Many people talk about awakening as if it were a single event. If only it were that easy.  
Enlightenment isn't one thing. Enlightenment consists of five distinct awakenings.

**Iself** \- Individual awareness awakening. Realizing yourself as pure witnessing presence beyond the ego.

**Allself** \- Universal consciousness awakening. Direct experience of being everyone, everything, everywhere, and everywhen.

**Godself** \- Divine presence awakening. Realizing that the same force that birthed the universe dwells within you as you.

**Noself** \- Transcendent emptiness awakening. Experiencing selfless openness, the void beneath all identity. The return to the state you experienced as an infant, but now with full conscious awareness.

**Amness** \- Pure beingness awakening. Direct knowing of the ground from which all four aspects of Self arise. Beingness stripped of all characteristics. The sourceless source.

Buddhism maps Noself brilliantly. 2,500 years of rigorous practice pointing to transcendent emptiness. But that's one stage out of five. 20% complete.

Hinduism maps three stages beautifully - Atman (Iself), Brahman (Allself), Ishvara (Godself). Thousands of years of profound wisdom. But that's three out of five. 60% complete.

Some individuals experience a nondual awakening (Allself), and they believe that's it.

Many spiritual seekers experience one awakening and think they're done.

Full Self Realization includes all five awakenings: Iself, Allself, Godself, Noself, and Amness.  
It's NOT one and done.

Enlightenment Is Five Things, NOT One.