Enlightenment like any other word, does not exist (but it sure is fun to connect with 😜😜)

Words don't really exist, but sometimes they point to something that actually does exist as a phenomena.  The word moon, for example, refers to the moon, like a finger pointing to the moon.  And the moon, as we all know, is very cool. So I approve of this message.  lol  

The word Enlightenment, on the other hand, does not exist.  So i'm not sure why I just capitalized it.  It's just a bullshit mental construct, like so many others.   And as bullshit mental constructs go, I suppose its not that bad.  I mean there are many mental constructs that give off good vibes like:  peace, love, understanding, etc.   And I suppose enlightenment would fit into that category.  It could be worse.

However, what I am really trying to say here that there is a better word to describe an actual phenomena that is more specific to what is going on than "enlightenment."  And that word is "connection."  Connection actually has a phenomenological existence.  It actually points to something.  And its visceral.  If you are connected to something, you can see it, feel it, touch it.  I'm not sure you can hear it or smell it, but 3 out of 5 ain't bad.  So if you are connected with something, you are "one" with it.  You have relationship.  And you aren't separate from it.  This is exactly what some people say the  experience of enlightenment is.   They are experiencing "connection."  

When we were in our mother's womb, we were connected to everything.  That was our visceral experience anyway.  And now we think we are not "connected" because there is alot of other shit going on around us.  But really, we are just in a bigger womb.  We are still connected with everything.  And when we meditate a whole bunch, we feel it even more.  And its interesting to experience the sensations of connection and lack of connection.  For me, that's where the rubber hits the road.  And all this talk about enlightenment is just a bunch of head games.  We are all connected.  Get over yourself.

Some people are naturally connected.  And some people are not so they have to write books or blogs about it.  50,000 words or zen talks about something that is right in front of us 24/7 that we can't escape.  In fact, when you read all those words you start to think you are not connected, and that is when the word enlightenment stops giving off the "good" vibes I referenced above.   Maybe if we altered the language of our discourse to more touchy feely terms that made us feel more connected we actually would be connected. So what's in the way being connected today?  I hope it wasn't reading this.  lol