just realize, that you cannot be enlightened..... what that statement says is that you feel enlightenment is something to work towards.......do not be like the thousands that I see that are stuck in techniques, and beliefs, and progress bars....... enlightenment is purely disassociating with mind and regaining association with the already enlightened you. I was trying to become enlightened, but every method i learned or studied conflicted with some belief system in me, so there was no real trust and depth in the teachings, hence I wasn't becoming as enlightened as I liked. This is one of the reasons that I see people change methods and life values etc so systematically spending $$$$ along the way but not even coming close to knowing what essence of enlightenment even feels like.
Imagine the enlightened you is your ganja plant....imagine your HID is the stream of enlightenment........now........imagine you mind is a long 10 foot x 10 foot piece of panda film between you and the light.....
if you grow......then hopefully you begin to see the analogy......theres nothing you can do to the panda plastic to allow enlightenment to flow through it. and likewise there is nothing your mind can learn that will allow it access to enlightenment. So in this case the most obvious thing would be to remove the panda plastic, or remove your mind....thats all meditation and tia chi and all that shit does. great techniques but very meager use of a unimaginable resource. In the same regard, psychedelics all do the same thing. Eat about 1/4 to 1/3 pound of dried shrooms it will rip away your ego. dmt does the same, only it opens your third eye while disengaging your mind.
g luck, dont make it a quest make it a move. IE: I was here, Now I'm here.