Enlightenment is not an attainment;
it is a realization.
And when you wake up,
everything changes and nothing changes.
If a blind man realizes that he can see,
has the world changed?
~Dan Millman
from "Way of the Peaceful Warrior"
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I am a lazy man. Laziness keeps me from believing that enlightenment demands effort, discipline, strict diet, non-smoking, and other evidences of virtue. There is a paradise in and around you right now, and to be there you don't even have to make a move. There is nothing you need to do first in order to be enlightened. All potential experiences are within you already. You can open up to them at any time.
~Thaddeus Golas
from "The Lazy Man's Guide to Enlightenment"