Neal Theise - What is Enlightenment?

Enlightenment is the claimed higher mental states that characterize various Eastern religious and philosophical traditions. Such enlightenment is usually achieved through kinds of meditative practices. While there is no doubt that deep and protracted mediation can alter normal conscious states, is there any real reach to ultimate reality?

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Neil Theise, MD is a diagnostic liver pathologist and adult stem cell researcher in New York City, where he is Professor of Pathology and of Medicine at the Mount Sinai Beth Israel of Icahn School of Medicine.

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