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What does enlightenment mean?

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  1. An act of enlightening, or the state of being enlightened or instructed.
  2. A concept in spirituality, philosophy and psychology related to achieving clarity of perception, reason and knowledge.
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Progressions in Scotland itself during the Scottish enlightenment led to advancements throughout the empire.
They established universities in Granada and Cordova in Spain and lit the lamp of enlightenment in a Europe immersed in darkness.
This was the age of reason and enlightenment where science was fitting the heavens into the clockwork precision of mechanical, mathematical laws.
Zen masters often use nonsensical or unsolvable riddles, or koans, to bring about enlightenment.
They use urine to unleash their kundalini, sending it straight into the third eye, bringing instant enlightenment.
Yet despite this huge pile of paper, very little enlightenment has emerged.

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