What were the major ideas of the Enlightenment?

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Non-dual mode of thought: Stimulis don’t provoke programmed patterns of thought, thought runs in random directions with every stimulus.

Blessed: One is untouched by negative events in life, such things are transformed to positive ones.

Growth cessation: No more spiritual growth can be found in Earthly / human life so you will no longer incarnate on Earth or as a human.

Cultural: enlightenment only exists for a short period of time in which the conditions were ripe for a certain kind of human experience. Like 90s music. We could make nineties-style music today, but it just won’t be the same.

Celebrity: You’re enlightened by virtue of how many people you help in life.

Historical: The Enlightenment was a period of history in which the scientific revolution flowered along with the Renaissance to produce a new body of philosophical and political work pulling away from the influence of religion.

Zen: enlightenment refers to a specific kind of epiphany that happens to you and then passes. Constant effort is required to string these experiences together.

Hawkins: Human consciousness exists on a scale from 1 to 1000. Enlightenment happens when your consciousness reaches level 600.