Even those Enlightened have distortion?

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But was the question about what enlightenment means?

How do you answer a question about the nature of something without addressing what it is? To answer the question, I say yes, those "enlightened" still have distortions, and rather an awareness of that fact.

If it's just "the natural state", then why would that not be be implicit?

Implicit to whom?

Implicit to any and everyone reading this thread.

I am communicating ideas, I do not know what assumptions others have made so I express what seems appropriate from my perspective.

Why do you say you do not know what assumptions others have made, yet question the rationale behind not rephrasing "enlightenment"?

I don't even feel like responding to this, consider me gone from the conversation. I was just asking and trying to learn what I may because I don't know. You've got all the answers, you tell me.

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I would add that I question because I do not know, even if I were to assume the intentions or assumption of others prior to asking I will not be able to know for sure until I have interacted with that person and more directly asked them. It is only through that actual experience of a thing that you are able to come to know what a thing is as part lf your experience. I am learn/teaching, not teach/learning, you could say lulz