Yeah I see the tension you’re noticing there.
What I’d say to you is the contradiction mostly comes from mixing two different layers of the teaching. Realization of absolute truth doesn’t suddenly turn the human character into a magical god-avatar with powers. The body-mind still functions according to its conditioning, biology, and circumstances. So enlightenment doesn’t mean you suddenly bend reality or spawn miracles on command. But what does tend to shift is identification. When the sense of being a separate self relaxes, the motivations built on lack, fear, and manipulation often weaken naturally. Not because a rule says they must, but because the psychological structure that fed them isn’t being taken as seriously anymore. That’s why compassion or honesty often deepen, they don’t come from moral obligation but from less separation.
The important part for you to see is that enlightenment isn’t about gaining abilities, it’s about seeing through the one who was trying to gain something in the first place. Powers, purification, mystical experiences, all of those are still things appearing within consciousness. Some people might have unusual capacities, most won’t, but none of that is really the point of the realization itself. The deeper shift is simply recognizing what you are prior to the character and its desires. From there the character may still have tendencies, but they’re no longer the center of identity. I appreciate the depth of your question, you’re really thinking carefully about these ideas 😊🙏