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En-lightenment and
En-darkenment
NOTE: The English term ‘enlightenment’ is a metaphor representing a psycho-physical
function not described. Enlightenment appears to be included in the experience
of samma-sambodhi or samyak-sambodhi
described by the Sakya Buddha.
En-lightenment
happens if and when energy (hence life support capacity) increases (for
instance when power is increased in a bulb and it gets brighter). En-darkenment
happens if and when energy (hence life support capacity) decreases (i.e. when
the power to a bulb is decreased). Light (i.e.
as brightness or as the experience of physical or mental lightness or
increase in speed) represents a relative increase in energy (or capacity). Darkness
(i.e. as dullness, or as the experience of an increase in physical or mental
heaviness or slowness) represents a relative diminution or loss of energy (or
capacity). Light (i.e.
energy up, indicating increased survival response capacity) and dark (energy
down, indicating decreased survival response capacity) operate as basic Guide
& Control mechanism in all biological systems. An increase
in light (or energy), hence enlightenment, tells a system: ‘You are doing
fine. CONTINUE!’ A decrease
in light (or energy, hence an increase in darkness) tells a system ‘You are
doing badly. DISCONTINUE! Try something else’. A surge of
energy, experienced (i.e. transformed as high-level language representation)
as enlightenment, is transformed further by the human as (energy) elation,
i.e. as an (energy) high. The transformation compresses and morphs the
biological information to a user friendly icon, thus making response easier,
quicker and above all, more compelling. A loss of
energy capacity, hence endarkenment, is self-represented by the human as
depression, i.e. as an energy low, further transformed as sorrow, suffering
anguish and so on. Energy
(that is to say, life support capacity) is released internally by compressing
out (i.e. by fissioning) redundant (i.e. formerly useful) or obstructing data
and functions (i.e. unresolved problems and useless operations) and which
need, and therefore suck energy to continue to operate. Energy is acquired
externally by means of contact (i.e. by fusion). Energy is lost (i.e. depressed or depleted) by investing it in
redundant or obstructive data and functions (i.e. unresolved problems), by
supporting everyday life functions and by not acquiring added energy from external
contact. In simple
terms, enlightenment (read also: increased arousal = awakening, Buddhism:
bodhi) happens if and when an energy surge is generated within. This happens
if and when an energy depleting operation, for instance an unresolved
problem, is eliminated. The response to elimination of energy depletion is an
energy back-flow or rush that restores the human system to increased of not,
as in the case of the Sakya Buddha, to full power. This happened to him
because he became fully aroused (or awakened) because he had resolved his problem
to perfection, and nothing remained. Endarkenment,
that is to say, decrease of arousal or awakening, i.e. returning to sleep,
happens if and when an energy loss is generated within (or from without), and
which reduces an individual’s capacity to respond @ best to the world. An
energy loss is displayed on the human’s internal states monitoring system
(i.e. consciousness) as unhappiness; or sorrow, anguish, suffering and so on. In short,
the Sakya Buddha achieved samma-sambodhi when he resolved his all consuming
problem fully. For this he self-rewarded with a tremendous rush of energy +
the feeling of freedom + the sense of perfect completion (i.e. of perfection)
so that ‘nothing further needed to be done.’ |