What does it mean to be enlightened in the Enlightenment?

: the state of having knowledge or understanding : the act of giving someone knowledge or understanding. : a movement of the 18th century that stressed the belief that science and logic give people more knowledge and understanding than tradition and religion.

How do I become spiritually enlightened?

4 Steps to Take to Become Spiritually Enlightened

1. Increase Your Knowledge. If you’re hoping for some first steps to take toward spiritual enlightenment, start by reading about it.
2. Add mindfulness into your daily life.
3. Meditate.
4. Unravel your past traumas.
5. Adapt your behaviors.

What is spiritual spiritual enlightenment?

Enlightenment is the “full comprehension of a situation”. Roughly equivalent terms in Christianity may be illumination, kenosis, metanoia, revelation, salvation, theosis, and conversion. Perennialists and Universalists view enlightenment and mysticism as equivalent terms for religious or spiritual insight.

Are spiritual experiences and enlightenment the same thing?

Spiritual experiences and enlightenment are not the same thing. Some enlightened people have these crazy spiritual experiences. It’s also possible that some don’t. Many people have all manner of intense spiritual experiences and have not crossed the threshold of enlightenment.

What is enlightenment or awakening?

Enlightenment, or awakening, is not like this at all. To say it is humbling is a comical understatement, as it wipes out the inner personhood to whom pride or shame or accomplishment could accrue. Everything in the whole universe changes, and yet it is at the same time, completely anti-climactic and very ordinary.

Is it possible to attain enlightenment?

There is no “you” to attain enlightenment. In that moment any reality of a “you” who could succeed or fail, attain or not attain, is understood to the very core to be unreal. It’s not an intellectual understanding. It does not involve the mind or thinking or evaluating or believing. You just see it.

What is the threshold of Enlightenment?

And you may not make much sense to others. Waking permanently is different than waking for a moment and then going back to sleep. When you wake fully, that moment of waking may seem like an experience, but what follows is a state of being…being awake. That is what the threshold of enlightenment is.