Thrave

A little over a year ago I had my experience of enlightenment

it occurred suddenly, and was definitive -
all the pieces fell in place
and there was a feeling of absolute bliss,
to me, it was the most real and natural
experience i have ever felt...

but to those around me there was no significant change -
i didn't glow, float, walk on water or have any supernatural powers
... unless you so ascribe conscious trust-acceptance-lack of fear, a feeling of flow and balance

ultimately it was a state that i consciously participated in the dynamic flow
without fear, ego resistances and preconceived assumptions.

this state is there for us all to experience
it is our truest self and it wants to be realized
all you need to do is drop the fear and assumptions
and look - and who and what you are will come bounding toward you

since that initial rapture i have been learning to integrate
my understanding into the world in which my ego resided -
the ego doesn't magically disappear,
it is a by-product [perhaps necessary] to living in this world
it's just been demoted, i see thru it and trump it's response

so in response to my own questions:

1. yes, it was a strong inner certainty that resounded in the world around me

2. i was motivated by my strong desire to understand the truth

3. the initially bliss that first accompanied the experience waned, but not the resulting understanding.
since then, i found so many of my responses in my life were ego/fear-based reflexive responses -
i still watch myself going thru such motions, but now have greater flexibility to alter/adjust beyond the ego...
it has not been an instantaneous, but rather a conscious adjustment