There is so much evil and negativity in our world that people have already forgotten how to sincerely enjoy life, accept others as they are, love not for something, but just like that. But love is not the same as we are used to.

It is strange for us to see a person who loves, but is not jealous, does not demand anything in return, does not try to control. We do not take into account parental love, no.

We are talking about a comprehensive feeling for everything living and non-living on earth. Such love is called unconditional.

And only special people are capable of such a feeling. In some religions they are called enlightened.

Who are the enlightened ones? Where can they be found? How to distinguish in the crowd?

There are no clear answers to these questions. You can live all your life in the neighborhood of an enlightened person, and not notice this, and sometimes one glance is enough. But there are still some signs pointing to them.

Signs of enlightened people

These people are always calm and balanced. In any situation, no matter how tense the atmosphere is, they are always calm and reserved. Someone may even consider them crazy, or narrow-minded. But in fact, they just love everyone around and are indifferent to worldly weaknesses and problems.

If at rush hour in a traffic jam everyone swears, honks and freaks out, this is considered the norm, but if a happy face appears in this chaos, this will definitely cause misunderstanding. Enlightened people evoke such a reaction in everyone and everywhere. Because they have a face shining with happiness and a sincere smile in any situation. It also sometimes raises the suspicion that they are taking drugs or are simply mentally unhealthy.

Modern society has long been infected with a virus called money. There is not a single person who would not think about them, except for the enlightened one. This is just one of the brightest indicators of enlightenment. This does not mean that they do not need money. They just take exactly as much as they need, and they always have enough. All living beings have needs, but only people who have truly achieved enlightenment have spiritual food in the first place, and only then does the time for physical saturation come.

How does an enlightened person live?

Many people are interested in how and where the enlightened live. But there are no rules or restrictions here. They live like everyone else in cities or villages, it doesn't matter at all. What distinguishes them is that they are not attached to their worldly dwelling.

If it suddenly happens that the house collapses, the enlightened one will immediately find another place for himself to live and he will have no regrets about the lost goods, even if he has to move from a luxurious apartment to a village hut. This is because he is happy everywhere, he is at home everywhere. The main thing is to be in harmony with your inner self.

How do people become enlightened? What is enlightenment? There is no clear definition for this word.

He is called:

• "total" happiness;
• union with God;
• higher spiritual development;
• search for your true self.

This is such a broad concept that only if you combine all these definitions together, you can at least get a little closer to the truth.

In some religions, enlightenment is of three kinds. Small is the initial stage of this state. It is achieved when a person is in harmony with himself and others.

Everything is good around, nothing irritates, no one gets sick, life circumstances are satisfactory, and a person experiences sincere happiness. This feeling is more often available to children and lovers.

Unfortunately, we are not perfect, and any little thing can take us out of balance, so a little enlightenment is very short-lived.

The average, as the second degree of enlightenment is called, is already a serious state, which is achieved through constant meditation. By controlling your thoughts and feelings, you can experience endless joy and pleasure.

And, of course, the highest enlightenment, nirvana. This is the state in which a person is filled with God's love. As if he turns on the light in his own mind and has a boundless desire to share this feeling with all people. Next to this person is always easy and comfortable. From it you can be charged with positive energy, as electrical appliances are charged from the network.

And now, being cleansed of all the garbage and dirt accumulated in us over the years of life. And answering the main questions: who am I? why did I come into this world? where did I come from and where will I go? - a person goes his way to enlightenment. It could take a lifetime. But the reward for the labors will exceed all expectations.

Examples of enlightenment are great teachers and prophets - Jesus, Mohammed, Buddha (Siddhartha Gautama), Jina Mahavira. They were followed by thousands of people, and after their death, even those who previously rejected their teachings joined the disciples. And now, after many years, people have not stopped believing what these people preached. All the religions of our world recognize their holiness, of course, there were some exceptions, there may be those who wish to challenge such a belief, but these are rather people who do not believe in anything.

Today, too, there are many modern masters and teachers.

One of the enlightened people of our time was Osho Rajneesh. In his books, he touches on Buddhism, Christianity, Islam, and psychology.

Of course, his work and legacy are perceived differently. Someone remained deaf to his speeches, and the truth that this man preached was revealed to someone. This category of people also includes such as: Haidakhan Baba, Sri Ramana Maharashi and many other enlightened people of the world who were or are today the masters and teachers of their time.

Dr. David Frawley is one of the few Westerners recognized in India as Vedacharya - the teacher of Vedic wisdom. In 1991, under the auspices of the Indian teacher Avadhut Shastri, he received the spiritual name Vamadeva Shastri. In 1995, in Mumbai, he was awarded the title of Pandit (scholar) and the Brahmachari Vishvanathya award for knowledge of the Vedic teachings.
Studying various areas of Vedic knowledge, David Frawley spreads them in India and the West. In India, he is recognized not only as Vedacharya (Veda teacher), but also as Vaidya (Ayurvedic physician), Jyotishi (Vedic astrologer), Puranik (Vedic historian) and yogi. He has been approved as a Visiting Teacher of Yoga and Vedic Sciences at the Bangalore Vivekananda Yoga Kendra University in India, as well as a teacher at the Sringeri Shankaracharya Math (Sringeri Shankaracharya Math) - mainly from the traditional Vedic centers in India.
Frawley John - Genuine astrology (download the book).

Shri Mataji Nirmala Devi (03/21/1923-23/02/2011) is a well-known guru from India, the founder of Sahaja Yoga or Vishwa Nirmala Dharma (Universal Pure Religion), which is registered as a non-profit organization in many countries of the world. Shri Mataji considered the whole world to be her family; self-realization is achieved by everyone who strives for it, regardless of race, caste, financial situation: God does not care how much money a person has in his account and what color his skin is. Shri Mataji spent about nine months traveling every year, giving lectures, giving advice and healing illnesses, and in a very intense rhythm, staying in one place for only two or three days. In total, Shri Mataji gave more than a thousand lectures, many television and radio interviews. But the main result of her selfless service is thousands and thousands of people in dozens of countries around the world who have gained health, joy, spiritual well-being, love and realized the real meaning of their lives. Website - http://www.shrimataji.ru/

Torsunov Oleg Gennadievich (Audarya Dhama das) - a doctor and psychologist, is a specialist in a wide field of medical sciences: Ayurveda, dermato-venereology, acupuncture, acupuncture, acupressure, herbal medicine, reflexology, lithotherapy and traditional medicine. He also owns unique methods of treatment with the help of mudras (specific combinations of fingers) and yantras (certain graphic symbols), usually used to treat mental illness. Torsunov O. G. has a unique ability to diagnose from a photograph of a patient, which makes it possible for him to provide assistance and consult without direct contact with the patient and allows him to treat those who apply, regardless of their location around the world.
Torsunov O.G. doing a lot of scientific work. He constantly improves the existing methods of medical diagnostics and treatment of patients and at the same time develops fundamentally new and more effective ways of healing that are in maximum harmony with human nature. However, his field of research goes far beyond the usual boundaries of medicine. Spending a significant part of his time in India (Vrindavan, Uttar Pradesh), he studies in depth the most ancient scientific sources there - the Vedas, which set out the fundamental principles of the social arrangement of society (Manu Smriti), public morality (Niti Shastra), Vedic astrology ( Jyotish Shastra), sciences of space (Vastu Shastra), yoga techniques (Yoga Sutra of Patanjali). Meeting in India with prominent thinkers and philosophers, Torsunov O.G. opens, based on Vedic knowledge, new ways of healing and harmonious interaction of a person with the outside world.
Popular science lectures by Oleg Gennadievich were held many times in various cities of the CIS countries. Website - http://www.torsunov.ru
Lectures - http://www.audioveda.ru/author?id=10

Ruzov Vyacheslav Olegovich - lecturer, writer, philosopher, psychologist and traveler, widely known in Russia and abroad. For 10 years he served as director of the Far Eastern Center for Oriental Studies. His books and CDs with lecture notes are sold in large numbers and are well-deservedly popular. Experts consider him one of the best in the study of human consciousness.
Every year, a research group under his leadership makes expeditions to the countries of the East, studying the original nature and philosophy of the Eastern sages. Based on these studies, he writes books that are recognized as real instructions for human behavior in any life situation. At least twice a year, Vyacheslav Olegovich and his group also tour Russia with new lectures and presentations. Currently, he has given more than 3,000 public lectures in more than 40 cities in Russia and abroad.
His website http://www.ruzov.ru/

Gadetsky Oleg Georgievich - psychologist-trainer, author of unique methods of personal growth. In her trainings she uses both methods of Western psychology and Eastern techniques of meditation and yoga. Author of the books "The best psychological techniques, or what to do if you're not lucky?" and "Laws of Destiny, Or Three Steps to Success and Happiness." According to the results of the VI International Festival of Psychology and Psychotherapy Stars (2005) and the III International Festival of Stars of Western and Eastern Psychology (2008), he was recognized as the best psychologist-trainer.
“My creed is very simple. We came into this life to reach our full potential, not to adapt to setbacks and limitations."
Read the archive of his mailings http://www.psiholog3000.ru/content/category/1/29/38/
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Sviyash Alexander Grigoryevich - (born February 12, 1953, Kazakhstan) - Russian writer, psychologist. Candidate of Technical Sciences. Author of books on popular psychology published in Russia and abroad with a total circulation of more than 8 million copies. The author of the original method of counseling people on the reasons for the problems that arise in their lives and the search for ways to change the situation. The most characteristic response about this technique is: “It works!”. Alexander is the developer of a number of basic trainings that have been regularly held in different cities of the country and abroad for more than 10 years.
Head of one of the most successful centers for personal growth in our country - the Center for Positive Psychology "Reasonable Way". Co-Chairman of the International Association of Personality Development Professionals (www.liros.ru), General Director of the Center for Modern Business Technologies (www.new-business.ru). Executive Director of the consulting company "Germinvest" (Germany, Frankfurt am Main) (www.germinvest.de). President and one of the founders of the Association of Personality Development Professionals, along with Norbekov, Levy, Kozlov and Vagin.
His website http://sviyash.ru/ Video blog and newsletter http://sviyasha.ru/

