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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Yeah, that messes it all up a ton. I personally go with the MCTB 4 path model ( https://www.mctb.org/mctb2/table-of-contents/part-v-awakening/37-models-of-the-stages-of-awakening/a-revised-four-path-model/ … ), and it lines up pretty well with my expectations for the results of practice as a Western lay non-monastic.
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I am aiming for something more like integration/self actualization. Become the deepest you can be and get the different parts of your personality working in tandem in order to contribute something unique to the world before you die.
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