What is enlightenment? SMB TV | Episode 1
- Grant Shepherd
- Nov 5, 2020
- 1 min read
Updated: Apr 15
Dear Friends,
Welcome to the very first episode of Secret Mens Enlightenment!
So, let's start off with the biggest question of all: What is Enlightenment?
This video explores exactly that! If you have any questions after watching, please reach out and I will be happy to help you.
P.S. Scroll down to under this video for more info and show notes.
Yours in Meditation,
Grant
Grant Shepherd is the host of a new monthly segment titled Secret Men's Enlightenment on SMB (Secret Men's Business) - the weekly podcast from Australia for gay and bisexual men about maintaining positive mental health.
EP1 - Show notes
Spiritual enlightenment is an awareness of your true abiding nature, not a fleeting experience of any kind. In this episode, I discuss enlightenment to offer a springboard from which to leap, and to shake up any fixed mind-set about something that is literally inconceivable.
Terms used in the episode
Âtman (Atman): broadly speaking, the inner Self of an individual according to Advaita Vedanta, an Indian philosophical school of thought.
Brahman: The ultimate Reality, the ground of the universe, the Absolute.
Dhārana (Dharana): A tantric centering technique that uses the mind to approach the Self.
Kashmir Shaivism: A nondual Indian philosophy that recognizes the entire universe as a manifestation of divine conscious energy.
Presence: A state of alert awareness that dwells in the present moment; a doorway into the enlightened state of Being.
“The Blind Men and the Elephant” is a famous Indian fable with many variations. It's essentially about differing viewpoints.
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