The 'Glowing Man' meme, also known as the Enlightened or Ascended Man, features a figure radiating an intense, blinding light, symbolizing a state of ultimate knowledge or transcendental power. While its visual roots can be traced to the final stages of the 'Expanding Brain' meme, it evolved into a standalone format used to celebrate moments of extreme clarity, unexpected luck, or overwhelming superiority. It is often paired with captions describing a person who has mastered a complex task or someone who possesses 'forbidden' knowledge. The image perfectly captures the hyperbolic feeling of being on another level compared to everyone else, making it a staple for internet humor involving peak skill, high intelligence, or sheer confidence.