THE enlightenment doesn't really exist. If it did, then you wouldn't be able to experience it because it would be something so remarkable that you would constantly try to live up to these false expections. This is the illusion that so many people have fallen into. That state is very achievable in this lifetime and you had a true glimpse of it. The fact that you even glimpsed it is proof enough that it is not something remarkable and something that has to be "achieved". If you think this, you will always be chasing an imaginary dream that doesn't really exist. Remember, it is in the NOW that "enlightenment" exist. I know, I'm pluggging Tolle's words here, but I can't stress how much truth there is in those words.

You stated that you cannot comprehend what you experienced, because the mind cannot comprehend "enlightenment" or the NOW. And you're absolutely right. It is the most simple and obvious thing in the world, and yet we cannot comprehend it because we are too stuck in our minds. We identify with these things called thoughts and we say, "This is real. This is how I feel, so it must be real." "Enlightenment" IS pure awareness, without thoughts. It is NOT something mystical, something to be "obtained". When people are working on themselves they may be trying to achieve it, but they are ultimately fooling themselves when they think they are "achieving" something. It is not about achieving. It is about realizing that what they "wanted" they already had. So when you meditate, that's great. Because ultimately, you need to work on yourself, not in order to "acheive" anything. But in order to practice stilling the mind so that your natural state can come out. In reality, you never achieved anything, but you actually "downgraded" back to your natural state. Achieving something implies ego and that is exactly what you want to avoid.

Ramana Marashi said it like this. "Enlightenment is an unlearning".