Remind me again: Enlightenment ≠ Happiness/Transformation

[Hafiz]

Just gave a listen to the last Sam Harris podcast:

https://www.samharris.org/podcast/item/111-the-science-of-meditation

In it they explain that meditation is not really a substitute for traditional medicine to treat depression, and that it's for awakening, not to make you a happy person.

This is similar to Peter Ralston's books which I read this summer but will have to re read, because the content was so dense.  Transformation isn't enlightenment.

Before I double down here and keep up my practice, I want to know what you guys think and why you are here. Are you here to get over some emotional problem, or do you think enlightenment will help with that.

[Highest]

Enlightenment will end suffering and make you realize that the divine is not a matter of belief but a fact based on countless direct experiences. It can help with emotional problems for sure as well. But no, I'm not here to get over some emotional problem, I began my journey because it was in my nature to try to discover the Truth of this reality, which ultimately took me to a higher power, the divine, the creator, the absolute. The experience cannot be described by words.