Updated January 6, 2022
To avoid being influenced by thoughts, no particular posture or surroundings are needed. All that is required is to not be concerned about the outcome of anything at all so that the apparent difference of attaining something or not makes no difference. The animation is grabbed from the Ello.
Suppose you do not believe thoughts to be real. In that case, it is easy to bid welcome the Enlightenment of that which is One because all that is needed to bid it welcome is to not be attentive to the meaning of thoughts, which is not to be mistaken for stopping them, as that requires someone definitive doing it – and to be definitive requires lots of thoughts judged to have a specific meaning.
Neither should it be understood as you become aware of the Enlightenment of that which is One instead of thoughts. It is impossible to be conscious of the Enlightenment of that which is One, as it takes more than one to be aware of something.
The Enlightenment of that which is One is to not is bid welcome when you are not exclusive but inclusive.
In other words, there is nobody to know if you are Enlightened because to know something requires more than one. Also, what you appear to be in the world is not enlightened because a person cannot be enlightened.
Yet a person can step aside so that there is not something definable to hide the indefinable light of that which is One. To not be exclusive but inclusive is to step aside because inclusiveness neutralises contrasts. And without them, there is nothing that defines you as someone definitive and therefore not something to not bid welcome the formlessness of the Enlightenment of that which is One.
You are nobody in the Enlightenment of that which is One. Well, also in the world, but in the Enlightenment of that which is One there is not something to fill the nothingness of you with thoughts of importance, and so there is nobody to experience the enlightenment of that which is One.
Yet returning from to a world where there seems to be more than one, there are vague memories of such a world being destroyed by a light stronger than 1000s of sun and leaving nothing but that which is One, as Arjuna describes it in the Bhagavad Gita.
Remembering there is no more than that which is One is not gonna change you into someone, who is wiser, better or more happy, but into nobody, as the conclusion is that a world where there seems to be more than one is not there.
The Enlightenment of that which is One is one perpetual present and therefore cannot be brought back into a world of linear time, so if returning to such a world, you are not in the Enlightenment of that which is One. Yet, as there are vague memories of it, you are to be compared to someone who is the Enlightenment of that which is One. The person though that you appear to be in the world is not changed by this. Neither is it necessary because the appearance of you in a world where there seems to be more than one is an illusion and so is any change of it.
The visual aspect of having glimpses of Enlightenment can, for example, reveal the birth of a universe. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
If a person only partially bids welcome the Enlightenment of that which is One, there will just be glimpses of it in the form of hearing, feeling or tasting an echo of that which is One. It can also be spaced out visions of travelling through different universes, seeing Jesus or the birth of a new universe in slow motion, which is very is exciting, of course. Still, as it is something experienced, it has nothing to do with the Enlightenment of that which is One.
Glimpses of Enlightenment turn you into someone who appears to be in the world of the outward-facing senses but not of it
You cannot go around as a person enlightened of that which is One, but you can go around having glimpses of it. If you do, you may seem distant from the world, as if you are not there. Yet you are more present than most because to be present, you cannot be in a world where there seems to be more than one.
Living in the now has nothing to do with living. It is a numb state of mind for those trying to fit into a still photo imagined to be life, as they are afraid of going with the flow of it.
Chances are, however, that you quickly will look for more glimpses of the Enlightenment of that which is One and as you, therefore, are participating in the quest for being and having more, you will be fixated on you in a world where there seems to be more than one. In other words, you are not present at all because that which is you is the formlessness of oneness, and as formless is endless, there is no more than that which is One.
The way to undo your belief in thoughts, as if they are yours and therefore making you appear to be someone special, is to include all of them exactly as they appear to be.
The swing of the empty breath feels as if the curved line in a yin-yang sign is swinging forth and back, up and down, from side to side, and everywhere in between within a ball that has no definitive centre or border and that crosses your lower and upper body. This swing synchronises the low-frequency world of the outward-facing senses with the high frequency of the inward-facing senses, so no kind of speediness or confusion in the world of the outward-facing senses seems upsetting. In other words, when the experiences in the world of the outward-facing senses are based on the world of the inward-facing senses, it does not matter if something appears to be upsetting or not. You are indifferent to appearances – including your own – and cannot help but smile. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
Being a medium for the empty breath, you are guided by glimpses of Enlightenment
The main reason for feeling stressed as an appearance in a world where there seems to be more than one is that it takes so much energy to make thoughts and feelings appear as if they come from someone specific.
Not being someone specific feels as if you are nothing, which looks pretty discomforting until you realise that being empty, you are a vessel, the empty breath*, that takes you into the high-frequency world of the inward-facing senses, where glimpses of Enlightenment are the base for experiencing the low-frequency world of the outward-facing senses.
The excitements in the world of the outward-facing senses requires you to appear, as if you are someone definitive, because you cannot have a specific experience without being someone definitive.
Being guided by the empty breath is like being on autopilot. It is so relaxing, and it feels as if nothing is wrong no matter what you appear to be and have unless you do not still insist on being entertained by all the apparent exciting possibilities in the world of the outward-facing senses, as they only bring pleasure if you work hard to appear as someone specific with its own thoughts and feelings.
