ENLIGHTENMENT:

“I think, therefore I am…confused”

“The only thing I know for certain is that I know nothing for sure.”

[ Briefly, tell the story of Plato's cave and explain how it is an allegory of enlightenment.

[ List other things allegorical possibilities for this story, i.e. Buddhist thought. Explain the parallels.

[Think about Plato’s cave and how sense apparent reality tricks us all the time.

[ List as many examples as you can of ways in which we are tricked by our senses.

[ Consider the ways in which you come to believe the truth of things. How is truth/information ascertained in the following fields of knowledge: math, science, philosophy, religion, history, mythology, art?

[ Where would you go to find something that is absolutely, unequivocally, incontrovertibly, undeniably true?

[ What does the process of becoming enlightened entail? How do you come to know what you think you know?

[ In your opinion, is the mind truer than the flesh? Or the flesh truer than the mind?

[ What is enlightenment?

[ Why do we want it?

[ How do we get it?