r/enlightenment is a subreddit with 222k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses enlightenment, spirituality, spiritual, self, and mind, and they frequently recommend/review spiritual books.
What is enlightenment and what brings enlightenment? This subreddit is for thought-provoking discussion around the idea and experience of Enlightenment.
Popular Themes in r/enlightenment
#1
Advice Requests
: "Is enlightenment a destination?"
10 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "if i were truly enlightened would i not be hurt by my partner’s lust?"
2 posts
Popular Topics in r/enlightenment
#1
Enlightenment
: "If a meme can make you mad, why do you choose the Enlightenment subreddit to scroll through?"
65 posts
#2
Spirituality
: "Enlightenment is not Spirituality, People have equated Spirituality to being rich and it sucks"
37 posts
#3
Spiritual
: "To know oneself is the most privileged experience one can have...something even a Trillionaire can't buy."
32 posts
#4
Self
: "The Final Deception: How the "Self-help" and "spiritual" loops keep the limbic system hooked."
32 posts
#5
Mind
: "I stopped looking for awareness in my Mind and found something unexpected in my heart"
22 posts
#6
Consciousness
: "What does "within" even mean?"
20 posts
#7
Reality
: "The fabric of Reality itself is awareness"
16 posts
#8
Worst
15 posts
#9
Struggling
15 posts
#10
Meditation
: "The most important discoveries I've made about Reality through Intense Meditation, gateway tapes, psychedelics and empathogens"
15 posts
Products Discussed in r/enlightenment
Spiritual Books
19 reviews
#1
C.S. Lewis
4.5★ from 2 reviews
#2
Eckhart Tolle
5.0★ from 2 reviews
#3
Hermann Hesse
4.0★ from 1 review
Member Growth in r/enlightenment
Yearly
+77k members(53.6%)
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Last updated: June 20, 2026