Enlightenment Is Over-Rated

As one might have guessed, this blog doesn’t adhere to the idea that our essence is mysterious.

Trying too hard to improve something or adding too many unnecessary details ends up ruining non-dual teachings. There’s a well-known British idiom – to ‘over-egg the pudding’ – which means to over embellish and exaggerate a claim, making the expression seem larger and more important than it actually is.

Basic truth is over-egged by being buried under heavy rituals, esoteric jargon and impossible expectations. By trying to make it sound cosmic or deeply mysterious, the truth is pushed further out of reach.

Spiritual materialism turns a simple shift in perspective into an exotic trophy or an elite status symbol by over-intellectualising through complex philosophy and endless study to describe something that is purely experiential.

The myth of fireworks is expecting permanent bliss, visions or superhuman detachment rather than ordinary clarity. Simple essence is subtraction, not addition. Rather than acquiring mysterious new powers, it is simply dropping the extra mental noise and illusions we already carry.

As they say:
Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.
After enlightenment, chop wood, carry water.

The external world does not turn into magic. We just stop fighting what is in front of us now. Direct presence is seeing things clearly as they are, right now, without the filter of ego or overthinking.

Unfortunately, mystery is something the mind invents to keep itself busy,
while actual essence is plain, immediate, and already here.