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I've been trying to interview 'enlightened' people and it's so hard because people's relationship with that word is extremely fucky. People are like "yes i am basically everything described by enlightenment but no i'm not enlightened" and I *get* it but it makes this hard

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

Dec 10, 2019

Cause I'm asking all around the internet for 'enlightened' people and people are quick to respond 'if anybody claims they're enlightened, they're wrong' and im like ok yes i understand however what words do you want me to use instead because obviously something is going on here

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Aella

@Aella_Girl

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That's not the point of my project right now - I'm not trying to evaluate if people are or are not enlightened, I'm mostly trying to map out all the different things people mean by that word.

11:49 PM · Dec 10, 2019

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Enlightenment, if defined as freedom from self fixation, would inherently be signless and characterless. Those remarkable men and woman I have met I perceived as enlightened, were free from judgement and self concern. So it was impossible to grasp who they were.

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The best measure of one’s enlightenment is how consistently they are in a state of nirvana.

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I would say the word “present” could be interchangeable. Someone who isn’t preoccupied with the past or future, but rather lives Now, and in a state of acceptance.

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I thought you were trying to find enlightened people from the internet to interview