r/enlightenment is a subreddit with 232k members. The most common kinds of discussions are advice requests and pain & anger, and the community frequently discusses enlightenment, mind, people, ego, and truth, 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
: "My mind is still, no inner chatter, anyone else have this?"
9 posts
#2
Pain & Anger
: "Reincarnation means this place is hell."
6 posts
#3
Ideas
: "You get three wishes to make the world a better place what are they ?"
1 post
Popular Topics in r/enlightenment
#1
Enlightenment
: "Too lazy to be ambitious,I let the world take care of itself. Ten days' worth of rice in my bag, A bundle of twigs by the fireplace. Why chatter about delusion and Enlightenment? Listening to the night rain on my roof, I sit comfortably, with both legs stretched out."
8 posts
#2
Mind
: "My Mind is still, no inner chatter, anyone else have this?"
4 posts
#3
People
: "Most People don't want a solution, they just want to keep dreaming."
3 posts
#4
Ego
: "Spirituality is medicine for a sick Ego"
3 posts
#5
Truth
: "The moment we stop making excuses and confront reality as it is, transformation begins. Truth has a way of uncovering the parts of ourselves that fear, pride, and denial work so hard to conceal."
3 posts
#6
Inner
: "My mind is still, no Inner chatter, anyone else have this?"
2 posts
#7
Thought
2 posts
#8
Enlightened
2 posts
#9
Ego Death
: "”Ego Death” and the private self"
2 posts
#10
Untethered Soul
: "From "The Untethered Soul" By Michael Singer"
2 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
Flair Used in r/enlightenment
#1
Discussion
: "Anybody else ever noticed– A eye staring at you when deep in meditation ?"
44 posts
#2
Open Question
: "What is the meaning of life?"
14 posts
#3
Quote/Picture
: "You cannot think your way out of physical armor"
11 posts
#4
Personal Experience
: "Need help finding enlightenment again."
7 posts
#5
Zen
: "A wise person finds a lesson in everybody and everything even if the lesson is that everybody and everything is transient. A fool listens only to what they want to hear and tries to curate a perfect life just to disappointed at every turn of life."
6 posts
#6
Buddhism
: "The miraculous effects of reciting the mani mantra- karma rinpoche."
4 posts
#7
Video
: ""Most People Don’t Really Know Who They Are." - Bob Proctor (we live simultaneously on 3 planes of understanding - We're spiritual creatures, we have an intellect, and we Live in physical bodies.)"
3 posts
#8
Comparative Discussion
: "A low vibrational and high vibrational person, are easy to differentiate."
2 posts
#9
Article
: "Spiritual Living"
2 posts
#10
Christian Mysticism
: "I Quit Seeking"
1 post
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Yearly
+79k members(52.2%)
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Last updated: August 3, 2026