Kozlov Nikolai Ivanovich (born August 16, 1957) is a professional psychologist, corresponding member of the Russian Academy of Natural Sciences, candidate of philosophical sciences, director of the Sinton Training Center, founder of the International Association of Personality Development Professionals, Russian writer in the field of personal and business efficiency. the most widely read writer among psychologists (total circulation - more than 10 million copies), the author of seven best-selling books: "How to Treat Yourself and People, or Practical Psychology for Every Day", "Philosophical Tales for Those Pondering Life, or a Funny Book about Freedom and morality", "The True Truth or a Textbook for a Psychologist on Life", "Formula of Personality", "A Book for Those Who Like to Live or the Psychology of Personal Growth", "The Formula for Success or the Philosophy of Life of an Effective Person", "17 Moments of Success".
She has 25 years of experience in conducting psychological trainings. According to the training methods developed by him, primarily "Synton-programs", Clubs and Training Centers operate in more than fifty cities of Russia, as well as in Belarus, Georgia, Israel, Kazakhstan, Latvia and Ukraine.
Personal website http://nkozlov.ru/
Site of the Training Center "Syntone" http://www.syntone.ru/

Norbekov Mirzakarim Sanakulovich (born November 17, 1957) is an Uzbek and Russian figure in alternative medicine. Founder and head of the organization "Institute for Human Self-Restoration". Mirzakarim Sanakulovich is the author of several books. Norbekov is a research scientist. The range of his interests is very wide. Many are surprised at how all this can be combined in one person: an artist, a composer, a writer, a film director, an artist, an athlete, a coach who has a second dan black belt in karate and a black belt in sam chon up to the ninth dan.
Norbekov is a specialist in Sufi medicine and practice, one of the oldest among all existing ones. Sufism, the teaching of wisdom, belongs to the classical philosophical tradition of the East. Sufis are deeply religious people. But they do not have their own sacred cities, temples, hierarchy, paraphernalia. The temple of God is in the heart. They do not reject any religion, but they consider it hypocrisy to talk about God. These people prefer actions to words - by deeds, deeds and life itself, they sow love and guard the divine light in everything that surrounds them. Sufis are warriors of light, keepers of goodness, love, harmony, beauty and wisdom. Outwardly, they are no different from ordinary people, they live a familiar life: they work, raise children, take care of loved ones. Their main rule: "The heart is with God, and the hands are in work."

Mirzakarim Sanakulovich - Sufi, or wandering dervish. He chose the path of service - the path of creation, storage and transfer of knowledge along the chain from teacher to student, so that the wisdom accumulated over thousands of years passes to people who are ready to recognize it. In every area of ​​activity, Mirzakarim Sanakulovich has his students who continue his work. This gives him the opportunity to move on, to explore new frontiers. Being close to such a person is very difficult. Working with him side by side, you need to constantly improve, change internally in order to move forward with him. He is demanding, tough, decisive when it comes to achieving his goals. He gives each person a chance to reveal and manifest their divine nature.
Official site http://www.norbekov.com/
Read "The experience of a fool, or the key to insight" http://ariom.ru/litera/2004-html/no...norbekov-03.htm

Levy Vladimir Lvovich (b. November 18, 1938, Moscow) is a Russian psychotherapist, psychologist, writer, artist and musician. Author of scientific papers and popular books on psychology and medicine, fiction, poetry and songs, designer of his own books. Wrote the most interesting books "The Art of Being Oneself", "The Art of Being Different", "Non-Standard Child". The books earned the author all-Russian (previously all-Union) fame and worldwide fame. In times of book shortage, many copied by hand. Still sold in pirated reprints. Translated into 26 languages. In 2000, he published a large book of poems, Crossed Out Profile, which quickly became a bibliographic rarity. In this millennium, he published the books The Taming of Fear, Traumatology of Love, The Wagon of Good Luck, Family Wars, Closer to the Body (together they made up the large book The ABC of Sanity), The Cure for Laziness, Where to Live ”, “Health Errors”, “The Hired God”, “The Lonely Friend of the Lonely” (essays and poems). All these books are written in a multi-genre - a free combination of artistic prose, medical and psychological knowledge, journalism, essays, dramaturgy, poetry.
Official site http://www.levi.ru/
Newsletter "Concrete psychology" http://subscribe.ru/catalog/science.humanity.levimaster
Read "The Art of Being Yourself" http://nkozlov.ru/library/psychology/levi/

Napoleon Hill (Eng. Napoleon Hill, October 26, 1883 - November 8, 1970). Philosopher and psychologist of success, journalist from the USA, author of the world bestseller Think and Grow Rich. Founder of the Napoleon Hill Association and the Napoleon Hill Foundation. Napoleon Hill is credited as the first to crystallize the rule on which the multi-billion dollar (over eight billion dollars in the US alone) business of motivation and pop psychology is now built - the "you are what you think" principle.
Napoleon Hill's book Think and Grow Rich, which was a revelation of personal success and constant life observations, was first published in 1937. Soon it was translated into many languages ​​of the world. Until the last year of his life, Napoleon Hill was engaged in educational activities and showed by his example the effectiveness of his methods and ideas.
Read the book http://knigosite.ru/library/read/15509

Louise Hay (born October 8, 1926) is a well-known author of 15 bestselling books. She helped thousands of people to believe in themselves and get rid of painful diseases. Louise Hay's works have been translated into 23 languages ​​and published in 30 countries around the world. She is best known for her book Heal Your Life (1984), the main idea of ​​which is that no one else but ourselves is responsible for our own life, success and health
Read online book HOW TO HEAL YOUR LIFE http://free-book.ru/news_page,1,708,3.htm

Robert Sharma (Robin Sharma) - Canadian writer, doctor of law and medicine. Born in 1965 in Nova Scotia, Canada, Sharma is an internationally recognized authority on motivation, leadership and personal development and the author of six books, including international bestsellers such as The Monk Who Sold His Ferrari, Lessons leadership from the monk who sold his Ferrari" and "Who will cry when you die?" He is also an athlete, triathlete, taekwondo oriental martial arts specialist, musician and wonderful family man.
By combining Western strategies for achieving personal efficiency and peak performance with age-old wisdom to improve the mind, body and spirit, he has helped thousands of people improve their quality of life. Currently, Robin Sharma is creating a charitable organization, the Robin Sharma Children's Foundation, whose goal is to help children from poor families make their dreams come true.
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Vadim Zeland is the most unusual author of our time. His books "Reality Transurfing" stirred up public opinion, making people think about how our world and our reality actually works. Books by Vadim Zeland reveal to the reader a new, completely different view of human thinking and its impact on life in general. It is difficult to classify his books as belonging to any genre - they are psychology, esotericism, and even magic. Indeed, the technique described by Zeland is so unusual that at the time of the release of his first book, readers refused to believe that it all worked.
Vadim Zeland is unusual in everything. For almost 10 years he did not show his face not only to readers, but even to his publishers! He sent the manuscripts of books to the publishing house by mail, thus preserving the magical surroundings around his person. And only in 2010, millions of readers saw the true face of Vadim Zeland, when video films appeared in which he lectured on his books. The video was immediately widely circulated all over the Internet, which is the best proof that his books are truly in demand. And demand is a sign that books work.
http://zelands.ru/ - his site. http://www.zeland-book.ru/ - a complete collection of books, audiobooks and video films by Vadim Zeland. All books are available for free free download.

Eckhart Tolle is a German/Canadian spiritual teacher, motivational speaker and writer. Born February 16, 1948 in Lünen, Germany. Eckhart graduated from the University of London where he studied literature, foreign languages ​​and philosophy.
Tolle is widely recognized as one of the most original and inspiring spiritual teachers of our time. He travels and teaches the teachings to people all over the world. He is the author of The Power of Now (also translated in Russian as Live Now!), which won first place in the New York Times bestseller rating, was translated into 32 languages ​​and became one of the most influential spiritual books in our country. time. In his book A New Earth, Tolle shows that moving beyond the ego-conditioned state of consciousness is not only the key to personal happiness, but also the key to ending conflict and suffering throughout the world. Currently, Eckhart Tolle travels the world, meets with his readers, conducts lectures and talks.
http://tolle.ru/

