Some individuals spend time searching for the real importance of life, and find themselves probing religion. In some cases they've been through most, studying all aspects and not finding fulfillment. The Buddhist goal of enlightenment and obtaining nirvana teaches that realization is the opposite of ignorance, and to become free you must be realized. What are the factors that lead to self realization and accomplishing nirvana?
             The fist concept is that the individual must eliminate the skandas which is translated as self concepts/self identifications (the I ). Everything about the commanding self consists of one's natural inquisitiveness plus one's conditioned ideas; this must die before one's actual death. The goal is to cease passions, emotions and desire; for they are unstable tornadoes of the mind.
             The practice of meditation and yoga are a huge contributing factor to the self realization process. The practice of meditation says that one must stop up their ears and close their eyes in order to hear and see the truth, it's the practice of going inward; the only reality. The practice of yoga awakens kundalini (energy), as well as meditation. Yoga is meant to control the body, in health and pleasure.
             Consequently, accomplishing what is believed as slaying one's self identifications and feels they can move on to the next step, one must receive analysis from a guru (self realized man). The guru asks questions, analyzes and has ways to get real answers from a devotee. Like a doctor a guru comes to a conclusion and then prescribes the solution (cure), decides if one is ready to learn by his side, and if not then he will assign one to a task. At the completion of the task one is urged to come back to be re-analyzed.
             Therefore, if one is either assigned to a task or allowed to live and learn by the side of a guru, all karma from past and current life is brought forth to live and be dealt
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