What Is Enlightenment? Signs of an Enlightened Person

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AVAlexander VolchekOSOlga StolyarovaEnlightenmentLove, help, and rescuing othersSpiritual development and the spiritual pathF/Friend / friends

Main threads of the conversation

• 00:00In today's episode
• 00:44What is enlightenment?
• 03:25Signs of enlightenment: love, service, ego—what to actually look at
• 05:10How to understand an enlightened person
• 08:42Can an enlightened person cause someone pain?
• 11:49Signs of an enlightened person
• 19:59Enlightenment and the dark side: the goddess Kali, light and destruction
• 22:43How to distinguish a guru from a manipulator
• 24:37Science vs. spiritual experience: what to rely on and the limits of evidence
• 30:04Choosing a teacher or guru: what to look at and how to avoid mistakes
• 36:11What should viewers do? A simple practice of observation

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• 10:33

  They will be in a state of stress because this person causes pain to other people.

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• 14:19

  Whether you should take on that responsibility is a different matter.

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• 15:07

  That does not mean you need to sit down with them and enter spiritual perception.

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• 15:50

  Why do people look at one person and say they are powerful and good?

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• 16:20

  On that same day, I had a discussion about someone I had once spoken with. My acquaintances said, “We don’t think this person perceives anything.”

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• 18:44

  There was an interesting aspect to that meeting: one person commented on the person I was showing them.

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• 32:56

  The only thing we will arrive at, the only thing we will arrive at, is his own actions at a particular moment.

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• 34:37

  She said it was impossible, impossible. She had been involved in the discussion for a long time and had listened to hundreds of hours of material on the subject. She said, “If I am asked that question, I never answer it, because it is impossible to answer.”

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• 35:28

  So when people come and say about another guru or person, “I liked this person,” or “I didn’t like them.”

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• 35:38

  You need to understand the context: why the person says that, what they are putting into it internally.

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