"One moment one is asleep. Next moment one is awake."
This describes how I used to understand "Enlightenment". It's
like "Bing!" You're en-light-ened. (I also imagined some
kind of spiritual bright light—whatever that means!) And I was meditating
hard waiting for that bing moment.
I've dropped that idea now. Even the normal waking up from sleep is not
really sudden. I recall once being in a dream, then it stopped, just
darkness and silence, and I wondered what was happening. Then I realises,
"Oh, I'm waking up."
kb
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