Enlightenment And Death Are Not Separate Things

What if enlightenment was just a label? Something we slap on the map to make sense of the ride? Paul unpacks why there’s no “thing” called enlightenment-just as there’s no pink elephant waiting to get enlightened. We’re always mapping and error-correcting, but in the end, it’s all a useful illusion.
This video is about breaking the loop of duality: movement without a mover, enlightenment without a thing to find. If you’ve ever felt like you’re chasing your tail in deep thought, you’re in the right place. It’s all immeasurable. Edgeless.
You can loop for years-or drop it all in a second. Your choice.
Key Nuggets:
Enlightenment? Just a label.
Maps don’t need to be true, just useful.
Movement without a mover-what’s that about?
Duality collapses when we stop chasing extremes.
No need to get stuck in the loop. Watch, breathe, let it go.
Chapters
00:00 Exploring Enlightenment and Death
08:20 The Nature of Movement and Identity

[@dmtdreamz7706]

Enlightenment is like jumping out of an airplane without a parachute.
So the bad news is that you don't have parachute, but the good news is that you discover there is no ground. And then you're just endlessly falling and you never reach the ground.
So in a sense, what i'm asking you to do is to jump. And you don't want to jump. You're saying, I'm scared. I'm too scared to jump. And I'm saying, jump. God is telling you, jump, jump into infinite love and it's going to be great. But you're like, what if I kill myself and what if something else happens? I don't know. You just jump into infinite love. Take the leap of faith and you'll discover infinite love. And you're too scared to do it. But then eventually when you do it, then you're just going to discover that there's no ground. You're endlessly falling forever and it's great. But yeah, taking that leap is really difficult. It requires you to face your death. So of course, everybody is too afraid to do it. People are just to scared.

[@MassiveLib]

The death of the sense of self would be more accurately described as seeing it for what it actually is. Which is an impermanent fictitious moment to moment illusion. But this experience because of our conditioning and constant exposure to it being an actual object feels very much like a death. That's the easy bit, the hard bit is learning to function thereafter in a world entirely invested in proping up this nonsense.

[@paulmorgan-somers]

I feel your reply....yet, yet, yet.....🌊

[@MassiveLib]

@@paulmorgan-somers the ocean and the wave are always one.... Yet without waves we cannot surf.

[@angelmoon8114]

I love listening to this. So good to see you, Paul. Can I ask if this entire discussion will be uploaded to your TH-cam channel? ❤💥🛎️✨

[@paulmorgan-somers]

No idea at mo? We are just chatting and going from there? 🌊

[@mobiustrip1400]

Logically then, we ALL become enlightened? Or already are? There's no way of avoiding this, what is.

[@jerryhatfield1404]

The title of the video should be "Does the pink elephant get enlightenment?" haha!

[@paulmorgan-somers]

🙃I agree 🌊

[@paulmitchell5349]

Enlightenment is knowing the weeds of confusion don't need to be uprooted.

[@bonnieroberts1799]

Hi Paul, Is your son interviewing you?

[@paulmorgan-somers]

Yep, tho he is sometimes my son and my boss 🤣

[@petercsigo3314]

This guy is definitely not enlightened. 😂

[@user-hb5qs7sy2v]

15:12

[@gregoryshields4258]

Nonsense. The Buddha experienced a transformation, a THING that happened to him.

[@user-hb5qs7sy2v]

Actually, niether you or anyone else kniws what hapened for the bhudda
We just belive all that
And belief is not knowing
I think We should be very careful of believing and rely on our own lived experince, our own sense of knowing

[@metteirenewestbye9128]

Thank you❤

[@annaferrari302]

Welcome ❤❤❤❤

[@user-hb5qs7sy2v]

This is actually well said
What an unusual occurance

[@paulmorgan-somers]

With happy thanks...

[@srdjansaric3939]

Paul Morgan Somers❤❤❤

[@paulmorgan-somers]

❤🌊