Awakening is a Thrill
Awakening is a thrill.
This might not be the best claim to make, given what some people do for thrills
But anyone on the Buddhist path should have started out with a commitment to the five precepts, and Buddhism is not about issuing moral commands, unlike other religions.
Immediately after his awakening, the Buddha took some time to adjust to his new perspective on the world. He considered not telling anyone what he had discovered because he feared no one else would understand.
But he realized that is former aesthetic companions were very close to his level of realization and might be susceptible to the teaching of the Buddha, so he set off to find them and teach them what he had realized.
Throughout the sutras, the written versions of the Buddha’s teachings, he comes off as very sober and serious. And no doubt he was, because he took his realization very seriously.
But it was disorienting at first. It’s not clear how a “thrill” in the modern sense would translate to the time of the Buddha, but an exciting, often somewhat disorienting event would seem to qualify.
We’re still in the realm of the indescribable. No words can accurately capture the experience of awakening. Ajahn Sumedho always mentions that human language is inadequate to describe awakening.
But we do the best we can because awakening is well worth the effort. Just keep up your consistent meditation practice and you will find out for yourself
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