enlightenment
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“If there’s anything tumultuous happening now . . . I wouldn’t know, I haven’t been paying attention,” she jokes, “just remember that historically, an enlightenment of epic proportions is probably not far off.”
From Salon ● Oct. 2, 2026
Jack Kerouac sought enlightenment there; his compatriot Neal Cassady was imprisoned there, in San Quentin.
From Los Angeles Times ● Sep. 4, 2026
Here he learned the methods of Transcendental Meditation, developed by Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, with the focus of seeking enlightenment.
From Los Angeles Times ● Aug. 18, 2026
But the genre also requires action, adventure, enlightenment, struggle, the guest-host relationship observed by the ancients and the supremacy of brains over brawn.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Jul. 16, 2026
In our latest enlightenment, the fabulous beasts are worse than improbable—they are impossible, because they violate evolution.
From "The Lives of a Cell" by Lewis Thomas
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