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[ARTICLE] The “Nature vs. Nurture” of Enlightenment

Are fully realized individuals born or are they made? In other words, did their full realization occur because of karmic qualifications, work done and merit accrued in many past lives, or was it mainly due to persistent spiritual practice in the life in which they became realized. We are told in both the Eastern and Western traditions that our intention should be to complete the Great Work, or to become fully realized, in “this life and in this body.” There is some question of how to do this, and if it can be done, how rare is it. In order to consider this question, and some related ideas, it seems beneficial to study some examples.

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Re: The Nature vs Nuture of Enlightenment [Re: PocketLady]
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It's not one or the other, but both. A being who may accrue spiritual attainments but is reared in a very rough and unsupportive environment may be derailed. And a person who grows up in a very positive environment but is tempermentally averse to spiritual wisdom may come to nothing spiritually as well. It doesn't need to be one or the other.


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Vi Veri Universum Vivus Vici

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Re: The Nature vs Nuture of Enlightenment [Re: DividedQuantum]
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It's not one or the other, but both.


Not to spoil the ending, but this is the same conclusion the article comes to :smile:. But it doesn’t matter, because it’s still well worth reading it in its entirety :sun:


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Love is from the infinite, and will remain until eternity.
The seeker of love escapes the chains of birth and death.
Tomorrow, when resurrection comes,
The heart that is not in love will fail the test.
~ Rumi


The day we start giving Love instead of seeking Love, we will have re-written our whole destiny.
~ Swami Chinmayanada Saraswatir

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