Enlightenment

Enlightenment - Big Word!
It's rare that anyone thinks it could be something that they could experience.
I think we've been led to believe that it's only for special people. Special people who have either sacrificed their whole life for attaining it or have lived in a cave or an ashram for a great many years. Or someone who doesn't eat meat, or drink alcohol, or smoke, or have sex. And sometimes we think we have to be supernormally peaceful, and loving, and never show anger. Or someone that is super silly all the time.

What if enlightenment was really about lightening our load of beliefs, opinions, concepts. and all that knowledge that rolls around in our mind? What if we let go of how we "should" be? What if we could just be ourselves, purely and simply? What if we felt "free" all the time?

Geez, I would like that! What if we didn't have any opinion or idea of what freedom or enlightenment was? I think then we would have a chance of experiencing it. We wouldn't be anticipating or looking for anything and could be "free" of that idea too.

Yep, let's all lighten up!