META-ORDINARY

THE PERCEIVED REALITY IS LIKE BEING IN A CLOSED 'FOUR WALLS OF A ROOM', NOTHING MORE AND NOTHING LESS IT'S ALL WHAT THERE IS. IN THE DISAPPOINTMENT THAT COMES WITH THIS REALITY DUE TO ANXIETY AND FEAR, MANY RESORT TO FORMS OF ESCAPISM AND OTHER DESPERATE MEASURES DESPERATE ACT.

WITH THIS REALITY ALSO COMES BOREDOM WHICH COMPELS ONE TO FIND PLEASURE OR SATISFY THE PHYSICAL BODY. AS A CONSEQUENCE OF THIS, THE PHYSICAL BODY THEN BECOMES THE MASTER INSTEAD OF JUST BEING THE SERVANT.

BUT WITHIN THE INDIVIDUAL, DEEP INSIDE THE INDIVIDUAL SAYS "THIS CAN'T BE WHAT'S ALL THERE IS, THERE MUST BE MUCH MORE THAN THIS".

THEN THERE'S THE INTUITION, SYNCHRONICITY AND COINCIDENCE. THE REALM OF NON-ORDINARY.

HAVING ATTAINED A DEGREE OF ENLIGHTENMENT GIVES YOU THE ABILITY TO "SEE-THROUGH" THE 'FOUR WALLS OF A ROOM' AND REALIZE THE GREATER REALITY IS THAT YOU'RE ACTUALLY ON A VAST OPEN FIELD. YOU EXIST IN THE ULTIMATE REALITY OF THE PERPETUAL NOW WHICH AGAIN IS NOT BOUNDED BY THE 'FOUR WALLS OF A ROOM'.

FEAR AND ANXIETY ARE DISSOLVED WITH BOREDOM RENDERED AS NON-EXISTENT.

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ON ENLIGHTENMENT

Here he lived strictly enclosed in an old abandoned Roman fort for some 20 years.

While in the fort, he only communicated with the outside world by a crevice through which food would be passed and he would say a few words. Saint Anthony would prepare a quantity of bread that would sustain him for six months. He did not allow anyone to enter his cell: whoever came to him, stood outside and listened to his advice.

Then one day he emerged from the fort with the help of villagers to break down the door. By this time most had expected him to have wasted away, or gone insane in his solitary confinement, but he emerged healthy, serene, and enlightened.