If you can't think of an enlightened person positively, don't think of them at all.
There are lifetimes where one goes off into the Himalayas and meditate in a cave. But this is not really one of those lifetimes for most people. Our earth has changed.
Tantra is for extremists, but balanced extremists.
You can go through hundreds of lifetimes in one, and it all starts with daily meditation practice.
Our very awareness is the window upon which reality presents itself.
Most people put the cart before the horse, which is an interesting way to go through life. They approach everything directly. In Zen we approach everything backwards or inside out.