Pravdina Natalia Borisovna received an economic education in St. Petersburg, but her passion for creativity and self-realization in life did not allow her to devote her life to numbers. Natalia was a fashion designer, received a diploma in acting, worked a lot in the Fashion Theater, studied psychology and foreign languages. At the age of 90, Natalya Pravdina and her husband went to the USA (Los Angeles), where she completed her education as a designer. However, Natalia finds her true destiny in the study and practice of Feng Shui. In 2000, a significant event for Natalia takes place - a meeting with the Grand Master of Feng Shui Yap Chen Hai. After that, Natalia became a certified Feng Shui specialist. The master personally blessed Natalia for this practice.
Now Natalia Pravdina is consulting on Feng Shui in many countries. It inspires people to creatively rethink being. Disclosure of creative potential, joy and smiles, rediscovery of oneself, improvement of life and its abundance are the fruits of the proposed Pravdina methodology. Books by Natalia Pravdina give people the strength to change their lives, attract incredible, wonderful events to the fate of her readers. Using the advice of Natalia Pravdina, you will one day realize that your life is filled with amazing and joyful changes, harmony and happiness, you will see how miracles begin to happen in it!
Her website http://www.npravdina.ru/
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Sri Aurobindo Ghose (English Sri Aurobindo Ghose, pronounced and often spelled as Ghosh), (August 15, 1872 - December 5, 1950) - Indian philosopher, poet, revolutionary and organizer of the Indian national liberation movement, yogi, guru and founder Integral Yoga.
Site http://www.aurobindo.ru/
The book "Fundamentals of Yoga" read online http://knigosite.ru/library/read/77469

Alexey Trekhlebov was born on January 30, 1957. From the age of two, his father began to take him on hikes - at this age, the future writer began to communicate with nature. At the age of 5, Alexei Vasilievich discovered his ability to heal.
Growing up, he received Knowledge from various Teachers, the first of which was his father Vasily Nikitich. Yoga and spiritual practice were combined with a passion for mountaineering. In 1990, as a member of the Soviet mountaineering team, Alexei Vasilyevich, as a clergyman, helped in climbing Lhotse, one of the highest peaks in the world. Here in the mountains, in the high-mountain Buddhist monastery Tyangboche, he met with his spiritual Teacher - the Supreme Incarnation Lama of Nepal - Ngawang Tenzing Jangbo. After the initiation ceremony, Alexei Vasilyevich received the name (san) Galtsin Lama. From the Teacher, he received an order that became the meaning of his entire subsequent life - to direct his activities towards the spiritual revival of Russia.
Since 1991, he has been holding lecture meetings on the topics of the heritage of the ancestors and the culture of the Slavs and Aryans in different cities.
A.V. Trekhlebov is the author of books on the spiritual and moral heritage of the Slavic-Aryans.
I was inspired to write this list of articles on the site http://www.bleckt.com/ by another guru, Rami Bleckt.
Therefore, more about him)))

Rami (Pavel) Blekt - - specialist in alternative psychology, Vedic astrologer.
After leaving school, he entered a military institute, where he got into an experimental group that trained personnel for the Airborne Forces. This group was also distinguished by the fact that well-known military psychologists, psychotherapists and educators worked with it, whose goal was to understand the limits of the human psyche during overload, the influence of the internal state on the achievement of specific goals, and whether it is possible to raise a super-warrior from an ordinary person with the help of internal changes. Having become acquainted with many psychological techniques, he easily completed the standard of a master of sports, a candidate for a master in several sports and many first-class standards, and also significantly improved the quality of his education. All this gave him faith in these techniques. While studying at the institute, he began to study Christian, Jewish, Sufi, and later Buddhist and Vedic philosophical, medical and religious books. After graduation, he served in the special forces of the Airborne Forces (airborne troops), continued to study the psychology of sports, wrote articles and participated in the military scientific society. Plunging deeper into the study of various yogic practices and Vedic literature, he increasingly understands that they underlie the successful methods that his teachers used at the institute. He also saw that this is a small part of what the great Indian sages-saints left to the world.
Realizing this, he retires and takes the vow of a monk in a Hindu ashram and has been studying and practicing Eastern spiritual practices, Indian astrology and Eastern psychology for almost five years. Continuing to constantly study and work on himself, in parallel, he began to disseminate his knowledge. Since 1995 he began to conduct private consultations. He taught at the college and university the basics of Eastern psychology and the psychology of religion. Conducted popular science lectures, seminars, which aroused great interest and response in Russia, Canada, USA, Lithuania, Kazakhstan, Israel, Great Britain, Germany and Ukraine. At the invitation of the Ministry of Internal Affairs of Russia, he successfully conducted seminars in four prisons in Russia.
In 1996, in Lithuania, at the international competition of experts in oriental psychology and philosophy, he won the main prize and was awarded the title of “pandit” (scientist, expert in Sanskrit). Passed a full course in yoga and psychology of yoga in the ashram of Sivananda Swami and received an international diploma "Yoga teacher".

Based on the ancient knowledge of enlightened sages and the latest achievements of modern science, he developed a number of unique author's courses and trainings (“Learning Vedic Astrology and Alternative Psychology with Ease and Love”, “Eastern Psychology Training Course”, “Anatomy of Success”, “Vedic Astropsychology”, “Practical techniques of Eastern psychology for a Western person”, “Alternative psychotherapy”, “Influence of planets on fate and health”, “4 steps towards Higher harmony”, “Alchemy of happiness”, “Fast, personal growth with the help of Eastern psychology”, "10 steps to excellence" and many others).
Recognized as the best trainer at the 5th International Festival of Psychology and Psychotherapy Stars. Laureate of the international award Alchemy-2007 in the category “Alchemy of life”, category “Person of the year in the field of training programs”.
He is the author of a number of popular science articles devoted to the study of consciousness, super-deep emotions, the role of the subconscious in human life, the influence of planets on the human psyche, the nature of the mind, the dependence of a person’s fate on his character, etc. Has over 100 publications. Candidate of Psychological Sciences (Dissertation topic - Ancient Wisdom in Retrospect). Author of the amazing books “Fate and Me” (2005) and “10 Smart Steps on the Path to Happiness” (2007), “Three Energies. Forgotten canons of health and harmony” (2008), “How to negotiate with the universe or the influence of planets on fate and health”.
In 2005, according to polls conducted by independent media, he entered the top ten most popular astrologers in the world. In 2008 in the top ten best astrologers of the CIS. In 2007 he was awarded the title of Joytish Guru. This is the highest title for a Vedic astrologer, given by Rami to one of the most famous and respected schools in India. Trained about 300 Vedic astrologers and astro-psychologists of the “Amateur Consultant” level, 35 people of the “Professional Consultant” level and 5 people of the “Professional Teacher” level.
Since March 2006, the International Festival of Stars of Eastern and Western Psychology has been held annually in Israel, which experts recognize as one of the best such events in the world. In various countries, he regularly participates in radio and TV programs of central channels and is also published in magazines and newspapers of these countries. Programs with his participation attract a lot of attention, because Rami can convey the deepest truths to people very simply, practically and with humor, his words inspire confidence. He perfectly conducts live express consultations to strangers, telling fragments of their past, describing their character, subconscious programs and giving very effective advice. In 2007, he founded and became the editor-in-chief of the international Russian-language magazine Thanksgiving with Love. The electronic version of this magazine is www.blagoda.com At present, the circulation of the magazine has reached several hundred thousand, after its first issue, regular readers appeared in many cities of Russia, Israel, Germany, Ukraine, Kazakhstan, Austria, France, Lithuania, Canada, the USA, Belgium, England, Latvia, Azerbaijan and even New Zealand and South Africa. To date, the total circulation is more than 200,000 copies. The magazine is published in Russia, Israel, Germany, Canada.
He is an independent mentor-consultant of many political leaders, major public figures and well-known businessmen from several countries of the world. On a voluntary basis since 2004, he has been the head of the International Association of Eastern Psychology (website www.alterp.com). The main goal of the association is to help people become healthy, happy and harmonious on the basis of ancient wisdom and modern scientific achievements.

And finally, the words of Rami:
Every Master has two forms: the Supersoul (Holy Spirit) that resides in everyone's heart, and the personal form manifested through some exalted personality. But this personal form is not the main one, the main thing is that we must see the Teacher (God) in everyone and everything that we come into contact with in our lives. Each person is our Teacher, each situation teaches us something, and the purpose of all this Divine “study” is to bring us closer, fill us with Divine love.

QUESTION: What is "enlightenment" from the point of view of Iissiidiology? In the Eastern tradition, this is a certain state, an experience, a certain transformation that a person experiences at a certain moment, and no longer becomes the same. It is interesting exactly why someone becomes enlightened spontaneously, someone - as a result of practices and meditations, and most importantly - why a person was one, and after enlightenment this is a completely different, much more conscious person?

I have never specifically studied this issue, but it seems to me that in this issue, as well as in the current concepts of “spiritual Initiations”, there is a lot of confusion, religious layers that make it difficult to see their main Essence behind popular terms, which, at the moment of the development of the Collective Consciousness of Humanity (CSC), most people who are not familiar with the criteria for iissiidiological assessments of the truth of Human signs and their differences from other animal programs and influences on the Self-Consciousness of each individual will simply not be understood. And misunderstanding automatically causes doubt and distrust in people, which cannot be dispelled with two words. Therefore, I will not convince anyone of anything, but simply express my subjective opinion on this vast topic.

Enlightenment is not a sign of any particular religious denomination or the prerogative of any particular direction of spiritual development. This is a state of stable peace and a calmly wise attitude to any manifestations of Life, which one day comes to all of us, and not to some chosen ones, thanks to an independently conscious understanding of its deep Essence, which is carefully hidden behind a dense veil of suffering, failures, troubles and misfortunes. . When a person partially or completely does not trust the justice and regularity of all his annoying ups and downs and failures, he is not able to adequately evaluate his actions, because all his mental and mental efforts are not directed inward to “himself”, but only outside, where, according to his ideas, there must be his enemy, some hidden villain, for some reason wishing him harm.

