Genjo Koan

The opening statement of this article helps me understand the notion of enlightenment. "Enlighenment is like the moon reflected in the water. The moon does not get wet, nor the water is broken." According to my undersatding, when one gets enlightened, he does not get attached to that state of consciousness. There are no clouds of attachment. Enlightenment is like the open and clear sky. Enlightenment is not bound by space and time. It is a pure and free state of consciousness. When we get free from the boundaries of mine and thine, me and you, we experience oneness. Enlightenment frees us from the egotisttic and divisive mindset. An enlghtened being is a member of the universal family, He has attained a unitive pure state of consciousness filled with eternal bliss. I experience glimpses of enlighenment when I am not bound by my self-created bondage. When I let go of my self-created attachments, my possesiveness, my righteousness. When I transcend my self-created boudaries. When I assume and declare that I am a self-realized being and I am not bound by my inflated ego. I am no longer trapping myself by myself. Awareness of my self-created egotistic mind frees from my self-created prision. Namaste! Jagdish P Dave Self-realization