Simply put Enlightenment is a state of wakefulness and a choiceless awareness of being alive. It is a state where true nature of the Universe is understood and a state of balance is achieved.

To start with, understanding the following concepts will lead one in the path to enlightenment.

1. Impermanence

All things in the Universe are impermanent. There are no exceptions. Human predicament is that we want permanence of all things which is contradictory to the very nature of the Universe. When we let go of this urge to permanence and accept the universality of the impermanence, the struggle against the tide wanes and we flow with ease in the eternity of the Universe.

2. Suffering

Suffering is an inevitable part of life. One cannot have happiness alone and no suffering in life. Expecting lasting happiness will only result in unsatisfactoriness as it is simply impossible. Both suffering and happiness are impermanent and should be viewed as such.

3. Not self / Non self

The concept of self is an illusory one when we examine the true constitution of our bodies and minds at a micro level.  When we break down our bodies into tiny particles that they are made up of, they are all same molecules, atoms, electrons, protons and neutrons.  So, the fundamental building blocks we are made up of are one at the same.  We get caught up in the delusion of a separated self due to grasping onto the notion of a separate entity that appears to last, which we all know for sure is not the actual reality.

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