Anxiety and Enlightenment

What does enlightenment have to do with anxiety, and anxiety with enlightenment?

Anxiety is symbolized by the figure 8 and enlightenment by the figure ∞. Figure 8 represents the finite world of perception; ∞ represents the infinite. When we are trapped in the perception of the finite world and its symbols, we are anxious. When we are conscious of the infinite, we are being enlightened. Notice that 8 is merely the upright ∞. The finite is merely the misperception of the infinite. Entrapment is merely the misperception of enlightenment