I post this as an "open question" to FFL readers. I think it's an interesting question. If you believe in enlightenment, and that it is within your grasp in this lifetime, what about yourself do you believe will *change* when you realize enlightenment?
I ask because many here seem to believe that some things definitely *will* change. I'm wondering what those things are. Me, I'm a fan of the old Zen saying, "Before enlight- enment, chop wood and carry water. After enlightenment, chop wood and carry water." I don't believe that *anything* will change about me when my realization of enlightenment becomes permanent, other than the addition of that permanent realization to my daily life. I don't think I'll necessarily become nicer, or wiser, or omniscient, or able to perform siddhis, or "above temptation," or any less able to do things that are less than positive (or less than "life- supporting"). I'll be the same person, just enlightened. But I am aware that these beliefs place me in the minority here, and that others believe that great changes will befall them when they finally realize the goal they have been pursuing all these years. So I'm asking in all sincerity what you think those changes will be. I think it could be an interesting thread.
