Enlightenment Is Not aPersonal Matter

When you think about Enlightenment, it is important that you include other people in that idea. Transcendence will be yours when you begin to accept responsibility for the condition of the whole human race. When you give yourself up in uncondi¬ tional surrender, automatically you rise up beyond the very limited perspective that most of the human race remains forever lost in. You come upon an infinitely greater perspective in which all questions disappear. The by-product of Enlightenment is that you cease to suffer the way you suffered in the past. But the most important benefit is for the whole race. Why? Because someone actually will have stopped. When this happens, there is an explosive reaction that is magnetic. If you feel disturbed by all the conflict and suffering that you see in the world but are unwilling to come to the end of conflict within yourself, then you can be sure that you are not serious. 2 7 0