Is ecstasy enlightenment? Is enlightenment ecstasy?

Ecstasy is more than enlightenment.

Enlightenment is more than ecstasy.

Inside a pinched and contracted person everything is boundless.

There is a Light of lights, and when one sees it no questions remain.

There is nothing more beautiful.

One feels secure, trust.

One is satisfied in the Light’s presence, whatever death is.

Whether one lives on in some form or other, goes through hell, purgatory, heaven or nothing, or never lives again – one lives forever now.

One asks nothing of the Light, no more than just to be.

Who shall I say sends me, asks Moses. Tell them Just Is sends you.

I do not know if the Light heals illness, makes for longevity or success, or does anything except bring a smile in your heart.

Truth is, I may not be aware of smiling or not. Just a kind of seeing and feeling.

(from Michael Eigen, ‘Ecstasy’)