Awakened
on their experiences
All
who answered were awakened one year or more before. They all said
that awakening has brought a permanent change to their being although
there is still momentary attachment to emotional states in their
minds. Everyone of them also said that the effect of awakening hasn't
worn out. Therefore it is an attainment that is permanent and
irreversible.
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- What awakening has meant for you? What kind of change has it made in your life?
Answer:
It is the most impressive and profound change in my life. There is no
longer a need to imagine me being this or that. No need to seek
explanations and relief from books, treatments and no need to
forcibly alter the ways of thinking in any way. There is no need to
fortify self-knowledge or define what I am, what I like and what I
don't like. It is enough to be. There is no need to seek anything.
There is a natural distance to emotions, thoughts and events that
formerly created a chaos in my mind. Being calm has increased in my
life and the extremes from the height of blissful happiness to gloom
and depression has dropped off.
Answer:
Awakening has brought clarity to my life. Meditation is easier. I
feel more relaxed. Inner peace has increased. I understand the things
happening around me better. Acceptance and tolerance have increased.
I am able to notice the happenings around me in more detail as if my
ability to be mindful has come better. It feels as if the state of
meditation is ”on” all the time.
Answer:
Awakening has dropped off the constant and never ending need to
search for ”truth”. Awakening has brought more humour,
relaxation, patience, courage and also sense of responsibility and
compassion towards others.
Answer:
I've stopped complaining. Satisfaction has increased. Everything I
have in my life is enough and good. If there is some resistance,
unpleasant feelings or even anger, the first thing that comes to mind
is not that this nasty thing has to disappear of my life. Instead
this emotion may be calmly looked at, and seen from where and how it
arises and how it ceases. So there is no instant reaction, it can
merely be witnessed. It is a great satisfaction that nothing is so
serious or personal anymore. If one has lived 30 years feeling guilt
and shame, the dropping of that load is an immense relief. Life has
become straightforward, natural, even easy. Meeting people has become
easier as the inner voice is no longer judging myself or the other
person. The other person may have his or her space. A desire to
control things has decreased. Acceptance and trust to life and people
has increased.
Answer:
After awakening, the inner peace and stability are found more easily
than before.
Answer:
Awakening has given a context for the whole so called spiritual path.
In many ways it has brought lightness and clarity to my being. It is
easier to experience and accept everything that arises in my
experience as there is no longer a personal connection to it. There
are still many sensations that make my being feel difficult and
personal but they become accepted more easily. Life is what it is. If
there is an ”embarrassing” situation, for example, which
previously I had felt shameful about, now it doesn't feel so strong
and often circumstances like this just make me smile. Old fears and
all the thoughts in connection to them do arise but these are also
seen as natural ”bubbling” and they don't bring despair. Seen
from the outside, I may appear slightly absent but nevertheless I am
not, it's just that there is no hurry anymore. In overall I'd say
that my actions are more incontinent and creative. Being with people
is more direct.
Answer:
Awakening was a moment among other moments but a big step towards the
right direction on the spiritual path. Through it I have been able to
live my life more in a state of truthfulness where the conditioned
thoughts don't colorize the direct experience. And this means
everything.
