The Enlightenment view of mankind is a complete myth. It leads us into thinking we're sane and rational creatures most of the time, and we're not.
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I don't believe that human beings can achieve ultimate enlightenment, because humans have flaws.
The enlightenment is under threat. So is reason. So is truth. So is science, especially in the schools of America.
Enlightenment is not something you achieve. It is the absence of something. All your life you have been going forward after something, pursuing some goal. Enlightenment is dropping all that.
We're in an age of enlightenment, and we have a choice as a society which path to take.
The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness.
We all have the archetype inside us of the enlightened being.
Enlightenment is always there. Small enlightenment will bring great enlightenment. If you breathe in and are aware that you are alive - that you can touch the miracle of being alive - then that is a kind of enlightenment.
Really, the only thing that makes sense is to strive for greater collective enlightenment.
And as long as you're subject to birth and death, you'll never attain enlightenment.
We need enlightenment, not just individually but collectively, to save the planet. We need to awaken ourselves. We need to practice mindfulness if we want to have a future, if we want to save ourselves and the planet.
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