It’s an active practice with the opportunity for choice in each new moment or situation.

Buddhists don’t reach enlightenment in an instant or by magic fairy dust either.. They practice moment by moment, day by day, reflecting on who they’re being and choosing where they will come from. And they start out the same way as everyone else. My understanding is that most of them don’t completely reach enlightenment either (not like Buddha did; or Jesus who lived by the same concepts).

But they are committed to implementing the process in their daily lives.

Peoples fear of words like enlightenment (perhaps of too much work/responsibility) creates the escape route for them to not have to try or be responsible for their experience. (It definitely sounds like a lot of WORK to reach “enlightenment”!)

So I’ve just put the concept in simpler terms. Everyone can understand that coming from love brings out love (and the best) in other people, which you then get back from that person. People can actively engage in noticing where they’re coming from and practicing choosing to come from love instead of their fears. Which drastically alters not just others experience of them, but their own experience of other people. Imagine how much happier people would be if they practiced this all the time!?