Many ask what does it mean to be enlightened? Nikos Kazantzakis said, "The real meaning of enlightenment is to gaze with undimmed eyes on all darkness." One may wonder how was I enlightened? I get enlightened everyday I wake up in the morning and go out into the world. My journey to enlightenment is a never ending process; The process of which I look forward to every second of my life. As I am enlightened everyday, I am also unenlightened everyday. There's a big difference from being enlightened and being unenlightened. I was first enlightened when I entered into this world, when I first went to school, and as I live my everyday life. Ever since I was born I have been enlightened and has been getting more and more enlightened. I came out a small cave called the womb and was enlightened into a bigger cave called earth. I was introduced to many people and many new sites I had never seen before. Even before starting school I was being enlightened as I was young because others around me taught me how to talk, walk, and many other simple concepts. Most of the time one becomes enlightened unintentionally when it comes to living. …show more content…
Everyday I learned and or was introduced to new subjects. I get enlightened on multiple topics on a daily basis. For example, I was taught my a, b, c's when I first started school and then that lead me to learning new and bigger words and sentences. I also learned my multiplication and other forms of math in 1st - 8th grade and now I am learning how to apply everything I learned in