[[Awakening]] is understanding what is ultimately true of your direct experience. The ultimate Truth cannot really be conveyed with words. Just as the description of what a peach tastes like cannot convey the experience of eating a peach. You can be a scholar on what a peach tastes like and you would never understand nor gain the pleasure of having eaten a peach until you take a bite for yourself. The experience of awakening must be felt directly. "It is impossible to know what words like liberation or enlightenment mean until you realize them for yourself. This being so, it is of no use to speculate about what enlightenment is; in fact, doing so is a major hindrance to its unfolding. As a guiding principle, to progressively realize what is not absolutely True is of infinitely more value than speculating about what is." - [[Adyashanti]]