COMMENTS FROM THE FIELD: The Proof Is in the Pudding

This arrived today as a comment on The Case for Rational Awakening post, but I felt it deserved a broader audience than it might otherwise find.

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I can attest your method works! I really doubted I could wake up in this lifetime. I figured the best I could do was plod slowly toward awakening, and then eventually, after however many lifetimes, I’d get there.

I think a big part of awakening is accepting (on faith, if necessary) that it is in fact possible, not just in this lifetime, but at any moment. In fact it’s really only possible in THIS moment.

You helped me see that, and your enthusiasm, patience and love in working with me brought me to the Truth.

For awhile I was confused and sometimes frustrated by the concept that we can only wake up HERE and NOW. I recognized the ring of truth in that, and yet I didn’t feel awake. But you led me to see that being awake embraces everything; no part of our present experience is excluded by awareness. So being awake even has room and love for the feeling that we are not awake. Though paradoxically, once that is recognized, we awaken. I still see the dream, but now I know I’m the dreamer as well as the dream.

Kathleen
Iowa City, Iowa