"Since enlightenment is part of nature - it's even called 'seeing your own nature', Kensho, 'to see your nature' - so, because it's part of nature we shouldn't be surprised that there are both sudden and gradual components to the endeavour." The talk in this video (see link below) is a well-considered appraisal of the actual purpose of the practice of mindfulness and meditation - something much overlooked by the popular teaching methods used (and currently in vogue) in our culture, which are largely designed to help us become better adjusted to the demands of consumerism and work. Though, of course, the talk proceeds from a subject-object address and uses a language bound by the limitations of duality to discuss the topic (as does this comment, of course). When enlightenment does occur, the non-dual nature of the world becomes clear and the spontaneous and inevitable nature of the process of enlightenment is revealed.
Video here
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