Acharya Prashant explains that enlightenment is not an experience, as any experience requires an experiencer, which is rooted in a particular identity or ego. When enlightenment is treated as an experience, the ego uses it as a tool to feel superior, leading to selfishness and a desire for followers or approval. He clarifies that what is often called an enlightenment experience is actually just a moment of attention, which is a very ordinary and necessary state for sanity. True knowing in such moments is not the same as thinking; it is a state of being alive to the present without the interference of past conditioning or the need to claim knowledge through thought.
