What will happen at a moment of enlightenment?

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What will happen at a moment of enlightenment?

Since enlightenment is a series of “notices” of the truths through the right practice in daily life, moments of your enlightenment will come naturally as you continue the right practice.  All you have to do is to continue the right practice correctly and firmly until your moments of enlightenment.  However, many people have been depressed or distressed by not getting any enlightenment even if they have engaged in the right practice.  In many cases, they simply have not noticed the moments.

Why is this happening?  It is because of their expectations of dramatic, miracle, or even shocking moments of enlightenment.  Because of these wrong expectations, they simply do not want to recognize the moments of their enlightenment because these are not something they expected.

Expecting the dramatic or miraculous moments of enlightenment is in fact very common.  So many years, our religions have taught us salvation or enlightenment by using images of dramatic or miraculous moments such as the bright light covering you or the holy appearance in front of you.  This was indeed unavoidable for religious leaders in the old era because they needed to teach and lead us in a way everybody could easily understand and follow.   

Naturally, there will be possibility to have people who might actually experience the dramatic moments of enlightenment or spiritual awakenings.  However, many of these experiences are caused by hallucinations or illusions in their brains.  Our brains cause such hallucinations or illusions when chemical reactions of endorphin in brains occur due to exhausted physical or mental conditions. This is similar to runners’-high.  Marathon runners tend to experience pure happiness when they are exhausted.  Similar thing will also happen when you practice in a way hurting your body and mind badly.  So many spiritual leaders in the old era experienced the dramatic moments since they chose body-torturing type of practices in order to reach enlightenment.  Unfortunately, doing such harsh practices is actually taking you away from the real enlightenment and spiritual satisfaction.

Now, you may be wondering what will be really happening at the moment of your enlightenment.  As enlightenment is to notice the truths in your daily life, moments of enlightenment will come frequently and quietly in your normal life.  So-called “A-ha moments” will be the closest expression of the moment.  You suddenly accept or experience the truth unconditionally in your life as if you become the truths.  While you do not get any dramatic moment of enlightenment, the “A-ha moment” will give you profound and pure spiritual appreciation and satisfaction.