As I was understanding more and more about the process of enlightenment or self realization, it occurred to me that dropping the mind and body idea is the key.
But what about the baggage? The years and years of karmic baggage that we have carried since time immemorial; what to do about it? Can that be ignored completely. I am not sure about it.
For e.g. I can spend the entire day in a void; where I have to think only when there is a need. Otherwise there is no thinking. But it seems that thoughts seem to rise every now and then but they wither apart in the light of this grand understanding. But where do these thoughts come from? And can there be real enlightenment in the presence of this reservoir? Do we have to completely empty this reservoir for enlightenment to happen?
I think that the reservoir has to be emptied. That is an absolute necessity. And to abide in this silence, to kill every thought is the process. This way the path becomes the goal. This then becomes the effortless effort.
But what about the baggage? The years and years of karmic baggage that we have carried since time immemorial; what to do about it? Can that be ignored completely. I am not sure about it.
For e.g. I can spend the entire day in a void; where I have to think only when there is a need. Otherwise there is no thinking. But it seems that thoughts seem to rise every now and then but they wither apart in the light of this grand understanding. But where do these thoughts come from? And can there be real enlightenment in the presence of this reservoir? Do we have to completely empty this reservoir for enlightenment to happen?
I think that the reservoir has to be emptied. That is an absolute necessity. And to abide in this silence, to kill every thought is the process. This way the path becomes the goal. This then becomes the effortless effort.
