enlightenment...what is it?

enlightenment comes only with thought.And learning only comes by choice.That's a rule set upon us since the beginning of time.And till the end will it stick by us, following us through day in day out.

With each choice we make, with each step that we take, a new secret is unlocked. Knowledge unfurled upon us in a blanket of amazement and wonder. And yet what humanity has learnt,is but a tiny fraction of what's out there waiting for us:a small seed amongst a mountain of seeds; And it appears that the more we learn,the less we seem to know.

With wisdom comes the realisation of just how unwise we truly are. How powerless we really are in this world. And the thought of that, just leaves me humbled. Even the wisest of the wisest men in the world would agree to that.

We living here in this universe have very little to flaunt and throw around. Material wealth, though seemingly of great value to us now,is nothing more than sand upon the sea-shore:easily obtained and just as easily lost.A common commodity. But knowledge, enlightenment and wisdom. These things will last till the end of time.And the more we share it,the more we gain from it.It's a treasure worth guarding and keeping safe for the rest of our lives.

with enlightenment there comes a feeling of satisfaction and peace that few other worldly pleasures could possibly stand up to.And yet,most of us fail to see it....we're too obsessed with our worldly material needs that we fail to identify the truth of why we feel so. The real culprit of this illusion.How many of us can proudly announce to the world that we've solved the riddle of life?

Few.

Fewer still are those who could rightly say, "I've figured out everything." In fact,none could.We've learnt much about stars, moons and planets as well as other heavenly bodies. Yet we don't even know what's happening to us right now.

With all our self-made rules and situations, we SEEM to know a lot. But the fact of it is we know nothing more than just numbers and a series of causes and effects. And it all points out to one thing.

Nothing.

All we've done is stick to a set of rules that supposedly help us organise and give more meaning to our lives.We've identified one set of repititive situations after another. Managing to figure out only so much of the riddle of the universe;leaving much else to explore.As we continue on to learn;to pick up the pieces of jigsaw left upon us by the Almighty, we continue to be humbled by his greatness. So thus he encourage us to live our lives. To learn and search for the truth that he's left everywhere for us to discover.The beauty that he's hidden for us to seek. And as we look around us; as we truly LOOK around us, we would find it. The beauty that only knowledge could bestow upon the things.

What people would call "enlightenment"