Enlightenment Demystified

 My Comment: All points below seems valid as per my years of understanding. Hope it becomes a permanent state of my life. 

AI Baba: 

1. The Core Realization: "No-Self"

The foundational experience is the realization that the separate "self" or ego is an illusion. 

The "Observer" Shift: The feeling of being a person inside a body looking out disappears, replaced by the feeling that awareness is universal, with the body being just another object in that space.

Dissolution of Duality: The rigid boundary between "me" and "the world" collapses, leading to a sense of non-separation or oneness. 

2. The Shift in Reality: "Just This"

Often described as a "sudden, non-conceptual, and visceral insight", this experience leads to: 

Absence of Grasping: The cessation of constant craving, aversion, and desire for things to be different.

Intense Mundanity: A profound fascination with the ordinary. A, "baby-like" wonder in the everyday, as if seeing the world for the first time.

Everything is "Okay": A deep, unshakable feeling that "all is well," even when life is challenging. 

3. The Feeling: Calm over Bliss

While often romanticized as pure, everlasting bliss, many reports emphasize that it is more like a, deep, quiet peace or a "recovery from a long illness". 

Less Mental Noise: A dramatic reduction in thoughts and internal narrative (the "chatter" in the mind stops).

Emotional Equanimity: Negative emotions may still arise, but they pass quickly and do not last because they are not "clung to" or personalized. 

4. How It Happens: Spontaneous or Gradual

The "Click": Many report a "spontaneous" moment, often triggered after a long period of seeking, intense meditation, or a, "breakdown" of the ego-self.

The "Slow Burn": Others describe it as a, gradual process of stripping away illusions, where the "me" feels lighter and more transparent over time. 

Summary of Differences

Before: Trying to manage life, feeling separate, and experiencing high highs and low lows.

After: "Chop wood, carry water" (life continues normally), but without the internal sense of a "doer" and with a feeling of absolute,, unconditional freedom.