“In awakening, there are no hierarchies of attainment. There is one goal, and that is Liberation. Once Liberation occurs for that person, it’s over. Some schools teach that there are degrees of enlightenment. There are no such degrees. There are, however, levels of depth of expression that are gradually refined and eventually transcended completely. This gradual refinement occurs on the relative level of the person, not on the absolute level of Truth. These are not levels of attainment; they are degrees of refinement and occur naturally, like the falling away of leaves.”
–James Wood, Ten Paths to Freedom
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