As I understand enlightenment as explained to me by Rama, that is the final destination chosen by relative few who incarnate a vast amount of times and only then decide to seek that unique path and then incarnate into lives that most would describe as having unthinkable pain and suffering, after which they reside in the realms of the archangels. There are so many spiritual journeys and paths and so much to learn. So Keri, not seeking enlightenment is NOT a giving up a spiritual journey. Only a new age junkie, who uses the term too generally, or a blood sucking guru, would say otherwise. I have been a gang raped middle eastern woman and a female black slave beaten to the point of deformity in past lives and I am not on the path to enlightenment. So when I say unthinkable pain and suffering, I really can’t imagine what it would be.