Awakened vs Enlightened - What's the difference?
awakened | enlightened |
(awake)
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*:But when the moon rose and the breeze awakened , and the sedges stirred, and the cat’s-paws raced across the moonlit ponds, and the far surf off Wonder Head intoned the hymn of the four winds, the trinity, earth and sky and water, became one thunderous symphony—a harmony of sound and colour silvered to a monochrome by the moon.
educated or informed
Made aware of something
Freed from illusion
* 1997 , John Peniel, The Children Of The Law Of One & The Lost Teachings Of Atlantis , chapter 10, page 128
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Exceedingly wise
Someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism
(enlighten)
As verbs the difference between awakened and enlightened
is that awakened is past tense of awake while enlightened is past tense of enlighten.As adjectives the difference between awakened and enlightened
is that awakened is having been woken up while enlightened is educated or informed.As a noun enlightened is
someone who has been introduced to the mysteries of some activity, religion especially Buddhism.awakened
English
Verb
(head)enlightened
English
Adjective
(en adjective)- Thus the world is full of a variety of so called ‘good and bad' people to all kinds of degrees. For instance, some people are just ‘not very nice’ (on the bad side), and others are really bad - rapists, murderers, etc. (more deeply on the bad side). Their consciousness is a result of using their free will over time. For instance, someone who has more often chosen selfishness over time will have lower consciousness than someone who has more often chosen Unselfish Love. So each individual has made one side primarily stronger than the other. Yet in the worst, there is still a divine spark of Universal consciousness buried deep within them, and in the best people, except for the enlightened ones, there is still the seed of selfishness. Thus all can still break from their norm at any time, and make different choices, and change their consciousness, and thus even turn their lives around. Just by applying free will, one step at a time. Building a new life, one stone at a time. Are you not in the process of raising your consciousness by using your free will to override your past habits and consciousness?”