Where Did Enlightenment Come From?

[Sagatarius]

Odd question but... Where did enlightenment first come from? 

What are the earliest dates of it being recorded or taught? Does anyone know? I'm just interested. 

[Nahm]

1 hour ago, Sagatarius said:

Odd question but... Where did enlightenment first come from? 

What are the earliest dates of it being recorded or taught? Does anyone know? I'm just interested. 

Enlightenment is nothing. It comes from nowhere. There is no such thing as nothing and nowhere. 

It's hard to admit, but you have no experience being born, or dying, or being anything other than One. Anything to the contrary is just a thought. People who don't know refer to the Big Bang, the universe, matter, etc. One day, those will be revealed to you as punchlines, and it's very, very funny. 

[Sagatarius]

@Nahm I'm looking for the history of it. That is all. 

[Sagatarius]

@Maxx thanks a lot. Appreciate it.

[Max_V]

I have the feeling that this goes way back to the start of humanity.

Everyone at some point is more or less interested in the question "What is it that is aware of my experience ?"

Some people dig deeper into that, others consider it for a while and then forget about it.

[Joseph Maynor]

Don't forget the Taoists who came from Ancient China.  And what Maxx said.

Edited September 22, 2017 by Joseph Maynor

[ajasatya]

@Sagatarius from the human capacity to question and to suffer for it.

[pluto]

[Joseph Maynor]

38 minutes ago, pluto said:

It's humbling to think that babies are enlightened.  Right?  Talk about paradoxes!  We go our whole life-long to arrive back as babes at the end of the day.  What the hell is the intermediate phase for?  That's the $10,000 question.   Obviously we had to learn something in there.

Edited September 22, 2017 by Joseph Maynor