Originally Posted by Gem

The idea of desiring enlightenment is fundamentally misguided, not because it is a wrong idea, but because it lacks the deeper nuance of real life. The issue is one of those things that has no answer. It's the sort of question Buddha wouldn't have answered like you should or should not desire enlightenment. It's only a matter of discussion that will never come to a conclusion, and in essence, a matter of self-observation to discover what is true of yourself just as you are now. As the Satipatthana says, it's the observation with understanding, and if the enlightenment is not here now, you simply know, enlightenment is not here now. If it is here, you know it is here - With mere awareness and mere understanding.