| Andrew Cohen has a magazine with this
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| | degree is at the core of a human being.
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| title. He claimed that he was enlightened
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| | During it, time stops. I would have a
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| but said that he had doubts about it all
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| | feeling of eternal peace while feeling
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| the time. So his definition of it
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| | it. Eternal is a powerful word, but it
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| included having doubts about himself. I
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| | was a renowned psychologist whose book
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| am certain that I am not enlightened and
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| | describes the flow as absolute. When you
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| have no doubts about it. But I am also
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| | feel it, you know that it is the secret
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| certain about what enlightenment is. It
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| | of life or the meaning of life. It is
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| is available to practically every person,
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| | supreme. It is being one with the
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| but it is optional. This article could
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| | universe. So I would think about how if I
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| also be called East Meets West.
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| | could play volleyball all the time,
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| In psychology, they have the flow
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| | without stopping, for the rest of
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| experience. There are a few books on it
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| | eternity, then I would be really happy.
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| like, Flow: The Psychology of Optimal
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| | Of course that is impossible. But it can
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| Experience (© 1990) by Dr. Mihaly
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| | be felt while doing nothing at all.
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| Csikszentmihalyi (last name pronounced
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| | Millions of people around the world do
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| "cheeks sent me high"). Dr. Seligman
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| | meditation where they are doing nothing
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| (former president of the American
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| | at all, physically.
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| Psychological Association) calls him "one
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| | A Harvard Medical School professor
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| towering figure in the social sciences."
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| | (Herbert Benson, M.D.) has written a
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| The first line of this book says
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| | classic book on meditation called The
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| "Twenty-three hundred years ago Aristotle
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| | Relaxation Response (1975) which is now
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| concluded that, more than anything else,
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| | being taught in many medical schools.
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| men and women seek happiness."
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| | Meditation creates a unique physiological
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| In his book, Authentic Happiness (2003),
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| | state where your breathing and heartbeat
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| Dr. Seligman (author of a dozen books on
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| | are slower than when you are sleeping.
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| psychology) describes the flow experience
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| | This book teaches that the very purpose
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| like this: "When does time stop for you?
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| | of technology is to make life easier so
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| When do you find yourself doing exactly
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| | that people will experience less stress.
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| what you want to be doing, and never
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| | But it explains that it is not working
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| wanting it to end? Is it painting, or
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| | since people are now feeling more stress
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| making love, or playing volleyball, or
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| | than ever before. So enlightenment is the
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| talking before a group, or rock climbing,
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| | ultimate state that a human can achieve.
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| or listening sympathetically to someone
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| | An enlightened person is someone who is
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| else's troubles?"
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| | in the flow experience to the infinite
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| The back of the book, Flow, says "These
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| | degree all the time. This is
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| investigations have revealed that what
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| | enlightenment
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| makes experience genuinely satisfying is
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| | If those ancient scriptures are correct,
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| a state of consciousness called flow-- a
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| | then you will be feeling that infinite
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| state of concentration so focused that it
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| | feeling the next time you go to sleep
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| amounts to absolute absorption in an
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| | even though you do not remember it when
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| activity." Absolute is a mighty powerful
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| | you wake up. Several years ago, the
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| word. It is used to describe God. People
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| | singer Mariah Carey had a nervous
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| can experience the flow at different
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| | breakdown and she said that it was due to
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| degrees. I would play volleyball for
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| | lack of sleep. Some people have asked if
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| hours and feel it during the whole time
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| | someone could be enlightened and not know
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| but at different degrees. Sometimes for a
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| | it. So you can see from the above that
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| few minutes I would experience the flow
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| | there is no doubt at all that you would
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| experience to the infinite degree. This
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| | know it if you were enlightened. I would
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| is the greatest thing that a human being
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| | also read non-fiction books for hours
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| can feel.
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| | since I would feel the flow experience,
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| A woman had a near death experience and
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| | but not to the infinite degree.
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| wrote a book about it. She said that
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| | Where does this experience come from? It
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| while she was dead she felt something
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| | does not come from the brain. The science
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| nicer than she ever felt when she was
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| | of cosmology teaches that if someone
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| alive. This was her encounter with the
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| | wants to know how long it took before the
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| flow experience. To feel it to the
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| | physical world was created or how far do
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| infinite degree, feels totally perfect.
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| | things extend beyond the physical
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| It is common for people to never
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| | universe, these questions have no
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| experience it while alive. Although, the
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| | meaning. Time and space are only
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| most ancient scriptures known to man say
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| | attributes of the physical universe, not
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| that people feel it while in deep sleep.
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| | the non-physical universe.
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| This flow experience to the infinite
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