Essence Of Living Enlightenment

Now,let me give you the essence of whatever I am proposing.

First, living enlightenment is living a 'conflict-free life'. Living conflict-free in your mind, body and the outer space which you experience as the world, is what I call living enlightenment. This is the definition of living enlightenment.

Second, the techniques to live enlightenment. There are four methods:

First, express the shakti or energy to change whatever you can, whatever you need to change.

Second: Use your buddhi or intelligence to accept whatever you need not change.

Third: Cultivate the yukti or the understanding that however much you change, the whole world is one more changing dream. Whatever you think as reality is one more changing dream.

Fourth and the ultimate technique: Develop bhakti, the strong feeling of connection with the unchanging reality. Actually if you understand that whatever you experience is a changing dream, suddenly and automatically, your whole consciousness will flow towards that unchanging reality. That is what I call bhakti.

You don't need to create bhakti. Just remember that all these things are a dream. Your whole consciousness will start flowing towards that something which does not change. That is what I call bhakti.

When you live all these four things, you are living enlightenment - jeevan mukti. You are living enlightenment. Please understand, this is the essence of living enlightenment. Practice all these four techniques. Even if it is a simple beginning, there is nothing wrong. Just start! All great achievements had simple beginnings. Whether it is a five thousand mile journey or a ten thousand mile journey, it starts with a single step.

I bless you all:

Let you all achieve, live and radiate living enlightenment!

"There is an extraordinary potential hidden inside every human being. If it is awakened it will take you to a much higher plane of consciousness - beyond the limitations of the human body-mind. Experience this superconsciousness, actualize your ultimate potential. This is the only aim of human life – to enjoy the ultimate luxury of living enlightenment."

• THE SUPREME PONTIFF OF HINDUISM BHAGAWAN SRI NITHYANANDA PARAMASHIVAM