[[An awakened life]] means deeply abiding as your true [[Self]]. It also means engaging in the world: [[Living an awakened life means being free while still engaging in the world]]. You probably still want relationships, a career, hobbies, projects, and adventures in the world. But when you're in the world and not secluded on retreat, your burdened [[Parts]] are bound to get triggered and you're likely to get lost in their (sometimes extreme) perspectives if you don't heal them. ([[Awakening won't immediately and completely dissolve your conditioning]].) So living an awakened life requires healing too. [[An awakened life is the life you want]]. While doing the healing and awakening required to living an awakened life is simple, it's not easy: [[Healing and awakening is simple]] and [[Healing and awakening is hard]]. See also: [[Healing aids awakening, and awakening aids healing]]