How Human Beings are Enlightened or Unenlightened?

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The article uses various illustrations to show the manner in which human beings are enlightened or unenlightened. For instance, the prisoners have spent a substantial amount of their lives chained in caves and not allowed to turn. In front of them are a fire and a low wall that allows them to see the images of the [people passing across the wall. They are able to notice that some of the people converse with one another while others are silent. In addition, they can also identify the images of some of the items being carried across the wall as a result of the shadows that they make. This is an indication of how the human mind i...