For you, the word enlightenment means:
A. A type of deep realization (not necessarily requiring years of intense work)
B. A profound, permanent state that requires many years of intense work
C. A mythical thing, sort of like 'heaven', e.g. 'not real'
D. No opinion/unclear
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Heaven might be real you might see a world we never believed in when you die, or when the world ends. One day all places will connect as it was meant to be!
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a combination of a and b
A type of deep profound realization that requires lots of set up (but not necessarily permanent)
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I usually use it for A and that's how it was used in western society prior to sustained contact with Buddhist ideas, sometimes I use it for B. I use 'nirvana' for B more often and occasionally for C.
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I picked 1 but I feel like something between 1&2. It seems bigger and deeper than something that can happen in just a moment. I guess something like the more work is put in, the deeper and more sustained the enlightenment.
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E. An information given to you which causes sudden understanding - especially into great depth, or for many things at once.
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A. because children have it.
B. because it gets stamped out of them.
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