Question: Can we say that Enlightenment is yet another brainwashing or a deep conditioning of mind making them believe “you are god or consciousness” and a process to shift the thinking 360 degrees.
What does continuous shravana and manana do? Can we say that its a process of Reconditioning of mind.
How can we deny that the peace they feel id not an induced feeling produced by years of hammering of the mind saying that “your nature is peace. you are love, you are compassion ” and so on?
Sri Prabhuji: How can enlightenment be brain washing ? Enlightenment is all about “light” by enquiring into ” Who am I ?”. Nobody has to tell us “Who am I” since ‘who I am’ is our direct knowledge. All of us have intuitive knowledge of I AM. I represents consciousness and Am represents existence. Nobody had to tell us about “I Am”.
In our day to day transactions we assume various identities -I am body, I am so and so.
Self enquiry is about these assumed identities to discover True self “I” which is pointed out by I Am. Uncovering of true self is by discarding false beliefs and identities super imposed on I Am.
Various processes (prakriyas) of enlightenment are helpful aids to enquiry. Non judgemental awareness (witnessing) of mind is one such process.
End result of enquiry is intuitive recognition of dimensionless true Self free from identities.
Brainwashing is giving new belief systems while self enquiry is dismantling falsely held belief systems.
Enlightenment is freedom from beliefs.