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Coach Pāṇini ®<p>It’s almost like the Founding Fathers of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> mustered an insurrection against the God-King on this first-principle.<br><a href="https://omfg.town/@dansinker/114270979636077718" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">omfg.town/@dansinker/114270979</span><span class="invisible">636077718</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Oh joy, yet another paper with a title that sounds like a new <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/crypto" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>crypto</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/fad" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fad</span></a> 🤦‍♂️. Thank goodness for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Simons" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Simons</span></a> Foundation's donations, because without them, we'd clearly be lost in a sea of <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academic" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academic</span></a> gobbledygook 🤷‍♀️. Can't wait to "multi-token" my way to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> - or was it ennui? 📚🔍<br><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2504.00927" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2504.00927</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Foundation" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Foundation</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/research" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>research</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/multi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>multi</span></a>-token <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Ah, the art of dodging political chit-chat with friends because, obviously, everyone's just a mindless tribal drone with no actual views of their own. 🤔💬 But hey, keep patting yourself on the back for being the only enlightened one at the table. 🙄 <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RivetingInsight" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RivetingInsight</span></a><br><a href="https://shwin.co/blog/why-i-dont-discuss-politics-with-friends" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">shwin.co/blog/why-i-dont-discu</span><span class="invisible">ss-politics-with-friends</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/politicalchitchat" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>politicalchitchat</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/mindlesstribes" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>mindlesstribes</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/socialdynamics" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>socialdynamics</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/humor" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>humor</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
L<p><a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/ViernesDeEscritorio" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ViernesDeEscritorio</span></a> <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/EliveLinux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EliveLinux</span></a> <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/steampunk" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>steampunk</span></a> <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/iMac" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>iMac</span></a> <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/GNU" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GNU</span></a> <a href="https://bonito.cafe/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a></p>
Cloudwalking Owl<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/what-is-enlightenment-fbd?r=4ot1q2&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/billhule</span><span class="invisible">t/p/what-is-enlightenment-fbd?r=4ot1q2&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Realization" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Realization</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>Ah, another groundbreaking revelation from academia! 🎓 Turns out <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/deep" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>deep</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/learning" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>learning</span></a> is just a regular ol' <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/algorithm" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>algorithm</span></a> in a fancy trench coat, and all these years we've been bamboozled by its mysterious allure. 🙄 Thanks for the <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a>, Captain Obvious! 🕵️‍♂️🚫<br><a href="https://arxiv.org/abs/2503.02113" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">arxiv.org/abs/2503.02113</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/academia" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>academia</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/tech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/satire" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>satire</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>GitHub enthusiast discovers the secret to eternal <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/programming" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>programming</span></a> enlightenment: yet another <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Lisp" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Lisp</span></a> interpreter! 🎉✨ Now you can spend your weekends "exploring" features that no one asked for while missing the real question: Why? 🤔🔍<br><a href="https://github.com/codr7/eli" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="">github.com/codr7/eli</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GitHub" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GitHub</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Interpreter" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Interpreter</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Weekend" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Weekend</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Exploration" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Exploration</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
