I do it to learn, to burn and to become the kind of man who can hold space for all the wonderful things this life has to offer, not just material. But the material for sure, I mean crying in a Mercedes is better than crying on a bicycle (Janis Joplin I think)
Enlightenment? Not for me personally, I rejected Kundalini. After I pass into the next life or whatever is next, I will have eternity to bliss out. Today though, I'm in a human body and I want to embrace that.
Along the way, I am willing to fuck it up, be wrong, look stupid, etc. I am still becoming. Still growing, Yeah, still fucking it up. Its all part of the fun. Its funny when I look back at myself. At least I fuck up in spectacular fashion right?
I take lots of things from others, even the ones I do not resonate with. The ones I dont like, and dont like me, they teach me as well. Im no guru, no teacher, no expert. Just a dude burning as authentically as I can.
If I'm not doing it right, or your kind of right, cool. Its working for me.