First of all, I believe it would be helpful to arrive at a shared understanding of what enlightenment actually is. I suppose everyone has somewhat different individual ideas about it.

In my view, enlightenment is the pinnacle state of consciousness at the end of the ascending path of love (agape) and knowledge, and both are present here in abundance and depth. It is the highest state of consciousness that can occur in the human body — a state that only a handful of souls can enter into. For this reason, such an extremely rare and precious phenomenon should be treated with care and humility in language, and any inflationary use of the term should be avoided.

Nevertheless, I think enlightenment can be regarded as a notional ultimate goal — recognizing that it may never be fully attained, yet still guiding the general direction of one’s personal spiritual path.

Each moment of choice on this path invites us to recognize and choose the option that contains the most love (Agape), using our thoughts and feelings  to make that selection — consciously or unconsciously. For, as Ra reminds us, "The moment contains love. That is the lesson/goal of this illusion or density." (Ra 10.14)

In this way, we will be able to collectively create a reality that differs positively from the reality we know today.

This attitude accepts the given facts and shows that no spiritual ego is involved, unlike the questioner in the translated transcript of a session, who asked the Die Quelle: “I have been on the spiritual path for a very long time and have left much behind. Am I already enlightened?” (see attachment for the answer)

The “given facts” can be derived from the Map of Consciousness (see attachment) by the American psychiatrist and researcher on consciousness David R. Hawkins, where enlightenment corresponds to the highest calibrated values between 700 and 1000.

In his book Transcending the Levels of Consciousness – The Stairway to Enlightenment, Hawkins provides some incidence data that illustrate how exceptional these levels are:

• Approximately 78% of the world’s population calibrates below 200

• Around 4% reach 500; 0.4% reach 540

• For consciousness level 600, Hawkins states: “Whether the body continues to exist and survives or not is actually irrelevant... In approximately 50% of cases in which this level of consciousness is realized the body is abandoned.” (translated from the German edition)

• In 1995, the year his book was first published, there were only 12 people worldwide at the extraordinarily high level of 700

Even in states of expanded consciousness — which may be entered into during contemplation, meditation, or near-death experiences — another striking phenomenon may occur, sometimes called “Sudden Access to All-Knowing and Understanding.” I include an example from near-death research (see enclosure) to illustrate this, noting that even such impressive experiences can occur at much lower levels of consciousness than enlightenment. In this context, I would like to emphasize that expansions of consciousness are temporary, whereas enlightenment represents a permanent or at least long-lasting state that may last several days.

Finally, I wonder whether Michael may also have been addressing the topic of enlightenment when he stated (paraphrased): “You have chosen to incarnate in order to experience the physical plane—so don’t strive to escape it.”

I hope this small compilation helps to deepen our discussion of this subject. I look forward to hearing your thoughts at one of our next meetings.

Enclosures (already sent with the previous text):
1. Am I already enlightened?
2. Map of Consciousness
3. Sudden Access to All-Knowing and Understanding