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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Replying to @no__elle_
Not convinced enlightenment is real or if real desirable. One of many teleological arcs humans can aim for.
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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69
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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Replying to @xstntlprvrt69 @ChasingMyself
there's no perfection, only removal
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Not convinced removal is normatively desirable.
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