Such a person is simply not able to realize the causes of the life circumstances surrounding him, and therefore he gets upset, gets out of balance, feels fear from the feeling of a threat to his existence and, considering himself a victim, is not able to self-critically and constructively treat the problem or tragedy that has arisen in his Life. He blames anyone for what happened: officials, rulers, swindlers, the devil, God, the Universe, karma, in the end (!), - but not himself. It is much easier for such people to make themselves a victim than to honestly and consciously admit at least to themselves that they are wrong, stubborn, elementary stupidity or ignorance, consciously taking full responsibility for what is happening on themselves personally.

Naturally, such a person cannot be enlightened, since all his personal Self-Consciousness is firmly fixated on the perception of external - illusory and deceptive - attributes of his existence, and behind the conspicuous surroundings he is not able to discern the subtlest shades of magical colors of the surrounding reality, seeing everything only in black and gray color scheme. Life and the whole World are perceived by him as a result of the manifestation of hostile forces that want, if not to destroy it, then at least to enjoy its illnesses, torment and suffering, material deprivation and moral torment.

In order to really be, and not seem to be truly Enlightened (do not play, do not impersonate him!), you need not only to know human Nature well, but also to deeply understand the cause-and-effect relationships between the observed event and that possible - invisible, but logically regular - the primary Causal Factor that prompted the participants in this event to act in this way, and not otherwise. These sources (Causes) perceived subterranically are “hidden” (in fact, they lie on the surface!) in the structures of our Self-Consciousness, which is blinded by the seeming well-being of the current momentary present, and, as it were, is in a state of forgetting “its” Reactions, Thoughts, Feelings and Judgments , shown by "him" in the relatively recent past.

And since there has always been a lot of esoteric, scientific, philosophical and other knowledge, the concept of an “enlightened person” cannot be interpreted unambiguously. In fact, in most generally recognized religious denominations and esoteric spiritual directions, the corresponding dogmas are either disinformation carefully compiled for selfish purposes on someone’s order, or more or less successfully processed compilations of ancient manuscripts, or a retelling of extremely deformed oral subjective information, conjectures and other "creations" of folklore.

Now the entire Internet is literally overflowing with countless varieties of all kinds of fake materials compiled for every taste and look, with the most convincing evidence and intriguing promises to get real “enlightenment” to anyone who wants it in just a few (but very expensive!) Lessons. As a result, gullible people, guided primarily by vanity (and there are millions of them!), receive at the end of the course another medal and a certificate certified by a seal that he / she is a “masters”, “bachelors”, “enlightened masters” or “ teachers" of some popular "spiritual" brand. Perfectly understanding the mechanism of such deceit (as they say: "Nothing personal! Only business!") and similar gullibility, I sincerely pity such "enlightened" and "initiated"...

Well, this is also one of the many possible, but false individual Paths of each of you to the future true states of spiritual Enlightenment and spiritual Initiation. You just need to gain more patience, endurance, moral stability and inflexibility in the face of vices and lower passions, self-sacrifice and Altruism (relieving selfishness), deep penetration of the mind and many other things to correct and reprogram in your personal Self-Consciousness, until your own intuitive opportunity to experience and verify the validity of the Submissions you already have. And for this you need to work hard on yourself, read a lot, learn, compare, analyze and comprehend the received Information in a new way.

I am more than sure that you will often be very disappointed with yourself and upset that so much time wasted as if "in vain" studying something that simply "does not have a place to be." But your grief will be in vain, because nothing, absolutely nothing in Life happens to each of us in vain - without a serious reason for it. Of course, the most reasonable, in my opinion, decision would be immediately, without postponing for later and not being afraid of the seemingly difficult textual presentation of completely new Information, the complexity of definitions and Representations, the abundance of new incomprehensible terms, to dive as deep as possible - with all the fibers of your Soul - to this area of ​​global cosmic Knowledge - AALLMMAALLAA, one of the adapted (to the features of the current for us version of the Collective Consciousness of humanity) Versions of which is Iissiidiology.

After all, without those unique and detailed information about the deep Essence of human Nature itself and about its highly specific inextricable interconnections with the rest - the sacred, eternally living and indivisible - Universe, which you will not find either in ancient manuscripts and scrolls, or, even more so, in modern opuses, neither you nor any other person can become a truly wise and Enlightened Person. The main sign of the Enlightened One, in my opinion, is a high degree of his/her Humanity, and in order to become more and more Human, one must first of all deeply understand and clearly imagine exactly how this seemingly familiar concept manifests itself in the practice of relations through character traits, views, moral and material priorities.

None of the currently existing knowledge, except for Iissiidiology, gives such clear, deep in Meaning and well-reasoned answers to all these and many other important positions, which amaze me with their consistency, logical integrity and shock even my sophisticated Imagination with organic interconnection with everything else. But the realization of this fact does not come immediately, but only after a sufficiently long time has passed, entirely devoted to persistent and comprehensive immersion in this truly living and eternally renewing, like Life itself, sacred Knowledge. And I am sincerely glad that I managed not only to understand this Information myself, but also to pass it on to many future generations of people for further in-depth development - as a recommendation to everyone who wants to spiritually improve themselves not blindly, at random, but purposefully rushing into the Human Wonderful Future.

You who ask this question should understand that the Enlightened One is different for the Enlightened One! There is no such category under which, as one size fits all, it would be possible to sum up all people who, as it were, meet the criterion of an “enlightened person”. "Enlightenment", in my understanding, is not some specific distinctive "sign" or a well-deserved "title", but the natural, positively balanced state of your Soul - the very Essence of your current Existence, from which you not only do not want, but you can't get out anymore, because then it won't be you anymore.

There can be no equally enlightened people, because each such spiritual state is based on a purely individual energy-informational basis of Self-Consciousness, organized by the personal Representations of the individual about himself and the reality surrounding him, which include the features of a person’s religion, ethnic, cultural traditions that are natural for him and genetic features - the source of the formation of the worldview and understanding of the world, the depth of his own Cognition (he heard, read or on his own, freely received intuitive Information), as well as the very nature of Life and the circumstances that served as the true Cause for this person to acquire internal psycho-mental balance, as well as many other things. many other things that we do not know about ourselves, but which makes each of us a unique being.

The very state of the enlightened Self-Consciousness is also not stable, because as long as the implementation of at least a small part of the causal Channels 1-4 of the Levels 1-4 of the first two IISSIIDI-Centers is initiated (and without them, not a single mixed biological organism simply could function!), there will always be a source of internal psychological triggers and mental tensors, because of which you will strive to stir up internal conflicts, regrets, doubts even in small things. An enlightened person is not a soulless "living mummy", but a person who has learned to quite effectively manage and subordinate to his Will unwanted manifestations in his own Focal Dynamics of the selfish SFUURMM-Forms of the collective Unconscious.

If, for example, an enlightened person does not cry at a funeral, then this is not because he is not worried about the grief and tears of other people! This means that he has positive Motivations, different from the motivations of others, which allow him to see this situation from a completely different, incomprehensible and incomprehensible position for other people (due to their lack of specific knowledge), and also make it possible to “project” SFUURMM - The form of your Idea about this in the positive area of ​​your own Perception system and continue to be balanced and absolutely confident that the ongoing dramatic action has its own objective Cause, which means it is fair and natural, so there is no point in worrying and worrying so much.

The question: “What is this particular Cause?” does not bother him at all. It is enough for him to realize that everything that happens is necessary for those with whom it happens. This is about the same thing that I often remind you of: “Everything that is, already exists, and is for good!”. If you back up this Motivation with a deep iissiidological Understanding and do not forget to use lluuvvumic Representations literally in all cases of Life, then it will be much easier to achieve enlightened states, because as long as you are in positivism to everything that happens to you and around you, consciously suppressing simultaneously activated negative tendencies, then such important and necessary areas of the brain for achieving an enlightened state as the ventromedial and the entire lateral prefrontal cortex (PFC), in combination with the striatum and locus coeruleus, will actively function and develop. At the slightest sign of negativism, the control of personal Self-Consciousness again returns to the Creators of the dorsomedial and orbitofrontal PFC with their active relationships with the amygdala, provoking your irritation from what is happening, resentment and a whole cascade of uncontrollable negative emotions, which can be followed by completely unpredictable and inadequate actions.

Therefore, in some enlightened people, this state is maintained due to increased activity of the ventromedial (in particular, infralimbic) Creators of the PFC and PJI (anterior cingulate gyrus) and depends on heredity and epigenetic Factors. The presence and intensive development since childhood of this particular feature of the characteristic interconnections of the neural networks of the brain can be attributed to the starting mechanism for entering the enlightened state of a very small cohort of true Indian and Tibetan Great Teachers (Amma, Babaji, Osho, Maharshi, Yogananda, Ganesh, Sai Baba, Shivananda, Ghosh, Mahakala, Namsaray), who left behind a noticeable spiritual mark in the history, culture and development of their national cultures.

The rest of the “enlightened ones” are also, for the most part, quite kind and good people, often very educated and insightful, but they have not experienced in their Life that key “starting point” from which Self-Consciousness no longer has a way back to its usual worldly activities, but only higher and higher... On the physical plane, for me it is a very specific, indescribably comfortable and powerful light impulse that suddenly passed through my head, accompanied by an unusually bright flash in my eyes. It reminds me of the effect that occurs with each act of the dominant inter-Qualitative Synthesis, but it also has its own special mechanism of mental influence on the quality of the Personality's Self-Consciousness. Now let me tell you what I want to say.

