Is Enlightenment The Right Word?

We use the word enlightenment all the time in spirituality.

But it might actually be one of the most misleading words in the entire field.

It suggests a climactic transformation, a final state, something rare and special.

Yet the lived experience of awakening is usually quieter, slower, and far more ordinary.

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