Our forum is called Enlightened States, but that name shouldn’t carry any “holier-than-thou” spiritual ego. To me, an enlightened state is simply a state of beingness that facilitates inner peace and full on presence. Kind of state of being that is naturally balancing and expanding as well. It just means being the absolute best version of yourself that you can currently be in this moment.
I want to hear from you directly to set the wavelength for this new beginning.
What does an “enlightened state” actually look and feel like in your normal, daily waking life? When do you feel closest to it?
Or better yet, what’s the highest state of consciousness you’ve had the pleasure of experiencing.
The highest state of consciousness I’ve ever experienced was with myself.
One day, I was alone the entire day, and I remember thinking about the universe the entire day, and I was going through an epiphany or spiritual awakening… so I dozed off unknowingly and I literally felt as if I was the center of everything. And everything I said or thought off was existing and in oneness with me. I remember thinking about the planets a lot, and the thought crossed my head while I was asleep to dream of how small I am to everything, and I remember feeling like the size of the universe is real. All I could feel was calmness like the earth wanted me to be still, just to feel like everything is already in perfect condition. Their was no need to control anything, I think that was one of the downsides of life, is that everything is already in motion. Life is too much to control sometimes, too big. It’s hard to accept that life may be to big for us to control sometimes, but that day made it easy.
Beautiful! For it to happen that randomly might have been some sort of channeling from your higher self. Kind of reminds me of Eckhart Tolle’s experience when he lost everything and just let go and had an experience similiar to that one.
But yeah, that’s the kind of experience that you don’t forget and always stays with you. So cool that it happened without even meditating or doing drugs. Seems like something your soul wanted you to see and experience for yourself. In what ways, do you think that experience changed you since then?
To me an enlightened state is displayed and conveyed by a state of higher vibration. It is the understanding and realization that at it’s core, humanity and creation are beautiful and magnificent. It is the act of kindness and giving, love and compassion, empathy and understanding, support and friendship, respect and trust, faith and devotion, loyalty and courage. Curiosity, play, fun, a sense of humor. It is viewing the world from a larger perspective. Beauty.
What I especially like is that this is absolutely not reserved for a select few. But that we can actively strive and implement this in everyday life. Every day, every hour, every minute, every second, every nanosecond and every Planck second, we can choose to act and be those enlightened states.