For Carmen, it was an enlightening experience.
My reading was most enlightening.
The experience can be liberating as well as enlightening.
Many women describe natural childbirth as the most enlightening, powerful, and wonderful experience of their lives.
A visit to the Monterey Bay Aquarium is not only entertaining and enlightening, it also gives you a chance to learn about the way life on land and life in the sea interact and harmonize with one another.