after ~20 years seeking, an answer: the word "enlightenment" sucks. it points in the opposite direction of its referent; it encourages you to construct fantasies of mysterious exalted states and intensify your problematizion of reality. i propose "deproblematization."
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What standard of evidence would convince you it’s real? I think it’s real and desirable, and that the teleological arc around it tends toward reducing the necessity of all such arcs. The most common pattern I see is taking meditation seriously, big shifts, & then chilling out.
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Standard of evidence would convince me it's real: direct experience. I am totally convinced people make emotional, psychological and spiritual shifts as a result of meditation practice. Not convinced there is some kind of perfected end state.
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there are so many things meant by "enlightenment" so yes, aiming for it is not desirable. you'd just be torturing yourself for a nebulous but apparently specific goal
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