What is Enlightenment? It is the act of bringing the light of consciousness into something. The direct contact or experience with Truth.   It is a shift of state of consciousness in which a person transcends all thoughts, feelings and beliefs to apprehend the true nature of reality. Enlightenment is literally indescribable and can never be fully conveyed through words. Enlightenment is simply awakening to our natural state that our busy mind keeps veiled with story and ideas.

Two ways Enlightenment is experienced: 1. A person may have an Enlightenment Experience or an ‘awakening’ moment 2. A person may develop the Steady State or the actualization of the ‘supreme way’ in the daily life.The ‘Awakening’ is sudden while the integration of the experience is gradual. “The experience of Enlightenment is so overwhelmingly rich and devastatingly fulfilling that it takes a lifetime to digest, incorporate and integrate into one's everyday life.”

What is the difference between Insight and enlightenment? Insight is mere mental phenomena. Enlightenment affects and transforms the entire being.