I enjoyed reading what I could, but I guess life has made me jaded. I couldnt Choose (or rather my choice is currently not available), because I just became too suspicious. Mostly it was because of one of the LIs and their evasive mannerisms and a reveal about their situation as opposed to the MCs (trying not to spoiler here.)
Enlightenment is a journey that everyone takes at their own pace. It can not be hurried, rushed or quickened by an outside force (unless the person seeking enlightenment chooses to look for that outside source) and any attempt to do so, no matter how well meaning, is going to create resistance to it, ranging anywhere from confusion and disbelief, to anger and hostility. The more an individual or culture is pushed toward "enlightenment" by an outside source, the stronger their resistance will become.
There is no such thing as Forced Enlightenment, the proper term for that is Indoctrination.