Michael Damian,

As consciousness is unchanging, enlightenment is not, strictly speaking, a process of altering, increasing, or expanding consciousness. It is a process of subtracting ignorance. When a thick layer of clouds dissolves, we can see and feel the sun that was always shining behind them. Yet the sun never changed.

The turning of the earth brings a new morning and the apparent rising of the sun. In the same way, when we turn our attention toward our true nature, the felt pres...

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