Stages of Enlightenment through Deeksha

With six billion people on Earth, Bhagavan has always said there will be six billion different experiences of enlightenment because every person is uniquely individual.

Several years ago one of Bhagavan's followers described the stages of enlightenment in a general, yet quite understandable way. Obviously, volumes could be written about each stage, but I have briefly paraphrased his descriptions below.
--P. J.

Stages of Enlightenment

The Witness state--

1.  No more inner conflict.  You witness the mind and thoughts for what they are and experience the world as it is.  You live moment to moment in the present.

2.  Includes stage 1, but with an ever present feeling of joy.

3.  Includes 1 and 2, but with a great silencing of the mind.

The Oneness state--

4.  Includes the first 3, but with the permanent feeling of being connected to everything. You no longer feel separate.

5.  All of the above but often, or at will, you feel you are the observer, the observed, and the observation. You become the song you hear, the dance you dance, the tree you see, etc.

6.  All of the above but often, or at will, you expand into Cosmic Consciousness and encompass all of creation. You feel you have become all of life.

God-Realization--

6 +. Your Inner Dweller, Higher Self, the God Within, etc., (whatever name you want to call it) comes forth and is very present in your life. Your life is a constant flow of Divine guidance.