Life/Death/Life Cycle of Awakening

Awakening is a continuous cycle of Life/Death/Life. In order to awaken, you have to shed, and something has to die. In this case, your ego has to shed, it has to die and then it has to evolve so a new you (a new state of consciousness) can live.

Essentially you have to give in, surrender, become transparent, and carve out holes in your ego so that the light of spirit, the divine, god, the universe, or whatever you want to call it, can shine through.

And this cycle of Life/Death/Life, it can be extremely challenging at times.