This is very stressful compared to being a medium for the empty breath. It automatically syncs the stress from the world of outward-facing senses with the tranquillity of the inward-facing senses so that you become indifferent to the apparent differences in a world where there seems to be more than one.
You are lucky, when everything seems to fall apart, because this may trigger so much sadness, that you stop believing the construction of thoughts you have based your identity upon is that which is you.
This synchronisation occurs when the high frequencies coming from the inward-facing senses are not fenced off by the belief that thoughts belong to someone definitive, and no effort is made to be active in the low-frequency world of the outward-facing senses.
This does not mean that you cannot move around in the world of the outward-facing senses. On the contrary, you are inactive in it and ready to be a medium for the empty breath when you do not care about what and where you are, while you, for example, appear to be walking down a street or sitting in a park. In other words, no need to exclude anything by eating exceptional food or sitting in particular postures in unique surroundings to become pure.
The empty breath is the foundation for glimpses of Enlightenment, that is bound to merge into the Enlightenment of that which is One, provided you do not keep swimming in the bliss induced by the glimpses of Enlightenment, as to be blissful requires more than one.
Just like the empty breath is a foundation for the glimpses of Enlightenment so is ‘pretending to be someone definitive’ or ‘to se symbols of life in the world’ or ‘not being exclusive but inclusive’ so that apparent differences is not perceived to make a difference.** It does not matter which foundation you choose or if you alternate between them.
Glimpses of Enlightenment are something you are aware of. If you stop being aware of them or anything else, there is nothing to block out the Enlightenment of that which is One. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
Where do glimpses of Enlightenment come from
Physically speaking, the glimpses of the Enlightenment of that which is One seems to originate from a non-defined space behind the frequencies of thoughts behind the pineal gland. It is probably also from there, you perceive the world when you are not exclusive but inclusive, so its apparent differences do not make a difference, and it feels like every moment is the perfect moment**.
The same applies to pretending to be a person or to perceive everything in the world as symbols of that which is One**. The empty breath – sounding like sohang – is presumably picked up from there as well, physically speaking.
The pineal gland might work as a receiver for signals picked up by the eighth chakra, which has a magenta colour and is located above the head. Yet maybe the pineal gland or the eighth chakra has anything to do with the experiences of glimpses of Enlightenment. You cannot know because experiencing them, you do not care – and not experiencing, you do not know where to look.
It might be best to downplay the visual glimpses of Enlightenment in daily life, as you will have a hard time navigating the world of the outward-facing senses while having visions of light. In most cases, though, you can safely go with the glimpses of the other aspects of Enlightenment, namely hearing, feeling or tasting it.
This is not a new religion or philosophy, that you must learn and strictly adhere to. On the contrary. It is about unlearning everything and going with the flow.
What is coffee? The answer depends on the preferences of the one answering it and the interpretation of the answer by the one getting it, so the same cup of coffee may turn out to be many different things. In other words, you will not get to know what coffee is from reading about it but from drinking it. The graphic is grabbed from the web.
Not knowing what and where you are, there is no more to unlearn
The Enlightenment of that which is One and the glimpses of it are in Alexius’ Enlightened Non-Teachings described in a certain way. Still, elsewhere the same is perhaps described in another way – just like two persons may describe the same cup of coffee in different ways.
So do not wait for the Enlightenment of that which is One, or the glimpses of it to be revealed precisely as described in Alexius’ Enlightened Non-Teachings. In other words, you do not have to fit into the terminology of Alexius’Enlightened Non-Teachings. Also: trying to extract a specific way to the Enlightenment of that which is One, or the glimpses of it from Alexius’ Enlightened Non-Teachings will not help you. It is better to forget all words about it and thrust the light, sound, feeling, or taste of it to do their thing when you partly or wholly are willing to not be someone definitive.
That being said, there are practical instructions of how to experience glimpses of the Enlightenment of that which is One in the article Perceiving the world as symbols of the four aspects of Enlightenment – or how to have glimpses of Enlightenment, which may help to undo the belief in being someone definitive and therefore be able to bid welcome the Enlightenment of that which is One.
When there is nobody there, there is nobody to judge a dog to be different from a human. No appearance appears to do behave in a personal way, because nobody is observing them.
Nothing to fear when not caring about what and where you appear to be. Photo © Alexius Jorgensen.
There is nothing to fear when there is nobody there
When none of your experiences is excluded but included, you cannot know what and where you are because with nothing excluded, there are no contrasts to define you as someone specific.
Inclusion seems dangerous when you want to survive as someone definitive, but if you do not mind being nobody, there is no need to fear what seems to be the disintegration of you because there is no end to not being specific.
*) More about how to use stress for igniting a take-off into the empty breath in hack 4.4.
**) The other foundations for having glimpses of the Enlightenment of that which is One apart from the empty breath can be read about in duality hack #1-3 plus #7. Hack #1: Pretending to be someone definitive, mostly has a psychological perspective. In hack #2: Seeing symbols of life in the world, the perspective is more metaphysical. And in hack #3: Not being exclusive but inclusive indifference is its foundation. In hack #7: Alone together is the key to that which is One.
NOTE: This article is part of hack #6.3 The inward-facing senses, the Enlightenment of that which is One and glimpses of it.
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