A person, wherever he is, freezes for a few moments, as if he is about to lose Consciousness, but at the same time manages to speculatively “visit” during this time some special, amazing in nature and amazing in terms of relations between people “living conditions” . When he comes to his senses, it seems to him that somewhere "there" he lived for many months. And the memory of this accompanies him for the rest of his Life, passing from script to script, from one "dying" to the next.

Perhaps this moment itself is also associated with revitalization, which becomes a powerful factor that instantly initiates the opening in the brain of the acceptor of new ampliative zones of the prefrontal cortex (PFC), new synapses, and hence new spiritual abilities. At the same time, a person immediately changes the current Paradigm of his Self-Consciousness, which cannot but be noticed by the people around him even outwardly: his face becomes clearer and more peaceful, the dynamics of all parts of the body slows down somewhat, movements become smooth, and his voice becomes sonorous and loud.

If we conditionally remove the subjective factor of chronology from this process of revitalizations, then an interesting picture emerges: starting with one of the Configurations of your Interpretations, this “Impulse” does not fade, but intensifies, being transmitted from the deceased personality to the Self-Consciousness of its living Interpretations (from the donor to the acceptor) and causing in it a similar effect of Enlightenment with subsequent identical memories, up to the next revitalization, at the moment of which the same, but even more mentally enhanced effect is also transmitted to the next acceptor.

But one should not think that such an act of Enlightenment occurs accidentally or suddenly: it manifests itself in the personal Self-Consciousness only in the presence of certain mental and, undoubtedly, genetic factors already stabilized in the Focal Dynamics: certain cognitive abilities, hereditary predisposition to high feeling and deep thinking , a high degree of synthesis of the lower Levels of Self-Consciousness, and all that… After the act of Enlightenment, the further development of neural networks can go quite intensively, but in very different ways.

Since it is somewhat easier for the ventromedial and ventrolateral Creators of the prefrontal cortex (PFC) to synchronize their relationships with each other than with the dorsolateral Creators, the enlightened one will develop his sensory-intuitive abilities to a greater extent without going deep into the rational Essence of things. In my understanding, this is Sage Sensitives who prefer the empirical way of knowledge. They like to communicate with people more, go out into society, be a public person than read, write down their thoughts, publish books, develop some specific educational and intellectual activity. Also, they do not really like loneliness, they always want to share their Representations with someone, to feel someone's solidarity with them.

If, by the moment of enlightenment, the dorsolateral PFC Creators have already activated to a sufficient degree, then his further development will have a more pronounced intellectual-intuitive tendency. They are usually loners who are completely engrossed in their mission of passing everything they know to other people. They constantly write something, while giving lectures in a narrow audience, they do not really like publicity, they do not like to be in sight, preferring loneliness and the opportunity to be alone with themselves, with their thoughts and reflections. I would call them Wise Sophists. There are significantly fewer enlightened people in this category than in the first. Therefore, people get the impression that all enlightened people are very sensual. Yes, this is correct! But there are also intellectual and sensual ones! It’s just that there are fewer of them, and few people see and know them, since they are always, at all times, “not in trend”, although it is they who are the Keepers of the Knowledge of Humanity…

I also want to note that many, very many people (hundreds of thousands of them), posing as "enlightened" and generally recognized as them, in reality turn out to be just scammers who have read something from esotericism, picked up all sorts of things from the occult and magic. Often they are very subtle psychologists, and some have hypnotic influence or even some kind of psychic abilities. But you should not be offended by them, because they are excellent managers who have filled free niches to provide those needs that are very much in demand by our community. Their entire business is entirely built and based on this far-fetched and advertised image by the masses of gullible and simple-hearted people.

And finally, let me remind you that the enlightened, like all other people, are also carriers of SFUURMM-Forms and worldviews of different protoform orientations, since the Primary Sources of the constant generations of the above-described ampliative "enlightenment impulses" reflect the Interests of Ideas and egregors that structure the most diverse Collective Cosmic Intelligences (KKR). Some enlightened ones are completely under the supervision of the Creators of Cosmic Entities, whose realization Interests are, to a greater or lesser extent, tensor in relation to our birvularity.

From such an "enlightened" one can expect anything, including very subtle in Essence and in perception, but very powerful and effective in their purposeful impact on our Self-Consciousness, destructive Programs aimed at the complete subordination of people who "pecked" at them to the orders of representatives of this egregor: you they say, and you listen attentively, as it were, to the right words, memorize wise phrases that reinforce your positive opinion about participating in a good and useful movement for everyone, and in the end it turns out that you, like everyone else, are the same gullible seekers of Truth, " spent on the chaff" and simply used in some of their dark and unclean deeds. At first, the subconscious, and then the highly intelligent Intuition, which is gradually formed during the study of Iissiidiology, will help you learn to avoid such involutional traps and understand people well.

Those who call themselves enlightened constantly emphasize the need to direct their attention to the present moment. How important is this from the point of view of Iissiidiology?

If you do not form and lay in our collective Subconsciousness as detailed as possible and sensually saturated with positive expectations, the Program of your immediate future development (your urgent Goal or several Goals) with its subsequent mental processing to a stable Representation (they say, YES, just for such a Beautiful Future I agree, that’s why everything will be one way or another, it can’t be otherwise!), then the amicration of your Focal Dynamics, carried out by tiny leaps of your current Interests from yesterday to the current Interests of today, without realizing a clear and distinct perspective, will be much more spontaneous, unpredictable and chaotic than it could be.

A picture of any of the variants of your personal so-called. the "future" already exists in one of myriad scenarios, and all you have to do is find the means to become aware of yourself there. And you, except for the psychic potential, which you squander every day on the materialization of all sorts of nonsense, have nothing else. Life, on the other hand, functions according to the principle of unisons: each psychic unison corresponds to its own material unison. And in order to synchronize with the right picture, you cannot do without planning your probable future - then only at some point you will collapse with it.

There are many examples when domestic cats, dogs and even rats found their owners who moved somewhere and even flew hundreds and thousands of kilometers away from their former home. What guided them in their attractor wanderings (even in many large cities) and, in the end, led them to the very desired Goal? Unison! They memorized the frequency of vibrations of their master well, intuitively tracked by the Perception system the approximate location of its location, and avoiding many dangers and temptations to stay somewhere, abandon their target, one day they were able to find the one whom they had been looking for so hard for many months and years.

The same can be said about the mothers who had their little children stolen from them and who, without losing hope, believed that they would meet them again... And they got theirs! Even after years, but the Image of a future meeting stored in the Heart, fueled by everyday and unrelenting Hope, Confidence, Aspiration, was able to vibrationally lead them into a favorable scenario. This is how you should act with your current Goals!

Enlightenment as a quality of personality - the ability to be filled with peace, contentment, joy; to be ennobled, cleansed of all evil in the soul, thoughts.

Buddha wandered for six years, he visited all the sages, saints, scientists, all kinds of gurus, but nothing happened. Asceticism, fasting, yoga - all in vain. Once Siddhartha tried to ford a small river, the current was strong, and he was so weak from constant deprivation and malnutrition that his head was spinning, he fell into the water and was carried downstream. It is not known how all this would have ended if he had not grabbed a long root. He was washed ashore. In this position, not having the strength to get out, he clearly realized: "Life is like the ocean." And if life is an ocean, then everything I do is wrong. If I have brought myself to such a state that I cannot even cross this river, then how am I going to cross the ocean of life? My path is wrong. I became weak, and in order to rise to God, great energy is needed.”

He managed to get out of the river, he lay down under a tree and relaxed. There was a full moon that evening, and for the first time in six years of wandering he slept well, he no longer needed to rush anywhere, there was nothing to achieve; no practice, no exercise. For the first time, he felt complete freedom. Without hurrying anywhere, lying under a tree, he watched the sunrise. He watched the last morning star melt. It is said that when she disappeared, Siddhartha also disappeared. In an instant, six years of wandering flashed before his mind's eye like a nightmare, but that was already in the past. Buddha became enlightened!

Enlightenment - to realize oneself not as a body, but as a soul and see in oneself the representation of God - the oversoul. An enlightened person differs from an unenlightened one in that his mind is always in balance. He is alien to the coven of insatiable feelings, rampant passions and desires, the unbridled dance of a spontaneous, chaotic and restless mind. An enlightened person lives in harmony with himself and with the outside world, he is peaceful and feels contentment in himself, he does not need anything, he does not condemn or reproach anyone. He wishes everyone happiness and prosperity.

An enlightened person sees a kindred spirit in other people, therefore he treats others with respect and goodwill. He does not wish harm to anyone. There is no envy or greed in it. Such a person is content with little. Enlightenment is enough for bliss. A person who tries to fake enlightenment is ridiculous, no matter how hard he tries to fake enlightenment.

Once Bodhidharma was asked: - What is the difference between the life of a great sage and the ordinary life of an ordinary person? Bodhidharma replied, “It is like an autumn cobweb. Some mistake it for steam, but in reality it is a web floating in the air. The average person sees the sage and considers his life to be the same as his own ordinary life, while the enlightened person sees something sacred in the life of the average person.

