Why is it that someone who claims he is enlightened is considered not to be one?

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I consider it a bit of a personal writing challenge to be able to claim enlightenment in a way that doesn’t trigger the knee-jerk, oh-that-guy’s-got-a-huge-ego response. One of the first discoveries I made was: don’t claim enlightenment unless you have a legitimate need to do so, and that need can o