Rob asked:

Is a "utopia" or "El Dorado" possible? I have thought of this for some time now, and I have come up
with the following. That if a "utopia" is to exist, it will be the people that make it possible not the
physical attributes. Next, for these people to be able to make this "utopia" exist they must be
enlightened, or they must have lost their ego and know themselves, know what who they are. From
this point a "utopia" can be created. My question is, Can people really be in this enlightened state
forever, or is it fleeting? I know that one can attain this feeling or state of enlightenment more and
more easily, but can one be in this state forever? My professor has told me that we can do this using
inductive reasoning, look at Plato, or Walt Whitman even. He says these people are enlightened and
are in this state forever, yet I feel that this is impossible! I believe that it is fleeting. What is your view
of this?

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Utopia is not naturally possible because of human nature. There is no way you can become
enlightened by inductive reasoning! Inductive reasoning is purely logical and enlightenment isn't
possible without emotional freedom. Emotional freedom requires clear thought, but clear thought
requires balanced emotions.

Since some people do claim to be enlightened, this looks like a practical problem, but enlightenment
is an end and a value which it is possible to reject and utopia is only an ideal to some people.

Rachel Browne