Awakening.

A spiritual awakening can come at any time, not necessarily through our
spiritual practice and meditation but through real life experiences that turn our world
and lives upside down. In this awakening we are called forth to
turn everything back around. Master Hua would say that in our ignorance is darkness,
and the awakening is the light that is shed on our consciousness when we come
to understand the truth. The truth of who we are and our place in this world.
-sadmonk