OMG! Ubuntu!<p>Bodhi Linux Shows Off New Theme, Revived Modules</p><p>A ‘fresh new look’ is heading to Bodhi Linux, the Ubuntu-based Linux distribution built around the Moksha desktop, a fork of Enlightenment 17. Noting that the look of recent releases has leaned towards the dark side—no, not that one, Darth—the team has decide to give the next release a lighter visual revamp by making a new theme, called Zenithal, default. “Zenithal, developed by Štefan Uram and based on the&nbsp;Ice&nbsp;theme by Simotek, introduces a polished light aesthetic that brings a fresh energy to Moksha. It also marks a first for Bodhi: windows and dialogs with rounded edges,” they say. Bodhi Linux’s :sys_more_orange:<br><a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/News" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>News</span></a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Bodhi" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Bodhi</span></a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Distros" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Distros</span></a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://hello.2heng.xin/tags/EyeCandy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>EyeCandy</span></a> </p><p>:sys_omgubuntu: <a href="https://www.omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/bodhi-linux-tease-new-theme" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">omgubuntu.co.uk/2025/03/bodhi-</span><span class="invisible">linux-tease-new-theme</span></a></p>
Fight the Right<p>The founding fathers baked reason, truth and free speech into the US. That’s all gone now</p><p><a href="https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2025/mar/09/founding-fathers-reason-truth-free-speech-us-donald-trump" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theguardian.com/commentisfree/</span><span class="invisible">2025/mar/09/founding-fathers-reason-truth-free-speech-us-donald-trump</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Trump" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Trump</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Krasnov" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Krasnov</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Democracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Democracy</span></a> <a href="https://mstdn.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a></p>
Cloudwalking Owl<p><a href="https://open.substack.com/pub/billhulet/p/realization-moment-by-moment-816?r=4ot1q2&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">open.substack.com/pub/billhule</span><span class="invisible">t/p/realization-moment-by-moment-816?r=4ot1q2&amp;utm_campaign=post&amp;utm_medium=web&amp;showWelcomeOnShare=true</span></a><br><a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Daoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Daoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Taoism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Taoism</span></a> <a href="https://mindly.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a></p>
N-gated Hacker News<p>🚨Warning: Revolutionary tech discovery!🚨 Turns out you might not need that tech everyone rhapsodizes about, because apparently, the problem isn't Redis—it's YOU! 🤯 But don't worry, the author has a decade of groundbreaking "meh" observations to guide you to <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>enlightenment</span></a>. 🎉<br><a href="https://www.viblo.se/posts/no-need-redis/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="">viblo.se/posts/no-need-redis/</span><span class="invisible"></span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/RevolutionaryTech" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>RevolutionaryTech</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Redis" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Redis</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ProblemYou" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ProblemYou</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GroundbreakingObservations" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GroundbreakingObservations</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/HackerNews" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>HackerNews</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/ngated" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ngated</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@whknott" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>whknott</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@ErickaSimone" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>ErickaSimone</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://podvibes.co/@evoterra" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>evoterra</span></a></span> </p><p>The founding <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FirstPrinciples" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FirstPrinciples</span></a> are noble and rooted in <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/virtue" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>virtue</span></a>, which was the only thing sons of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/American" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>American</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> valued in the late 1700’s.</p><p>Reputation is a function of promise and delivery.</p><p>The delivery has fell short since inception.</p><p>But the promise?</p><p>Huge upside.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/FAFO" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>FAFO</span></a> is legacy of the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> </p><p><a href="https://inaniludibrio.com/2024/02/24/right-kind-of-wrong/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">inaniludibrio.com/2024/02/24/r</span><span class="invisible">ight-kind-of-wrong/</span></a></p>
Benjamin Carr, Ph.D. 👨🏻‍💻🧬<p><a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> reaches 0.27, continuing its quiet but persistent journey<br>An elder returns, for those still seeking it<br>Enlightenment is one of the granddaddies of <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/Linux" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Linux</span></a> <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/desktops" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>desktops</span></a>, and after a couple of years, has a shiny new release.<br>First release was way back in 1997, Development Release 16 appeared in 1999, followed by a 13yr hiatus. That version, known as 0.16 or <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/DR16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>DR16</span></a>, is still maintained: it's now called <a href="https://hachyderm.io/tags/E16" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>E16</span></a>, and version 1.0.30 was released on August 10, 2024. <br><a href="https://www.theregister.com/2025/01/28/enlightenment_reaches_027/" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://www.</span><span class="ellipsis">theregister.com/2025/01/28/enl</span><span class="invisible">ightenment_reaches_027/</span></a></p>