The mind of an enlightened person knows how to live correctly. He doesn't need advice. He realized what is good and what is bad, he firmly knows what can be done and what is categorically impossible. For most people, the path of an enlightened person is inaccessible. As they say: - And I would be glad to heaven, but sins are not allowed. Philosopher Oleg Torsunov states: “Sins are such a layer of mental dirt that is located between the mind, the material mind and the oversoul. That is, a person cannot see happiness through this layer, it is distorted through these sins, it acquires completely different shades, that is, the oversoul gives its energy of happiness, but a person perceives it in a completely different way, he perceives it through the prism of his sins. As a result, his understanding of happiness is of a completely different nature, he misunderstands happiness... You just need to know your level of consciousness and live in accordance with it. A truly enlightened person lives on a whim, his oversoul is in direct contact with him, he knows how to live, he has no doubts, he is filled with knowledge, that is, he is sanctified by knowledge and knowledge illuminates him and everyone who comes into contact with him. This is not an intelligent person, this is already an enlightened person.”

A joke on the subject. “I prayed and meditated for three years and reached enlightenment. “And I prayed and meditated for five years and reached enlightenment. - And immediately a brick fell on my head.

How to determine the level of one's own and someone else's enlightenment? The level of enlightenment is directly proportional to how many events in our lives we have understood, understood and evaluated correctly. There were many events. The more a person acted correctly, the more he made the right decisions, the higher the level of his enlightenment.

Everyone goes through life lessons, overcomes difficulties. If a person, being on the platform of the Student of Life, correctly learns the lessons of fate, it means that he has a high level of enlightenment. Enlightenment does not depend on the number of prayers read and candles lit. One millionaire bought a million candles, they could not put it on right away. They put it on for a year, but he didn’t get any better because of this, but only became proud that I was so good, I put a million candles, my neighbor didn’t put anything at all. The pride is gone. The level of enlightenment directly depends on how well a person has the ability to learn well from life, how faithfully he accepts its challenges, overcomes life's troubles. The more correctly assessed events in your life, the higher the level of enlightenment.

An enlightened person sees the truth. Philosopher Alexei Meredov writes: “And what is most interesting is that each new truth is comprehended after the previous one is understood. Sometimes people involved in spiritual practice say: “I have been doing so much spiritual practice, but still no enlightenment comes. Both our enlightenment and our advancement depend on how well you have understood the lessons of life. Enlightenment - once you have understood the lesson of life - truth arises. When you understand the lesson of life, the meaning of this event, and treat it correctly, the truth arises.

Anecdotes on the subject. The esoteric practitioner meditates on the dissolution of the "I", slowly falling into nirvana, and at the moment of complete dissolution hears the doorbell ring. Without opening his eyes, he shouts: "Who's there?" - I AM! - I AM???????

To the guru sitting in the lotus position and meditating, his disciple comes and says: - Teacher, I have been diligently studying with you for 10 years. You teach me to breathe correctly, to meditate, to look inside myself, to see what is not visible to ordinary people, you teach me the wisdom of the Universe, to communicate with the Astral. But, teacher, in these 10 years I have never had a Revelation visit. I never reached Enlightenment. The teacher interrupted his communication with the Astral and said: - 10 years? Strange!!!… Who do you buy grass from?

Petr Kovalev 2014

Enlightenment. Some signs and criteria

(Described on the basis of the texts of the Vedic tradition and the sayings of the Enlightened Ones)

The spiritual search of many seekers begins with the clarification of fundamental terms. One such most commonly used term is "". The choice of the Path by a spiritual seeker largely depends on the “correct” interpretation of Enlightenment.

Why is this happening? Because they are often identified with the Fruit of practice, that is, with the goal that the spiritual seeker will strive for. If the goal of achievement is chosen incorrectly, then the result of the practice will be appropriate.

Through the concept Enlightenment some assert themselves and thereby reinforce their ignorance, others are sincerely mistaken, still others are strengthened in the idea of ​​ego independence, and others justify their afflictions and indiscipline.

The ego will always find a way to wishful thinking. We do not suspect how cunning, sophisticated it is, how subtly it can disguise itself, build protection, mimic and convince the mind. It can make deceptive moves, set false goals, and do everything for the sake of its self-affirmation. But who can it fool? Only himself.

Often claimed to imply a transition to a state of egolessness. Only he can be called enlightened who has no ego.

Often associated with various altered states of consciousness that sometimes occur in dhyana or contemplation. Altered states grant some expansion, spontaneity, clarity, openness, depth. And then the ego starts looking for them intensely.

Many understand it as deliverance from suffering, but this is a superficial level of understanding. When we embark on the path of spiritual perfection - the first thing that happens to us - we get rid of the suffering of an ordinary human being. Why? Because we stop living by categories, concepts of this world.

In Zen Enlightenment corresponds to the term satori, awakening from the sleep of ignorance, which is a very important event in a person's life. The destruction of ignorance is not the destruction of diversity, it is the destruction of identification with diversity. When diversity is no longer capable of misleading.

In fact, this is the transformation of a person towards divinity, going beyond the limits of humanity.

Our humanity, the world of people almost always consists of a limited view. but it is connected with the liberation from prarabdha karma and any karma in general, and then the consciousness goes beyond the limits of time, the space of manushya loka (the human world), infinite worlds of divine beings open up for it. And the soul begins its journey beyond everything.

Many understand it as an end in itself. And then the ego creates for itself an image of Enlightenment as such a desirable thing and begins to fantasize about these topics. These fantasies add up to a mental picture of the world. Evaluations, discussions begin - this one is enlightened, but this one is not.

But it is all mind, the basis of the ego.

In fact, it (the ego) needs to be convinced that this is not an end in itself, this is just a beautiful flower on the path, and the goal of sadhana is beyond all concepts of Enlightenment, this is the Absolute, God.

The Absolute does not need Enlightenment because he never got dark. Our conditioned mind becomes enlightened, but Brahman has nothing to do with it. The true is given as a grace, happens, and is not achieved by the mind and ego. And it is not a goal, Enlightenment is only a certain fact of recognizing what has always been, recognizing the Absolute. Whether you know about it or not - for the Absolute itself - it does not matter. It is important only for the mind, the body. And the true is when you understand it, that is, when it becomes an insignificant fact in comparison with the Absolute.

Signs of Enlightenment

It is impossible to adequately describe the world of the Enlightened One for people of the ordinary dual world. The people of the ordinary world see only the body of the Enlightened One, but not his knowledge. The eyes of other people who are not Enlightened Ones cannot see the essence of the Enlightened One, for their mind is unable to penetrate the knowledge that the jnani has. They can see the body, hear the voice, evaluate the words, but all this does not matter from the point of view of the Enlightened One, since he is not all these and resides in transcendental consciousness beyond the body, words and speech.

This is not only knowledge - jnana, it is also shakti - spiritual power, and the enlightened one is also the one who has shakti (shaktiman).

The first power that appears in the Enlightened One is the power of wisdom (jnana shakti), thanks to which he can show clarity, give answers to any questions, create philosophical systems and explain them, see the essence of causes and effects.

The second power is the power of self-liberation, the power of inner freedom (svatantriya shakti), thanks to which the Enlightened One can free his consciousness from any energies, connections, relationships, keeping it pure, spotless (nirajana). The power of inner freedom arises from the power of wisdom and draws its inspiration from brahma aham bhava - the pure space of enlightened consciousness.

The third power of the Enlightened One is the power of intention (ichcha shakti), thanks to which he can attract events from the void, materialize things, embody his plans (sankalpa siddhi).

The fourth power is the power to control reality, the power of divine omnipotence, the dominion of the Enlightened One (Aishvarya Shakti), thanks to which he influences the gross and subtle worlds.

Finally, the fifth power is the ability to act, to perform various deeds (kriya shakti) - to create, maintain, destroy, conceal, bring down the divine.

Reached Enlightenment actually uses these forces.

« When I look at studentsI think of Brahman shining,inconceivable that already shines within them,thus disciples naturally awaken,by the power of one connection with me.» The Universe of the Jnani, Swami Vishnudevananda Giri

And yet, how to compare your spiritual level with the spiritual level of one who has reached Enlightenment? To this end, the saints and rishis have given us their vision of the state of Enlightenment in the ancient treatises of the Vedic tradition.

“He who cannot be affected by honors and insults, losses and gains, he is a sage from the best category. The best of sages is able to give full answers without any hesitation to questions regarding realization and the most sublime truths ...

For example, a Jnani who has realized the Supreme Being with the smallest effort can continue to maintain his former way of life, although his mind is no longer accessible and his views cannot be shaken. He resembles a worldly person in all matters. How then can he be judged by others?
But be that as it may, one jnani recognizes another immediately, just as an expert can evaluate precious stones at a glance ... "Dattatreya, "", ch.XXI

It is important to understand that all statements about Enlightenment are not intended for our comparison of anyone with anyone, but only for comparing our own worldview with the worldview of the Enlightened One.

One of the signs Enlightenment jnani (knowing, enlightened) is his inner purity, his pure vision. The speech of the one who has reached Enlightenment becomes completely pure, his thoughts become pure, his emotions are always pure .

Sometimes he may, as a game, show emotions to help another, but even in this case he himself has achieved Enlightenment always free from them.

"The sages who know themselves acquire fearlessness, dispassion and shine in their own splendor. They are always self-sufficient and internally are in a satisfied state.
The sage sees consciousness as the essence of everything, as the omnipresent God of all things, formless, but filling all forms.

"This is the sage, liberated in this life, who has abandoned all motivated actions, is free from conditioning, and has turned away from all desires and hopes."

"Even when he seems to be busy with some business in this world, his mind is not distracted at all"
"The dual powers of attraction and repulsion do not affect him at all"

"The state of one who is liberated in this life can also be expressed in words like this: turya or "deep sleep in awakening", a state of complete freedom. But the state that follows this is inaccessible to describe in words. It is beyond turya."

