What If Enlightenment Isn’t …

What if enlightenment 
isn’t
as supernatural as we’re led to believe?

There are stories. We like stories. This isn’t meant to be detrimental to religion, but there is essence in the teachings of compassionate wisdom, and then there are the forms and words.

What if we take away the robes, rituals, culture and words? What’s left? The essence of wisdom. 

If we think enlightenment is the otherworldly presented in ritual, this will suggest it’s out of reach at this moment, and only meant for the special few. So we live in hope of becoming special by reading books, going to lectures and retreats, and looking for the door that says ‘Exit’. 🙂

What if enlightenment is just what we are now, 
warts and all, but without obsessing? 
Just pure consciousness.

Being happy with how things are now 
with no hope of anything more
is quite a statement.