Enlightening Enlightenment

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“Make your ego thin to self and porous to others. Remember that your will regarding yourself – your hopes, your dreams, your complaints, your fears – is nothing. Just as important, remember that your will regarding others – their hopes, their dreams, their suffering, their fears – is everything. Be accordingly.” ~ inspired by Rainer Maria Rilke 40
*While Zone 1 proponents believe that their personal will is ultimately too weak to effectively combat their more primal instincts (and sometimes even advocate enlivening those subconscious desires for their own personal benefit), Zone 2 followers feel that the regular employment of one's personal will (via manipulating one's environment, correcting one's associates, &/or chastising oneself) is necessary for the ego to ever be tamed or mastered or dismantled. In strong contrast, Zone 3 enthusiasts agree that the will must indeed be regularly engaged in order to transcend the selfish whims of the ego, and those same supporters of selflessness know full well that the human will is more than potent enough to accomplish that all-important task. Where they differ – and differ dramatically – from their Zone 2 counterparts is how they employ their will; doing so not to combat the ego or attempt to destroy it, but rather to harness the ego's innate potency via consciously subverting its selfish designs by boldly replacing them with flagrantly selfless alternatives. *Whereas Zone 1 affiliates subscribe to the limiting mantra of “I am who I am” (i.e. that they are inevitably hampered by the primitive inclinations of their cellular memories & permanently limited by the constraints imposed upon them by the circumstances of their birth and upbringing), Zone 2 acolytes prefer to succumb to the myth of “I am who I could one day become” (i.e. that life is about perpetually – and ultimately futilely – striving to learn and “grow” and “improve” as a person, in order to one day exude a mostly constant expression of one's “higher self”). Zone 3 venturers, on the other hand, recognize neither of these delusions, preferring instead to honor and actualize the far more potent Truth of “I always fully am who I am currently choosing to be” – and this, regardless of their inborn genetic predispositions, early psychological indoctrinations, or present day cultural pressures. The influences from our past (both those stemming from “past lives” as well as those soaked in current circumstance) do indeed tempt us to make less-than-noble decisions, and as such it is indeed true that selfless choices are often very difficult ones to make. That being said, Zone 3 enthusiasts know firsthand that those same selfless choices are always available, and that – whenever they are courageously enlivened – those same selfless choices always rule the day. 41
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Page 5 and 6: Table of Contents Forward: knowing
Page 7 and 8: Forward … the WHY of it all For t
Page 9 and 10: Introduction - the What of the matt
Page 11 and 12: Understanding Enlightenment: The 3
Page 13 and 14: Zone 3 … selfless servants (those
Page 15 and 16: “Enlightenment is not found by pe
Page 17 and 18: Chapter 01: The nature of Enlighten
Page 19 and 20: Chapter 02: The levels of Awareness
Page 21 and 22: *Whereas those enacting Zone 1 live
Page 23 and 24: *Whereas Zone 1 patrons believe tha
Page 25 and 26: Chapter 03: A differing focus of At
Page 27 and 28: Chapter 04: How we See ourselves Th
Page 29 and 30: Chapter 05: Relating to our environ
Page 31 and 32: *Insomuch as servants of the Zone 1
Page 33 and 34: Chapter 06: Relating to friends & a
Page 35 and 36: Chapter 07: Relating to strangers &
Page 37 and 38: *Those partaking of the Zone 1 life
Page 39: Chapter 08: Dealing with personal i
Page 43 and 44: Chapter 09: Dealing with God & the
Page 45 and 46: Chapter 10: Responding to peace & p
Page 47 and 48: Chapter 011: Responding to frustrat
Page 49 and 50: *Insomuch as Zone 1 patrons gaze or
Page 51 and 52: Chapter 12: Beliefs about chance &
Page 53 and 54: Chapter 13: Escaping common ego-tra
Page 55 and 56: *Though Zone 1 affiliates are funda
Page 57 and 58: Chapter 13b: “active unenlightenm
Page 59 and 60: Chapter 13c: “active unenlightenm
Page 61 and 62: *While Zone 1 affiliates errantly f
Page 63 and 64: *While Zone 1 affiliates consistent
Page 65 and 66: Chapter 13d: “active unenlightenm
Page 67 and 68: *Though Zone 1 patrons often procla
Page 69 and 70: *While Zone 1 affiliates feel sure
Page 71 and 72: Chapter 13e: “active unenlightenm
Page 73 and 74: *Insomuch as Zone 1 confederates fr
Page 75 and 76: Chapter 13f: “active unenlightenm
Page 77 and 78: *Insomuch as Zone 1 confederates fe
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Page 83 and 84: *Unlike their previously illuminate
Page 85 and 86: 04: Instead of expressing their env
Page 87 and 88: *Finally, Zone 3 enthusiasts (the t
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“The true value of a human being
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Chapter 13h: “active unenlightenm
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Chapter 14: What it means to “Wak
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In bold contrast, Zone 3 enthusiast
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*Zone 1 advocates think that awaken
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*In essence, while Zone 1 backers a
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*Zone 1 patrons observe their world
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Chapter 15: Different paths to Enli
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*Whereas Zone 1 proponents delight
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*While Zone 1 affiliates think that
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Chapter 16: Different paths; differ
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Chapter 17: How the paths affect th
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*While Zone 1 backers think that th
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Chapter 18: How the paths affect th
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*Whereas Zone 1 proponents are cert
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Chapter 19: Various reasons for Beg
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Chapter 20: Different goals for the
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*While Zone 1 backers strive to att
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Chapter 21: The basic steps of Awak
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*As a penultimate point of distinct
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Chapter 22: Summoning the Strength
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*Finally, insomuch as Zone 1 confed
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Conclusion: Putting it into Practic
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In-deed, a profound experience of t
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“For true Enlightenment to take h
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