Letting go of Awakening
It is seen that awakening is not an event that can happen
to you in the future – that imaginary timeline you create
in the mind.
It is seeing that what you actually are is outside the
imagination. That which is outside the imagination is
outside of time (which is imaginary). It is always here in
every moment.
Because the heart of Reality, this presence of awareness,
is not something that is going to happen to you at a future
date. It is not a special event that will change you
forever. It is not a state of mind that you must attain or
maintain. That kind of event is all in the story your mind
weaves, its a hopeless fantasy, and it will keep you
running in circles.
Nothing can change what you are. Nothing can help you
become what you are.
Awakening is dropping the idea that there is an event
called awakening and noticing that you are always this
living-nowness, luminous and fully awake from the
beginning.
All there is, is this empty witnessing in this luminous
nowness, this raw living reality right here – that's all
there ever is. Deep down you probably already know this. It
is bad news for the grand story in which you are the lead
character trying win the enlightenment lottery. Yet it is
also good news when it is discovered that this Reality
right here is peaceful, open and good just as it is.
It is utter simplicity, completely ordinary and available
to everyone.