Energy HealingSpiritual Liberation
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Enlightenment
"The permanent realization of one’s true nature as boundless awareness, ending identification with the separate self and the cycle of suffering."
Full Explanation
Origin & Etymology
Old English 'inlihtan' (to shed light upon)
Traditional Meaning
In the Upanishads, enlightenment is 'aham brahmasmi'—'I am Brahman'—the recognition that individual soul and universal spirit are one.