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LOCAL Saturday 17 February 2018

Enlightenment

Most of us have a misconception of what enlightenment is. It is not
something that we need to attain or achieve, such as a diploma
or medal from other activities. It is a state of consciousness, a state
of perception deeply embedded within us at every moment. It is
a state of no thought, a state of clear and undisturbed perception.
Just beneath or obscured by the veil or screen of thoughts. Enlight-
enment is being sold to us or taught to us as if it is not here at every
moment, when it actually has always been and will always be our
true nature.

We are the Light of the World, as Lord Jesus proclaimed. Yet seems
so far but yet so intimate that it is sewn to the fabric of our existence.

Suresh Mirchumal is a spiritual writer. “Well, you can categorize it
like that, although I don’t call myself one. These thoughts come
in effortlessly.” His aim is in a way to reach out to whoever gets
inspired or has an eye opening event within them that may tran-
scend their current state of consciousness. “Or let’s say current
emotional state too. If one in a thousand benefits, that is already
great.” Due to the current world state, lots of struggles and stress-
es, we seem to lose touch with that inner peace that we long for,
Suresh explains. “I wish to ease that through these small articles or
tidbits.” You will find his tidbits in Aruba Today from now on, mostly
on Tuesdays and Thursdays.