Dear Gurudev, why has the concept of enlightenment come up?
Sri Sri Ravi Shankar:
It is like asking, 'Why did the concept of blossoming come up?'
Everything is a bud, doesn’t a bud blossom? Of course it blossoms! Similarly, a fully blossomed human potential is enlightenment. It is not that a big lightening strikes you from the heavens and you say, ‘Oh, I’ve gotten enlightened!’ No. It is becoming a child again, and coming back to your original nature.
