A lot to unpack there and all very interesting. I'd just like to add two points:
1) You don't get to enlightenment by studying it and I believe, sometimes desperatly,
that it is
something that science will never be able to get a grasp on. I seem to remember that,
in Zen terms,
enlightenment comes with the loss of sense of self - maybe 'oceanic conciousness'. A
couple of good
books (I think) : 'Essays in Zen Buddhism: Vol 1' by D T Suzuki (I think this is out
of print nowadays
but well worth finding a copy of), 'Franny and Zooey' by J D Salinger.
2) Other people's enlightenment is rarely of any use to oneself.
If that's of ANY help at all,
richard chamberlain
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