The word enlightenment conjures up the idea of some superhuman accomplishment, and the ego likes to keep it that way, but it is simply your natural state of felt oneness with Being.
Eckhart Tolle - Spirit - Ego - Enlightenment - Natural

As long as you are unable to access the power of the Now, every emotional pain that you experience leaves behind a residue of pain that lives on in you.
Eckhart Tolle - Power - Emotional - Pain

Love, joy, and peace cannot flourish until you have freed yourself from mind dominance.
Eckhart Tolle - Ego - Love - Peace - Freedom - Mental Health

The present moment has always been available to spiritual seekers, but as long as you are seeking you are not available to the present moment. "Seeking" implies that you are looking to the future for some answer, or for some achievement, spiritual or otherwise. Everybody is in the seeking mode, seeking to add something to who they are, whether it be money, relationships, possessions, knowledge, status.. or spiritual attainment.
Eckhart Tolle - Spirit - Enlightenment - Improvement - Money - Knowledge - Relationships

Most people treat the present moment as if it were an obstacle that they need to overcome. Since the present moment is Life itself, it is an insane way to live.
Eckhart Tolle - Life - Crazy - People

The most common ego identifications have to do with possessions, the work you do, social status and recognition, knowledge and education, physical appearance, special abilities, relationships, personal and family history, belief systems, and often political, nationalistic, racial, religious, and other collective identifications. None of these is you.
Eckhart Tolle - Ego - Relationships - Power - Work - Family - Political - Racial - Self - Belief

See also Eckhart Tolle Biography