Can I choose to wake up?
Is the Buddhist awakening a choice? Yes.
- We are awake right now. In Zen, the enlightenment journey takes you to the same place.
- Awakening is the process through which you choose the awakened state.
- The choice is ritual suicide, killing the ego. It is not a simple as making a rational decision.
- You will awake when you are willing to awake.
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