“My own awakening ran its course in less than two years, Martin. And that’s without any living teacher to help me. I’ve never heard of the process taking longer than that. I really don’t see how the process could take much longer than that.” When I say this, I don’t mean that it only takes two years from the first spark of spiritual longing. I mean two years after the point when the process of awakening actually begins; the primary epiphany, the first step. Let’s capitalize that: The First Step. I know that many people spend many years in meditation and spiritual practice without achieving
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