Life's moments of Enlightenment or Disillusionment

[Gardenlover]

Which have you encountered?

 

[Pinky]

Both.

 

[Ladybj]

Enlightenment. I'm done with Disillusionment

 

[officerripley]

Both. And some of the moments of enlightenment were disillusioning.

 

[palides2021]

I think as I get older, I become more and more enlightened. I find time to self-reflect and discover different ways of thinking about things. I question my motives and other people's motives. I can see through people now and can almost read them like a book just by the way they walk, talk, look, dress, etc. It's become a habit. I also can tell, as I write, what the reaction of the other person will be when they receive my email. Call it gut instinct, but it's happened enough times so that I pay attention to it. I think this is enlightenment.

Disillusionment - with the opposite sex. Unfortunately, when studying history and all the wars, communist regimes, and mass extinctions that have occurred in this world, destruction has been primarily through the hands of men. I am not blaming them, but I am blaming society for not allowing women to be in leadership roles more often. We might have had different outcomes as a result.

 

[dseag2]

These days, the more enlightened I become the more disillusioned I get. I would like to go back to being a naive young person.

 

[jujube]

Sometimes disillusion leads to enlightenment, when you finally see what someone is *really* like....

 

[palides2021]

Sometimes disillusion leads to enlightenment, when you finally see what someone is *really* like....

That's a very astute statement! Should be quoted...I loved it!

 

[Mr. Ed]

I am

 

[Shero]

I get moments of enlightenment each day. I do not have unrealistic expectations. I take things as they come so disillusion for me is very low.

 

[RadishRose]

Disillusionment - with the opposite sex. Unfortunately, when studying history and all the wars, communist regimes, and mass extinctions that have occurred in this world, destruction has been primarily through the hands of men. I am not blaming them, but I am blaming society for not allowing women to be in leadership roles more often. We might have had different outcomes as a result.

I absolutely agree and I've felt this way for a very long time.

 

[Gaer]

Enlightenment as I grow older but,
The more I know, the more i realize I don't know.

 

[Lewkat]

Both of course. At different times in the course of my life.

 

[chic]

"You can't go back and change the beginning but you can start where you are and change the outcome."

Enlightenment.

 

[IFortuna]

These days, the more enlightened I become the more disillusioned I get. I would like to go back to being a naive young person.

That doesn't sound like enlightenment. Isn't enlightenment about transcending the mundane and ascending the ladder of spiritualism and overcoming our egos?
Who do you consider enlightened?

 

[IFortuna]

Just when I consider I am becoming a bit more enlightened, the universe tosses the curve ball that humbles me.

 

[Paco Dennis]

My experience with disillusion almost always has to do with "things not going the way I want." I have no idea what "enlightenment" is. I always recall what a good friend said "Bliss gives me a headache." I think the best we can do is keep our boat afloat, during smooth and clear waters to disturbing waves that could drown us.

 

[Mr. Ed]

On a daily basis I claim to be enlightened, a true sign of delusion.