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227But I thought to gain enlightenment you had to give away all your possessions, perform rigid disciplines, and live in a cave for the rest of your life.The severity of that lifestyle doesn%u2019t sound very enticing, does it? This misunderstanding of the road to enlightenment is why for thousands of years people with responsibilities in society have thought enlightenment to be difficult and impractical%u2014something for monks and recluses, requiring fantastic will power.We in this generation are deeply indebted to Maharishi and to his teacher, Guru Dev, for providing an effortless, extremely rapid technique for everyone to achieve this most practical and basic of human goals.This is one of Maharishi%u2019s main points, that enlightenment%u2014using one%u2019s full potential%u2014is everyone%u2019s birthright and it can be easily attained by us all.