ORDINARY ENLIGHTENMENT? 
Deconstructing the Notion of Noetic Awareness

IMAGE: A 2008 photo of the author under an illuminated lamp shade.

An-Yi:   Speaking of enlightenment, is there any way for any ordinary person to 
         experience enlightenment - at least for a moment?

Bhäraté: (jokingly) Sure! Stick a light bulb over your head and turn it on: that should 
         do the trick.

Daiki:   (more seriously) Why would you want to be enlightened? Isn't it better to be 
         a fool? Persons claiming to be "enlightened" are invariably arrogant & create 
         all sorts of mischief. It's better to acknowledge your own imperfections from 
         the onset & laugh: do not make a pretense that you are anything more than a 
         human being.

Chariya: I wonder if we realize what that means: to be fully human?


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from _Pan-Asian Pulses: Poetry, Art, and Dialogs about Asia_ by T Newfields 
SUMMARY: Four differing opinions about the concept of awakening.
KEYWORDS: spiritual awareness, altered states of consciousness, claims of enlightenment, deconstructing satori

Author: T Newfields [Nitta Hirou / Huáng Yuèwǔ] (b. 1955) 
Begun: 2013 in Tokyo, Japan  ≜ Finished: 2021 in Yokohama, Japan 
Creative Commons License: Attribution. {{CC-BY-4.0}} Granted 

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