Perhaps when u maintain your sense of humor throughout all situations!
Frankly, I have no idea when u know u are enlightened- I’m still on the bus heading there! It’s a word that seems quite loaded and I’m sure there’s a simple definition out there but I just don’t know it. It’s always a good question though! 
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Enlightenment is the releasing of attachment to form.
I think 99% of the world matches that description because they don’t practice or have not heard of enlightened, without being enlightened
I think Maheswari's comment presupposes that you are a practitioner already on the path.
OM Shanti, Enlightenment is not the business of business. It is overrated for business purposes. People read too many books and start talking about it like some kind of wizard guru. You will know when you get there why furstrate yourself with unnecessary questions. It is like the mud of the mind. Think before you think. Check if it is worth thinking about. After all, you are trying to concur your mind. To me what’s really important is the journey rather than enlightenment.
You are enlightened day by day as your progress continues. OM Shanti
I had a real glimpse of what enlightenment is:
Its like asking a question how can I come back home when you are at home already. You are enlightened already but do not see it because of the ego mind.
And its very easy to know when you are enlightened.
- You will experience satchitananda and it will be biggest experience you experienced and you will feel like you are it not like you are experiencing satchitananda but you became it and that there is nothing else. You are beyond time and space and you are it. This can’t be missed.
- After the experience your mind activities will cease to exist. You gonna have 0 thoughts, desires, needs, insecurities
- You will not be able to find yourself anymore. Fake I will be changed to real SELF. And your mind will be changed to cosmic consciousness. There are many other things as well but you get the point
but after realizing your true self (and realizing that the old 'me' was just illusion), the journey has no meaning. There was nothing important about the journey nor is there any meaning to it. It was just there. In the mean time, enjoy the journey :-)
There comes a point where we realise it is a journey from here to here. At the same time, it is the journey that brings us to realising our true self. So the journey is necessary. In the realm of meaning, the journey is as meaningful as anything can possibly be. Beyond meaning, this very conversation does no exist.
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Hi, for me enlightenment is feels like; all of time ceases to exist, (and as such) everything becomes one, everything (the whole of creation) is poised in a moment, the world fills with light, and the fluidity of creation dances inside of you, I think of it like Shakti and Shiva making love inside of me, and their orgasm is consciousness, dissolving me into oneness…
Enlightenment represents a return to a state of unity with all the consciousnesses that exist in the Universe.
It is achieved by gradually lowering the vibrations of consciousness, erasing the patches of the Ego from the 12 layers of the aura, with, of course, the previous healing of physical, emotional and mental disorders and diseases, performed by the Soul of meditator (in advanced stages and by other spiritual consciousness). The process is more complex and extensive than mentioned, this is just a brief overview.
enlightenment is like seeing a bird in a deep blue clear sky you see it you watch it its gone and then you think was it really there .
Definition no. 10 of enlightenment from the dictionary :
Enlightenment is living life as we move our hands, you just do it.
I.e he is so enlightened, he wakes up in the morning without having gone to sleep.
No. 11: Enlightenment happens when we are about to turn on the lights, and find they have been on all this time.
I.e Here comes John, he is so enlightened, he doesn’t pay bills. His statement: “Who is it that pays the bills?” He affirms there is no one really