Different angle on enlightenment

23. Other Systems and Alternate Approaches
1

In this podcast Michael W. Taft and Kenneth Folk discuss awakening. They seem to believe that:

  • nirvana is “lights out”, no different that dreamless sleep without and observer
  • death is simply the end, there is no reincarnation
    AYP on the other hand promises reincarnation and perpetual bliss. How come different systems/traditions can have so different take of the same thing?
2

Because we are all blind, feeling different parts of an elephant with our hands and trying to describe it! :+1:
Sey :pray:

3

Read lessons 413 and 423 which will answer all your doubts hopefully.
As for enlightenment, it is like raising a child. A strict father is as important as a doting mother. The same approach was used by 2 giants of the 21st century when it came to self-realization. Nisargadatta Maharaj would tackle the seeker directly like a football defender. On the other hand, Ramanamaharshi would meet the devotee with silence.
Reincarnation, I do believe in, but I have no proof to offer. Our slates (memory) are wiped clean when we reincarnate. For more on this read about Edgar Cayce.