The process (of awakening) requires us to face the most profound fear of our own annihilation or destitution
To face that fear and continue is the challenge of awakening
In the end there’s nothing we can do
We either come to the edge and let go or we don’t
Rather, it will happen or it won’t
There is an inevitability about it
Ultimately all beings wake up
(Maybe)
And it’s not a choice
But the unfoldment of the story of ‘you’
One day the belief in yourself as a person just isn’t there
And it becomes obvious that the person you thought you were was and is a character in a dream
And you’re the dreamer, consciousness
.
There’s no-one doing any of this
It’s just happening
And if I say ‘you’ need to see this
It’s not the person I’m talking to
It’s You
If you want to wake up because you think you’ll get more of anything
Then that’s ‘false view’
If you think that awakening will prevent your utter destitution
Then that’s ‘false view’ also
I’m not trying to scare you
Or discourage you
I just want to name the fears and expectations directly
Drop your expectations and face your fear
Because expectations are a distraction
And fear is a threshold you must pass
To be free
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