Why do humans strive for enlightenment?

People generally seek enlightenment as an escape from the pain of life. Some continue to pursue it, while others easily slip back into unconscious life once the turmoil passes.

What showed the influence of Enlightenment ideas?

The Enlightenment produced numerous books, essays, inventions, scientific discoveries, laws, wars and revolutions. The American and French Revolutions were directly inspired by Enlightenment ideals and respectively marked the peak of its influence and the beginning of its decline.

What happens to a person’s life after enlightenment?

Again, after Enlightenment a person’s outward life may seem little different to others: Family life will go on, sexuality will go on, sickness and health will go on, failure and success will go on. But inwardly, the personal ego is no longer in charge, for the person is marching to a different drummer,…

What do enlightened people look like?

The history of Enlightened people reads otherwise. Physical life continues on the outside, and to family, friends, and work associates, such persons outwardly look much the same: They don’t have visible auras around their heads. Outwardly, life seems to go on as it was—at least in the time right after the experience.

What is not sought after in the Enlightenment?

Fame, fortune, notoriety, and worldly power are not sought after, for with Enlightenment such goals are seen as what they are: grand illusions of the personal ego and its constricted view of what life is.

What does Enlightenment mean to you?

People traveling the various paths to Enlightenment feel that if they can achieve it, then they have achieved the Ultimate human experience. In its truest description, Enlightenment goes beyond intellectual comprehension of the experience. It is not about seeking God, speculating, or theologically theorizing about God or Ultimate Beingness.