Excellent. All you need to know about how to wake up.
Dianne (a neighbor of Paul's) talks to Alan Steinfeld about how she broke through the veils of the personality and awoke to her true self.  A remarkable and ordinary example of what is possible.

Click here to hear the interview: 
http://www.newrealities.com/index.php/podcasts-on-eastern-spirituality/item/2127-dianne-horton-talksa-hout-her-awakening

To me, although she did not know it, Dianne, in her interview with Alan,
blew away all the nonsense of enlightenment and religious and spiritual
rituals.  And with it, all the stupidity of the funny hats, robes, malas, mantras,
idols, statues, gongs, bells, horns, incense, chanting, offerings, bowing, gurus, and
touching feet.  All, utter nonsense.

Are we ready/would we dare, let go of all this silly stuff?
Not yet it seems. It is even getting stronger.
Having escaped from one set of endocrine
it is so easy to get caught up in ‘a more spiritual one.’

Afraid to let go of our security blankets/promise of heaven/end of karma?

When I say that I think we have to let everything go -
I mean absolutely all our ideas of absolutely everything.

Dianne’s description is the most simple, and accurate I have ever heard.
Sweet. “… as a little child” - plus...

If you really want to wake up to your potential, one of the ways could be
to come and live in her community for a while.
Contributing your time and money would help her pay off her mortgage and
council fees   so that she can establish a sustainable community.

Hope you picked up - it is not about suffering, it is about having fun.