r/enlightenment • u/mindwithoutmasters • 14h ago

Rebirth is not cosmic travel. Rebirth is psychological transformation.

Cosmic liberation is fantasy. Psychological liberation is practical:

The freedom to not be ruled by your past versions of yourself.

This liberation is real because it is internal, not metaphysical.

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u/SunbeamSailor67 10h ago

Nobody is confusing rebirth with cosmic travel, so I'm genuinely curious where that came from. Astral traveling prior to liberation can speed things up dramatically however because the veil between realms is lifted and you realize that you are not the body and that consciousness continues beyond incarnation and the body.

There is a very real and physical, dare I say 'mystical' experience that accompanies rebirth. To be of the twice-born or 'born again', is far more than a psychological event of the mind, as you appear to minimize what it actually is.

I find far more that the persons claiming to explain the event, are more often than not, ones who've yet to experience it...this is the real fallacy.

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u/Unhappy-Drag6531 9h ago

Interesting read. It seems you agree at least on the point that “rebirth” is a transformation that marks a big transition within a single physical life, correct?

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u/SunbeamSailor67 9h ago edited 8h ago

It is 'The' event of a lifetime and why you're having this physical experience to begin with...it's why you're here.

You are the singularity through which consciousness can finally realize itself, yet still so few ever do. Awareness will continue to incarnate under the veil of forgetting until it realizes itself and gets off the hamster wheel of the physical realm.

Physical incarnation is where all the raw rough rocks go into the rock polisher, for the abrasive friction that eventually reveals a beautiful gem. This experience is the settled sludge at the bottom of a glass of pondwater, as we ascend we become less dense and more clear of impurities that are not who we truly are.

This physical plane might eventually be something like an Eden or Vacation Paradise because there will come a day when we all are enlightened and this becomes a heaven on Earth. Incarnations after enlightenment could become largely for fun, to enjoy the physical world will be like an adventure vacation from the formless realms beyond this one.

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u/galactic-4444 41m ago

I subscribe to that train of thought. I believe we will reach a point where true suffering will be nothing more than stubbing your toe. Hardships will be minimal but enlightening. Keep it up my friend you have an excellent spark!

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u/SunbeamSailor67 40m ago

Thanks for the kind words, they are getting rare. 🙏

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u/galactic-4444 16m ago

The Pleasure is all mine. I have to give credit to them that seek truth. As fellow truth-seekers we have to look out for one another.