enlightenments
Moments of clarity
Enlightenments is the plural of enlightenment, referring to separate instances or types of understanding, insight, or spiritual awakening.
The plural appears most often in philosophical or religious contexts discussing different traditions: Buddhist and Hindu enlightenments share certain features but differ in key respects.
It can also mean multiple moments of clarity or realization: The book chronicles her various enlightenments over decades of practice.
Mental comprehension of something
- realizationGrasping what's true
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
- knowledgeUnderstood facts and skills
discovery · revelation · learning · wisdom · clarity · epiphany · breakthrough · cognition
Return to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
- liberationRelease from constraint
transcendence · illumination · buddha · dharma · meditation · moksha · samadhi · mystical
State of sentient awareness
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- cognizanceState of knowing something
- attunementHarmonious receptive connection
sensitivity · alertness · recognition · intuition · acuity · vigilance · wakefulness · presence
Basis or justification
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
- libertyAbsence of unjust constraint
progress · humanism · reformation · modernity · democracy · scientific · freethinking · salons
understanding
Mental comprehension of something
- realizationGrasping what's true
- insightDeep perceptive understanding
- comprehensionMental understanding of meaning
knowledge · discovery · revelation · learning · wisdom · clarity · epiphany · breakthrough · cognition · discernment
awakening
Return to consciousness
- nirvanaRelease from cyclical existence
- satoriSudden spiritual awakening
- bodhiBuddhist spiritual awakening
liberation · transcendence · illumination · buddha · dharma · meditation · moksha · samadhi · mystical · divine
consciousness
State of sentient awareness
- perceptionMental interpretation of stimuli
- mindfulnessAwareness of the present
- cognizanceState of knowing something
attunement · sensitivity · alertness · recognition · intuition · acuity · vigilance · wakefulness · presence · lucidity
reason
Basis or justification
- revolutionViolent governmental overthrow
- rationalismReason as knowledge source
- secularismSeparation of faith, state
liberty · progress · humanism · reformation · modernity · democracy · scientific · freethinking · salons · coffeehouses
enlightenmentsconfusions
States of mental disorder
bewilderments · befuddlements · perplexities · mystifications · puzzlements
enlightenmentsignorances
Lacks of knowledge
delusions · misconceptions · benightedness · nescience · stupidities
enlightenmentsdarknesses
Conditions lacking light
benightedness · ignorance · delusion · darkness · bondage
- spiritual enlightenmentProfound transcendent awareness
- Age of EnlightenmentEra prioritizing reason