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Misconceptions about Enlightenment #2: It gives you happiness as we know it

When we hear that enlightenment means permanent happiness, we immediately think that this means a permanent version of what we ordinarily think of as happiness. This is not true. Enlightenment is happiness, but it is not ordinary, day-to-day happiness.

When we hear that enlightenment means permanent happiness, we immediately think that this means a permanent version of what we ordinarily think of as happiness. Enlightenment is happiness, but it is not ordinary, day-to-day happiness...

Misconceptions about Enlightenment: It gives you mental certainty (3 min video)

One of the misconceptions about enlightenment is that it lets you know, in the way you know anything else, what you really are, and the answers to all the existential mysteries. It does no such thing. Though enlightenment DOES give you certainty... of another kind.

One of the misconceptions about enlightenment is that it lets you know, in the way you know anything else, what you really are, and the answers to all the existential mysteries. It does no such thing. Though enlightenment DOES give you certainty... of another kind.