Scott 🇮🇱🇺🇦🗽<p>This country’s founding was inspired by and grounded in the <a href="https://babka.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>.</p><p>Today we are a symbol of everything Enlightenment-era thinkers opposed: <a href="https://babka.social/tags/fundamentalism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>fundamentalism</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/autocracy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>autocracy</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/inequality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>inequality</span></a>, and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/ignorance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>ignorance</span></a>. </p><p>In 1857, an all-white, all-male Supreme Court issued its opinion in Dred Scott v Sandford, authored by its unabashedly racist Chief Justice. That one decision tipped the scales of history, leading to a bloody Civil War and another century of institutionalized <a href="https://babka.social/tags/racism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>racism</span></a> in America. </p><p>If one ruling could be so destructive, for so long, imagine how long we might suffer after four years of continuous <a href="https://babka.social/tags/corruption" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>corruption</span></a>, <a href="https://babka.social/tags/incompetence" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>incompetence</span></a> , and <a href="https://babka.social/tags/tyranny" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>tyranny</span></a>. I don’t know that the country that emerges resembles the one in which we grew up. I don’t know that the Enlightenment dream of America survives.</p>
Likely Jan Lukas<p>Thanks to everyone for reading this <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/light" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>light</span></a> little <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/science" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>science</span></a>-y adventure. ❤️</p><p>I genuinely hope I have not caused irreparable harm to our universe in the pursuit of literal <a href="https://mstdn.ca/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>. If so, I'm sorry. Deeply sorry. 😬</p><p>(But again, it was an accident!!!1! 😱)</p><p>😛</p><p>27/fin</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p><span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://turtleisland.social/@csgraves" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>csgraves</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.social/@benroyce" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>benroyce</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.ca/@sendtherunners" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sendtherunners</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@RoguePlayer" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>RoguePlayer</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mstdn.social/@tinydoctor" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>tinydoctor</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://pleroma.envs.net/users/sirjofri" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>sirjofri</span></a></span> <span class="h-card" translate="no"><a href="https://mastodon.world/@Nigel_Lake" class="u-url mention" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">@<span>Nigel_Lake</span></a></span> </p><p>The European <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> learned of <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/egalitarian" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>egalitarian</span></a> values from the indigenous / First Nations people.</p><p>Not even the <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Renaissance" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Renaissance</span></a> brought that about.</p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>This is what happens when the Dark <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> gets taken seriously, instead of being told to keep playing with their crayons and try to color inside the lines.</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a><br><a href="https://mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/114033250271276285" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">mastodon.social/@VeroniqueB99/</span><span class="invisible">114033250271276285</span></a></p>
Coach Pāṇini ®<p>Slowly, people are having the dawning realization, that, while “Dark <a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a>” is a superdumb oxymoron, it’s the strategic objective of the Creepy Weirdos™</p><p><a href="https://mastodon.world/tags/history" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>history</span></a></p>
Alok Mohan<p>Gautam Buddha’s spiritual journey took a crucial turn when he transitioned from extreme asceticism to the Middle Path.</p><p>✨ This realization was not just personal but a landmark moment in spiritual thought.</p><p>🌿 Read more about his transformation &amp; the discovery of the Middle Path:<br>🔗 <a href="https://thealokmohan.medium.com/gautam-buddhas-intense-austerities-and-the-discovery-of-the-middle-path-a-journey-to-c01004b1b7c9" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" translate="no" target="_blank"><span class="invisible">https://</span><span class="ellipsis">thealokmohan.medium.com/gautam</span><span class="invisible">-buddhas-intense-austerities-and-the-discovery-of-the-middle-path-a-journey-to-c01004b1b7c9</span></a></p><p><a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/GautamBuddha" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>GautamBuddha</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Spirituality" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Spirituality</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/MiddlePath" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>MiddlePath</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Buddhism" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Buddhism</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Enlightenment" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Enlightenment</span></a> <a href="https://mastodon.social/tags/Philosophy" class="mention hashtag" rel="nofollow noopener noreferrer" target="_blank">#<span>Philosophy</span></a></p>