Reached Enlightenment never experiences anger, greed, envy, or fear. He looks at everyone as the embodiment of the Divine. The enlightened one is always exalted. His mind is very subtle, clear and sharp, although he does not consider himself a scientist.

The enlightened one is amused by the worldly seriousness of people who attach great importance to the mind and ego, although he treats others with compassion.

« 51. Thus, having dissolved dual concepts, [jnani] transcends the illusory Maya and becomes one with Brahman, like water with water or milk with milk.

69. Eating any food, dressing as you like, and living anywhere, the one who feels himself to be the soul of all beings is liberated. »

Reached Enlightenment sees Divinity everywhere, even where others see only the ordinary. He thinks abstractly, purely, broadly, on a large scale, globally, paradoxically.

"He who has conquered himself remains calm and contented, doing what must be done and avoiding what should be avoided.
His mind is at peace, enjoying the observation of himself and is not interested in external events and observations ....."
"The one for whom joy is not joy and suffering is not suffering is the liberated one.
One whose heart is not agitated, even when experiencing pleasure, is the liberated one.
He is liberated who enjoys pure consciousness as well as the objective world."

The Enlightened One is always out of mind, out of thoughts, no assessments of the mind, concepts, judgments, theories do not dominate him.

His intelligence is very high, although he does not attach any importance to this, because. his inner wisdom is even higher, and the intellect is just a servant of that wisdom. There are no stupid enlightened.

Reached Enlightenment able to talk easily for hours, days without any preparation on the topics of philosophy, the topics of divine truths and God. Nothing else interests him in this world, and if he supports other topics, it is only out of politeness or to help another, in his awakening.

The Enlightened One lives in his sacred world, his pure dimension, allowing only those who are open and chosen by the divine power to enter it. He himself does not seek publicity among the people, but he is well known and respected among true sadhus, saints and other jnanis.

Where others see dirt, the Enlightened One sees unstained purity. Where others see poison, he sees nectar. Where others see ugliness, the Enlightened One sees divine beauty. Where others see flaws, he sees the play of the Divine in everything.

"His mind is at rest, enjoying the observation of himself, and is not interested in external events and observations."..
"For the enlightened, there are no fools. Why waste time discussing the non-existent?..."
"He who is ignorant perceives the world as having a beginning and an end. The enlightened one does not see it at all because, that it was not created and therefore does not exist.
Yoga Vasistha, Ch. 6-21.

Reached Enlightenment does not experience impure thoughts and does not seek company.He is always alone andlives alone, to always be one on one with God, without being distracted by something else. And if he communicates, then only with those who are ready to listen to the Dharma, to serve the Dharma.

He is not interested in the affairs of people or their plans, becausehe is absorbed in the Divine.
An unshakable pure vision settled within him. The enlightened one blesses those who curse him and prays for them, wishing them happiness and good luck, as he sees the Divine light in everyone.

« For him, even stones become friends and trees in the forest - relatives; even when he lives in the middle of the forest, animalsbecome friends and family. Absence of harmony becomes harmony sadness- great joy, and even immersed in intense activity, he feels an inner silence. He sees perfect inaction in action. awakened,he is in deep sleep . Fwillow,he is also good, like the dead one.
He does everything and nothing. He's enjoying, not tasting pleasure. He- anyone's best friend. He is free from pity for others, but full of sympathy. Free from aspirations he seems to want something. He appears happy or unhappy in appropriate situations.
He doesn't leave it which is natural and plays its respective role in this drama of life.
He sympathizes with the sad and rejoices with those who are happy, but neither pollutes his heart. » Yoga Vasistha, Ch. 6.20.

Reached Enlightenment does not listen to worldly wisdom, neither his own mind, nor the minds of others, as he is absorbed by the Divine light, Divinity, which, as it were, permeates him. He is not attached to this life, or to other people, or to the stereotypes of society, but is always absorbed in the contemplation of the Divine.

The enlightened one is not impressed by either blasphemy or praise, and he equally perceives what people call happiness and sorrow. Everything for the Enlightened One has the same taste. He is full of inner divine majesty, although he himself is modest.

Reached Enlightenment incomprehensible to ordinary people. His actions are transcendent, spontaneous and intuitive, he has no sense of the doer, he plays in non-action. An enlightened person has an inner divine light that guides him in life, bestows an everlasting, never vanishing feeling of joy - brahma-ananda.

An enlightened person does not seek someone else's attention, wealth and fame, but he does not deny anything that comes to him by itself, without effort, because he is in all acceptance.

“I am devoid of form and appearance, I am omnipotent, I am in everything and everywhere, I am unchanged, There is no liberation for me, there is no shackles for me. I am Being-Consciousness-Bliss, I am Shiva, I am Shiva! »

The enlightened one simply naturally lives without having a personality, plays without acting, without choosing. He does not participate in disputes, debates of worldly people, he does not prove anything to anyone, because. sees only his consciousness around. The Enlightened One always has few desires, he is always self-sufficient, flexible and light.
Achieved Enlightenment has no limits, remaining in the perfect openness of Mind, like space.

« When I look at the endless sky, I do not think about the sky,

but about Brahman, which is the essence of the sky,

when I see the ocean rolling its waves

I do not think of the ocean, but of the Brahman that is within.

When I see mountains, trees, rivers, hills and clouds,

I think not about them, but about the Brahman that is inside,

so the mountains for me are not mountains,

and rivers for me are not rivers,

There is no difference between the arising of feelings, passions or thoughts or their non-arising.
Just as a lion sees his reflection in a lake when he drinks water and has no doubt that he is a lion, the Enlightened One finds true understanding in non-duality. Feelings and thoughts are no longer given any importance, they are nothing more than a play of energy on the surface of absolute Consciousness.

Thoughts and passions are absolutely inseparable from the natural state, they are its very expression, and therefore there is no need to control, release them, because they are initially pure.

The very emergence of thoughts is an expression of the creative play of awakened awareness. The dissolution of thoughts and emotions is spontaneous, requiring no effort, or rather, dissolution is not required at all, because. initially everything is dissolved in the space of light of the great Wisdom of awareness.

Achieving Enlightenment does not involve any inadequate behavior, or exalted states, or loud statements to the world (unless there is a special blessing for that), or a change in external status or behavior, or obtaining any additional privileges or statuses, because the true goal of a spiritual seeker is not to seek Enlightenment for yourself, but to serve the Divine will, to carry out the Divine will, to serve the cause of enlightenment, Enlightenment and Liberation of all living beings in samsara.

On the contrary, even having reached some level of Enlightenment, it is prescribed to keep it secret for many years or simply not express it in any way.

The enlightened one does not care who is enlightened and who is not enlightened. He sees in everything only God everywhere and always and does not see other people, beings, in themselves outside of God. For the Enlightened One, everyone is enlightened and everything is one, the One.

How to check if you are enlightened or not?

Ask withsincerely: "Sam I?”

or

Ask yourself the question: “What am I living for?”

Most likely your answer will be different from the answer of the Enlightened One : "I live only for You, I can not live without You for a second." "You" means God, the higher Self.

Whoever says “I just live ...”, then this will mean the answer of the mind (ahamkara), enclosed in the body.

Ahamkara, enclosed in the body, must submit to the higher Self. The higher "I" is just a conceptual name. In it, in fact, there is no separate personality. Parabrahman is beyond duality. But in order to realize it, the mind again and again must obey it, tune in to it. If he does, he never has any problems.

The body may have problems, it needs to eat or sleep; prana - prana must be balanced. But the mind cannot have problems if it finds its master and surrenders completely, undividedly to him.

Whether the mind surrenders to the higher self in an external way, through worship, or in an internal way, through contemplation and natural awareness, is not so important. Although natural awareness is a higher method. If you feel confusion, difficulties or problems, this means that you simply do not live for the sake of the Supreme Source, your mind does not want this, it turned away, and it does not remember about it.

In serious spiritual schools, only the Teacher can assess the "degree of Enlightenment" of a student.

Enlightenment Criteria

It would be wrong to present Enlightenment as a one-time act. It was as if something had happened in an instant. And everything stopped and froze. And there is no more movement, deepening, development.
In fact, Enlightenment is an eternal, endless process of moving towards perfection.

We are growing, evolving further and further and there is no end to it. From man to sadhu, from sadhu to jnani, from jnani to siddhu, from siddha to devata, from devata to maha-devata, from maha-devata to the Creator of the Universes. Spiritual growth never stops.

If you are still on Earth and no matter how enlightened you are, you always have areas of the mind, body, prana that require further work.

After all, your body is not yet the body of a deity, it is ordinary, made of flesh and blood, which means there is no point in stopping. After all, your jnana, svatantriya, ichchha, aishvarya, kriya-shakti has not yet gained strength and is not equal to the Shakti of Shiva or Dattatreya.

After all, you have not yet become a great shaktiman, a demiurge, a keeper of the universe, a constructor of worlds, have you?

Enlightenment is a process when God gradually becomes more and more at the center of our lives, pushing out ego, kleshas and deluded states. Therefore, in serious teachings they speak of stages, and each of our experiences is easily classified if this classification is made by an experienced master.

There will always be someone who is higher than you, wiser, who has more power of mind.
If your ego wants to rest on its laurels and declare its full Enlightenment, laugh at it and ask yourself: am I equal in wisdom, in strength of energy, in my qualities to Bhagavan Dattatreya? Shiva? Vishnu? Brahma? Or even a strong sadhu, jnani or siddhu?

