Someone wrote to me about an friend of theirs who has had an awakening.
Sounds lovely.

And, not only does there seem to be different unique experiences (levels?)
of waking up, as it looks to me, at the moment anyway,
that it seems to be a never ending process.
(Until - the final absorption into the Unformed?)

As I have written before, often, when one has an awaking moment
it seems as though ‘this is it’ - and I am wondering,
even though it is said differently in the East, if there isn't an ‘It.’
Maybe it is a never ending phenomenon?

As I see it, if we stop holding on the the familiar so tightly,
new levels unfold - all by themselves!

And it seems most of us need to do this in stages.
These stages could be seen as stepping stones -
they are there for us for a while, then in order to move on,
we need to stop holding - the very stone that helped us to get where we
are.

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On this phenomenon of not holding, a dear friend wrote this excellent
piece:

Hi Love,

The pervading feeling I had when watching the movie of the Satori was one
of sweetness. And also of a very young place that people were still lost
in.

The ‘guru’ and his 'disciples' - the people in the commune..... They are
not yet aware that they will have to grow up (just my thoughts my
projection which may be valid or not) and that will mean letting go of
being followers and, for guru, of being a guru.

The guru seems to me to be in need of approval - one of the reasons he
stays in touch with you from time to time. A feeling of coming to Daddy
and saying "look, aren't I doing well".  Totally human and understandable
but I wonder if he's aware of it.... The film had a strong feeling of this
need for approval. If I were giving him feedback I would say it was far
too long, could be cut by at least half, preferably much more.

What really came across was the very lovely support of such a commune and
the willingness of everyone to be present with the one who has had the
awakening - some really sweet moments, with her and her process, the
people who were so willing to be with her and that strong sense of how
wonderful it was for her to be held as she was in that delightful space.
On the other hand this could all have been shown very simply in a shorter
time. In fact the length of it felt rather as if the guru was trying too
hard to prove something - and there was no need, it was enough as it was
in a very loving and ordinary way.

This kind of commune seems to be to be just a part of the growing up
process - lovely, easy, warm holding and still childlike. It also seems to
me that the guru is so identified with his part in it that he is a bit
stuck. And that will probably keep the people in his commune stuck too.
Harmlessly, sweetly but at a certain developmental stage.
A tricky and seductive stage.

I've written all this Paul because I could sense that you were too much in
a new place for you to have the energy to reach out to him. And he may
well not be able to hear it right now. If you think it may be of use
please do send it on to him with my love.

Lots of love to you dearest one ...