What is spiritual realization? If it happens to an individual, what next?

Question

If realization is a genuine thing then give some examples of persons who have attained to the highest?

Answer 1

Spiritual realization is the realization that you are not only the body. It is the realization that what is inside you is also outside and there is no difference such as you and me.



you may ask "even now the above said fact is known to many people and they are not considered as spiritually realized" . The reason for that is this is not a realization through the mind but beyond the mind. The so called spiritual lecturers whom you are speaking about are only speaking from their mind and actual realization has not happened to them.



After realization the individual will be experiencing it in many ways through out his life. Some times it will be ecstatic and sometimes it will be terribly painful. Take for example this incident. Once Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa was seated in the open hall near to his room and watching the vast expanse of green grass that has grown around and his mind has climbed to such a state that there was no difference between the grass and him. At this juncture a man was walking on the grass and he felt extreme pain in his heart. From this incident we can understand how a realized being live their day to day life after that. One moment he will identify himself with the suffering poor of the world and he will do everything possible to uplift them and there will not be anything in his life other than uplifting them. On another occasion he may identify himself with a suffering bird or any other creature and he will go down to help it out as if that is the most important thing in the entire universe.



It is like understanding love or pain and actually experiencing it. Most of the people of the world are able to understand this spiritual fact through the mind. Only few are able to experience it. Experiencing it will take you to totally different levels of existence which cannot be described.



Sri Ramakrishna Paramahamsa is a classic example of a realized being. The experience of realization has been described by him many times in many ways to his disciples. This has been beautifully captured in the hagiography written by Shri.Mahendranath Gupta in his book "The Gospel of Sri. Ramakrishna". If you find time just go through this book and you will understand what realization is all about. This book is available in all the Ramakrishna mutt book stalls.

Answer 2

Spiritual realization is when an individual exits his 5 senses and realizes what exists above him. We were created as the will to receive, 100% while the creating force is the will to bestow, or give 100%. Because we do not have corrected senses we cannot perceive the spiritual.



Many people in our day are reaching a point where they feel a lack of pleasure from this world and yearn for something more. Nature is pushing mankind to realize the force of bestowal. There is a method that has been laid out by our fore fathers for us to attain spirituality and eternal life.



If you are interested in learning more, here is a short clip that explains where we are at, why we are here and where we are going:



http://www.kabbalah.info/engkab/kabbalah-video-clips/kabbalah-revealed-perception-of-reality

Answer 3

Factual knowledge of a spirit, it is the beginning of a journey into reality of spirit, established fact, like a map where there is directions, it is a mental type map of directions, the Heart has to be full of fuel, LOL, a very great journey of knowledge not well known, the type you would not trade for anything, the journey that is, fills you up so much, you have to spill some out, LOL, that is sharing what you can that was given as a gift, having patience for the rest to come, just working with what you have been given, not trying to add to a world of confusion, but it is hard not to just let it all come out, spiritual realization means you know for a fact, and what ever talent you were given, you are responsible for it, to flourish it, ((((I love that, to flourish, ground of wheat, gratitude, grate, LOL)))), Jesus was, Daniel, Ezekiel, Jeremiah, Isaiah. There are more in other walks surely, but these I know.

Answer 4

The sages with whom I am familiar all state that describing enlightenment or liberation is impossible because it is transcendent of conceptualization and therefore of words. Thinking is by definition an abstraction from reality whereas spiritual liberation is at least in part a direct apprehension of reality.



What happens next? In Zen it is often said, "Before enlightenment chop wood carry water, after enlightenment chop wood carry water.



A few examples of enlightened beings are, Sri Nisargadatta Maharaj, Sri Ramakrishna, Sri Ramana Maharishi, Adyashanti, and there are many others both past and present.

Answer 5

Probably no one uses terms like "evil" "bad" or "failure". What's 'evil' or 'bad' depends completely on your perspective. Some people 'choose' certain circumstances because they like the drama, or want to experience the situation for some reason (ie, guilt). We choose more than we think we do, largely unconsciously. If you think of yourself as any of those three terms, chances are you are doing what Socrates called "leading an unexamined life". You are living according to patterns, not really questioning what you are, or what you are doing, in any depth. At some point that kind of life becomes very depressing, or boring, or both.

Answer 6

The question u asked is not in proper manner.

first of all when spirtual realization occure we don't think to think more and we attained the the greatest ever level level of peace

Answer 7

vivekananda

ramakrishna paramamsa

ramana maharishi

osho

j.krishnamurty

self realisation is nothing but knowing urself,ur likes and dislike.It has different levels according to the individual's capacity.

Answer 8

I couldn't give you an example of anyone in particular, I guess the genuine ones keep it to themselves.

Answer 9

All whom you consider saints or god viz. christ,mohmmad,budhdha,ramkrishna,vivekananda and many others are realised souls.