--Christine
Who Can Say You're Enlightened? from Uriel Heals Newsletter
This past week I attended a seminar at which the leader made statements that were judgmental of everyone's level of enlightenment or their ability to attain it in their lifetime. He said that enlightenment was available only by working with a teacher and that the teacher bestowed enlightenment when the student was ready. When he began criticizing 'psychics who channel or work with Archangels' (yes, he really said that) it became personal and I felt like I was on trial. And after voicing my objections to his comments I left the seminar. But it gave me food for thought-who says we are enlightened and when do we know we are?
As we are called to walk our spiritual path many of us struggle with past life memories of being judged, ridiculed, condemned and even killed for our beliefs and teachings. While we are often not consciously aware of these experiences, they are part of our cellular memory and are something we must overcome before we can step into our roles as teachers and healers. Because enlightenment is part of this process, we can even struggle with being enlightened because we know that once we achieve it the next step is to move into sharing our learning with others.
We have many teachers on our path and each one brings us to enlightenment. Every experience we have participates in the enlightenment process. It is not a final destination-there is no 'one' form of enlightenment. Rather, it is something that we achieve according to our soul contract and level of spiritual evolution that we can achieve. This is an agreement between each of us and the Source. No one has the power to tell us whether we are enlightened or not. That is being in judgment and anyone who attempts to do that is not in a state of unconditional love.
We don't have to defend our beliefs or spiritual growth to anyone. And anyone who challenges that is another teacher for us. Do we truly connect with our beliefs and can we support them through our words and actions? Do we need someone to validate or justify our enlightenment or can we do that for ourselves? We know we are enlightened when we feel the peace and understanding that comes with it. And as we complete one phase of that process we are prepared for the next one. But no one has the authority to tell us we are not there. And if they do it is merely a reflection on their own level of enlightenment. When we are, we will know and we will have the peace, joy and understanding that is the gift of enlightenment.
