what is enlightenment?

I've been thinking about this question for a few years now, and whenever I'm struck by something I read or experience, I try to somehow add it to my own unwieldy definition. I know others have said it more simply, but I see the journey to enlightenment more as an unfolding mental process, and I've liked developing this more lengthy version which works for me whenever I find myself heading off track. Wondering what you guys think, here's what I've landed on so far:

Enlightenment begins with the sharp perception and experience of present moment awareness and thankfulness and the wonder of being human, builds with education and the broadening and refining of a sense of culture and the world and the good life, an unattachment to results, the realization that everyone (including ourselves) is Buddha/Jesus/insert_deity_here (perfect, just as we are), the nonjudgmental acceptance of and celebration of everything, the oneness/nonduality of everything - and ends with effortless compassionate actions to empower others.

The entrance to a "flower festival" in Mokpo with Becky's host family ... I think this picture pretty much my time here -- goofy antics with middle schoolers (Ka-ram and U-ram are the two kids on the steps, Becky's host brothers) ... amidst the beauty of ancient temples and Asian architecture. I think I forget that although they might seem exotic, to them it's just home. My trip to the mainland last weekend (had Friday off as well) took me to a Buddhist tea temple in the mountains ... I'll be writing a much longer entry about that one in the next few days. Just to whet your appetite -- I drank out of tea cups that were over ... three hundred years old! :D