LIFE GOES ON. There is no island of bliss to which we finally arrive post-awakening. The experience of Silence is always available, of course, but it does replace or negate experience.

"LIFE GOES ON. There is no island of bliss to which we finally arrive post-awakening. The experience of Silence is always available, of course, and it is the background of all experience, but it does not REPLACE or NEGATE experience. It remains the birthplace of personal experience, which goes on just like before but without the personal attachment that used to make it so joyful or painful. We must keep our eyes open and move forward into whatever life presents from moment to moment, even as we rest as that Creative Silence. Such radical courage is what reveals that we are also Life." ~ Richard Young