What is this awakening everyone seems to be talking about? Suffering and thoughts of losing mind and self? Detachment? The only person who can say if one has experienced any opening of the mind is one’s teacher who has experienced it for himself and has had time to bring it to maturity. Most people do not experience the complete awakening as did the Buddha. Rather there may be glimpses of such. The problems comes from not having a teacher guide one. Some experiences could be the mind fighting changes. Some experiences could be just delusions. Personally, I do not doubt that each person believes what they believe in. I just do not believe it was the awakening that the Buddha experienced.