The state of wakefulness that I refer to, that enlightened teachers refer to, is a permanent state of wakefulness that defies sleep. Sleep is dreams of another kind. Death, the experiences in the after-death plane, between lifetimes, between incarnations, is a different kind of dream which we forget upon waking to this life and this world. So enlightenment is a journey, a journey into light, a journey into self-knowledge, a journey into beauty and reflection - awareness. The infinitude of being calls us to become conscious of itself. Now this might sound like a lot of euphoria to some. It might sound just like a lot of words; a rhapsody of words that don't necessarily connect and aren't practical. That is certainly not the case. To be conscious, to be aware of what you are aware of, is not something that you can defend, or express. It simply is.
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