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Originally Posted by Erock  I guess I didn't phrase my question right, and I guess for someone to answer it they would have to agree with my view of enlightenment haha.
Okay, question rephrase: How many people do you think are enlightened in the sense that they have completely dis-identified with the body and their mind is infinitely silent? This question is assuming you believe, as I do, that this is possible.
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I would say that kind of enlightenment would be too detached and not much of a good thing. Go to the looney bins to see those poor souls, so detached. Many monks realize that they have to return to the real world too, even if they have meditated a lot and seen the light and such. Also, some get enlighted and turn it into being a guru and putting on airs - which is an other difficulty with this label. As another poster here said, it's a way to be special when spirituality or wholeness is supposed to remove heirachies. In other words enlightened ones are more grounded and less apt to draw attention to themselves directly.
I like to think my spirit is enlightened, as everybody's is. Then we are stuck in ego land and forget that part of us actually is enlightened all the time.