According to Buddhism, everything is impermanent. So how can the state of enlightenment be permanent? Can an enlightened being become less enlightened, more enlightened, or even de-enlightened?

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The person I’ve found most influential on this kind of topic is David Hawkins, author of Power Vs. Force. Hawkins believes in something he calls the scale of consciousness. It’s a 1–1000 scale of human spiritual advancement. According to Hawkins, spiritual enlightenment is denoted by the range of 60