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Originally Posted by Sethomas
There is no universal measure of enlightenment, so it can't be said to have a universal effect.
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How could there be a universal measure of somthing so personal as enlightenment. Just like there is no universal mesurement to quantify somebodys relationship with God or whatever, you can't quantify your knowledge of yourself and how you relate to the universe.
Also, knowing that the whole of human life is an incredibly insignificant thing (something philosophy and science has taught us again and again) does not preclude happiness, nor does the knowledge that people are suffering everywhere. I find happiness to be realitive to your enviroment for example
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A poor, black South African surviving on $200 a year is, on average, as happy as an upper-middle-class American earning $70,000.
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http://www.discover.com/june_03/breaknumbers.html