As one saint said: "Who is not a fool before the Lord"?

And you will see all the games that the ego tried to play with the theme of "its" enlightenment.
so-called. enlightenment is just the first step of a child, insight into the true View.
This is the first awakening of our jnana shakti.

But many people attach a lot of importance to their spiritual experiences because they consider it the end of the sadhana and the entire spiritual path.

At the same time, in each serious tradition there is a specific way of checking the level of a spiritual seeker, transmitted in the traditions of the masters. Passing this test does not depend on the desire of the student, i.e. it is prescribed by tradition. If his disciple does not pass with his root Guru, then in the tradition of teaching he cannot be recognized as a master, an Enlightened One.

Whatever the student thinks about his achievements, he is assigned only the stage that is given to him by the master during testing, i.e. the student cannot independently declare the achievement of any stage, if it is not confirmed, no matter what experiences he experiences. Nor can he claim to be an Enlightened One beyond the stages or beyond the respective teachings.

If he does so, then he falls out of the line of transmission of this or that teaching. Such an order was deliberately introduced by the masters of antiquity in order to avoid delusion, seduction and self-will of students in the interpretation of this or that teaching. not specifically celebrated in the sangha, but there may be respect for a sadhu if the root guru gives that sadhu some kind of recognition of his realization, assigns a status, a title, etc.

It is not recognized as eternal, a kind of frozen state in the relative (well, in the absolute, as you know, we are already Brahman).

In different schools (systems) there are conditional divisions into levels or stages of the path to Enlightenment.

Complete means the end of the circle of incarnations (births and deaths). It is generally accepted that Enlightenment occurs after reaching the state of samadhi. However, samadhi is different.

Savikalpa Samadhi

In savikalpa samadhi there are modifications in the mind (vikalpa), but the duality of subject and object is not overcome, a subtle effort is maintained to maintain samadhi. Savikalpa Samadhi is experienced in meditative absorption (dhyana). The duration of samadhi depends on the effort made. Up to the eighth level of dhyana, subtle duality remains, and therefore savikalpa samadhi is not liberation. When attention to the source of "I" is disturbed, awareness disappears.

The true moment of entry into savikalpa samadhi is the cessation of breathing, slowing of the heartbeat and pulse, and the loss of the sense of body weight.Thanks to mastery in savikalpa samadhi, the yogi can leave his body at will, going to the worlds of the gods.

Nirvikalpa Samadhi

“In samadhi, the yogi knows no smell, no taste, no form, no touch, no sound, he is not aware of himself or others. In samadhi, the yogi is not aware of the difference between heat and cold, pain and pleasure, honor and dishonor. Swatmarama, "" (4.108-4.110)

“Total immersion in the bliss experienced in self-realization is nirvikalpa samadhi.” Sri Adi Shankaracharya, ""

In nirvikalpa samadhi, the mind no longer perceives differences (vikalpa) and is immersed in the light of the non-dual source of the Self, where there is no division into subject and object. The experience of non-dual Emptiness and Clear Light, with stopped breathing and pulse, is the true moment of nirvikalpa samadhi. Thanks to this samadhi, the yogi becomes immortal in the body of Consciousness (Jnana-deham).

In this samadhi, self-awareness is temporary, the ego is not completely destroyed, although there is no effort. The yogi is in a trance when body consciousness is absent and although there is awareness of the primordial Light of the Self, the yogi cannot act in the world or perceive external reality. When the yogi returns to the body, his illusion of "I" (ego) appears again.

For monist-Saivite yogis, this is the achievement of nirvikalpa samadhi, the ultimate achievement, sometimes called "paramatma-darshan", the vision of "I" (according to Patanjali's yoga sutra).

Sahaja Samadhi

Sahaja Samadhi is the desired state that the yogi seeks and resides in.

“Remaining constantly and effortlessly in the primordial state is Sahaja. One who has accustomed himself to natural meditation and enjoys its bliss will not leave the state of samadhi, no matter what external work he does, no matter what thoughts come to him. This is Sahaja Nirvikalpa.". Bhagawan Sri Ramana Maharishi

"Sahaja" means "natural", "nirvikalpa" means "without distinction". For example, in Laya Yoga, the practice of Sahaja Samadhi is the main practice, while the practice of other types of Samadhi is considered useful, but not sufficient for Liberation. Savikalpa samadhi requires effort, nirvikalpa samadhi stops when the body and mind come out of trance, but actions can be performed in sahaja nirvikalpa, but the yogi does not leave the oneness with the Source. This state Enlightenment- the sage (jnani), when the ego is finally destroyed.

Being in Sahaja Samadhi, the yogi during his lifetime is in another dimension of Reality, now he is in the state of the mirror itself, and not reflection.

"The natural state (Sahaja Avastha) is the highest, contemplation and concentration are in the middle, mantras and prayers are below, sacrificial worship is below all."

"Kularnava Tantra"

If familiar Enlightenment is the test of Sahaja Samadhi: continuous awareness in wakefulness, awareness in dreaming and dreamless sleep, then the signs of final liberation are the experience in meditation of the five subtle spaces (Vyoma-panchaka) described in the Advaya-taraka Upanishad:
- space without qualities (guna-rahita-akasha);
- higher space (paramakasha);
- great space (mahakasha);
- the space of the seed of the elements (tattva-akasha);
- the space of the sun (surya-akasha).

"These five spaces are a sign of liberation. The yogi who has realized them is completely freed from the law of karma and becomes similar to this space..."

The experience of these spaces is the inner-outer sign of realization (madhya-lakshya).
Enlightenment comes when experiencing the first types of space,
and the final liberation is when these experiences are fully experienced and have transformed the elements of the body.

"If a yogi does not know in his body six chakras, sixteen adharas, two lakshyas, and five voids, how can he be successful?" Goraksha Yoga Yatindranath.

The voids were listed above, these are these spaces. The sixteen pillars (adhara) are the places in the body where one should keep one's attention during concentration: two big toes, muladhara chakra, anus (anus), sexual organ, lower abdomen (womb), navel, heart, throat, uvula, palate, tongue, between the eyebrows (ajna), nose, base of the nose, forehead (lalata). They are listed in the text attributed to Gorakshanath, Siddha-siddhanta-paddhati.

As for the "Lakshya" (sign, sign), they usually mention not two, but three Lakshyas.
Bahir (bahya)-lakshya - an external sign, is associated with the sadhanas of bhuchari-mudra and aksha-mudra.
The goal of bahir lakshya techniques is to awaken the subtle nadis in the region of the upper chakras.
The manifestation of this sign is the vision of blue light between the eyebrows and gold in the region of the crown.

Madhya-lakshya is an intermediate sign that is associated with the experience of three small types of spaces in the body - chidakasha, hrdakasha, daharakasha and the five great spaces-vyomanas.

Finally, the internal sign of antar-lakshya is associated with the manifestations of various signs of sound and light, as well as the blue space in the anahata-chakra and between the eyebrows, called the "blue pearl" - nila-bindu, says the Advaya-taraka Upanishad.

In other traditions, for example, in the Laya Yoga tradition, there are oral instructions (“On the sixteen stages of the growth of the moon of inner awareness”), in which they describe in detail the stages of the ascent of consciousness during the practice of contemplation. Enlightenment here corresponds to the eighth stage - Birth.

“When naked awareness, like space, gained strength,
self-giving comes naturally, goals are released,
and hopes are cut off in great non-action -
then the yogi is born as an immortal child in the world of the One…”

Implementation features:

"Small birth" - brahma-aham-bhava, the consciousness of non-duality, like space, is continuously held in dream sleep, but is lost in dreamless sleep.

"Great birth" - the "circle of day and night" is closed, i.e. the awareness of non-duality is held in a dream with dreams and in a dream without dreams. Qualityless enlightening emptiness (guna-rahita-akasha) has been realized, but the deep levels of light have not yet been revealed.
The Yogi becomes one who has attained the state of Avyakta-Prakriti and is called Prakriti-Layan.

it is holiness.And holiness means complete surrender to God,dissolution of the ego in the divine source,full dedication(atma-nivedanana), with becoming a pure channel of God, his medium and the continuous fulfillment of the Divine will by the body, speech and mind.

There are no Enlightened Ones "walking" on their own, outside of God, because Enlightenment itself is the descent of the light of divine blessing (anugraha), for the light has nowhere else to come from but from God.

At the same time, having in mind the root “light” in the word Enlightenment, this divine light is, as it were, reflected by the Enlightened One, pouring out on everything that surrounds him.

The saints sayDon't look for Pbrightening,surrender to the mercy of God,become a conductor of divine will 24 hours a day and Penlightenment will come to you."

Then you are not a Buddhist and not a Christian, not a Hindu and not a Jain, not a Taoist, you are not a man and not a woman, not a mother and not a son, not a man, not a Russian and not a Hindu - you are the illusory body of God, you are a medium of God, his herald , his pure channel, conductor (dev-vahini), and you have no personal goals in life, except to serve God, to fulfill the Divine will flawlessly.

I must tell myself this: let Enlightenment come or not come, let the Guru, if necessary, someday tell me about it, or not tell me, but I will just modestly do my sadhana, my service, not expecting any recognition, any benefits, no privileges. I will give myself every second to the Supreme Source, to my inner deity. I will not have any other goals in life.

« To wish for Enlightenment is to never achieve it.
To achieve Enlightenment means it can be lost.
Therefore, desiring without desiring, strive without striving.
Be free even from the very concept of Enlightenment.
Learn to be, not strive.
Stay, not desire.»