment. These groups of Vedic pandits, and these peace creating groups everywhere in the world, will be practicing that value, source of thought, which will capture total potential of creativity of natural law, and then the world will be a purified world. All this dust and dark of dark ages will disappear, and a new world will be created. That is our field. We are expert in educating the people for enlightenment. All these procedures are very simple procedures, that is our strength to recreate an ideal world.

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[gobeyondthought]

There is no doubt in my mind that Maharishi Mahesh Yogi was absolutely enlightened - in full Unity Consciousness (Brahmi Chetana.) Many of the most revered saints of our time recognized his greatness and I have had personal experience of his most amazing darshan and presence.

Also, I know many enlightened people who are rising everyday through their practice of Transcendental Meditation and its advanced techniques.

These techniques expand the individual ego to the cosmic ego - enlightenment.

[Indweller108]

What Maharishi never told is that a

person / personality can never be enlightened.

The person that believes he is going to be enlightened is an illusion that first has

to die. What remains is the impersonal Self, that pure awareness we alwáys Are and always has been! Maharishi used to call this IS-ness.

[Sailor231]

@guitarshredking That's exactly where the idea of Yoda came from. The Beatles made him mainstream. - Jai Guru Dev

[MrMathew1963]

You probably know a sleeper or you might be one yourself without knowing it yet. True enlightenment is the acceptance of all, nonjudgmental. I, myself, enjoy being ignorant of my inner self, I truly enjoy being humanistic but because I am aware I know not to hurt others, if possible.

[guitarshredking]

This guy reminds me of Yoda

[DanielBoa]

0:39 Ahhh LYNCH!

[christagabanyi]

Maharishi describes Enlightenment as tangible and as the most natural state of life; to educate people to live in enlightenment is our field, he says. ( certainly, a profession outstripping all PhDs and professors ☺☺☺)

[haworth777]

the analogy is: a wave on the Ocean. the wave is real, all the time. but it is actually the Ocean, the vast, invincible unbounded ocean. the wave is limited, mortal. even a large lake can dry up, but for the Ocean the question doesn't arise. Reality is both, wave and Ocean. the enlightened directly experience that. I'm not just someone of finite height and weight; I'm totality. that's The Reality. for the person thinking he is limited, life is a tragedy; but comedy for the enlightened ones.

[mangal4747]

Beautiful!!!

[splasher4444]

What is enlightenment? I think it is when the "lights" are turned on in ones consciousness 24/7.

I have a growing experience of this through Maharishi's Transcendental Meditation and advanced meditation techniques...

The coolest thing is how simple everything is - enlightenment is the simplest state of human existence...

Anything else is just a distortion of the truth due to stresses and strains in the mind and body.

TURN ON THE LIGHTS!!!!!!! ♥♥♥♥

[HeshimaJameni]

Unless you make a great effort to discover the divine in you -- in yourself; you can NOT discover the divine in anyone else.

== Swami Radha ==