Glimpse of Enlightenment

Fundamentally the idea of enlightenment—the notion or term "enlightenment" or "buddha" or "awakened one"—implies tremendous sharpness and precision along with a sense of spaciousness. We can experience this; it is not myth at all. We experience a glimpse of it, and the point is to start from that glimpse and gradually, as you become more familiar with that glimpse and the possibilities of re-igniting it, it happens naturally. Faith is realizing that there is some open space and sharpness in your everyday life. There occurs a flash, maybe a fraction of a second. These flashes happen constantly, all the time.

From "An Approach to Meditation," in The Collected Works of Chögyam Trungpa, Volume Two, pages 451 to 452.
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