Spiritual awakening is hindered by the mind, focusing outward on desire and illusion, obscuring the God/truth within. Realization requires intense internal awareness and discarding the illusory ego. Methods are temporary rafts to be used, then immediately discarded; clinging to remedies restores the mind. True freedom is individuality, not personality. Total living, accepting existence without fixed notions of right or wrong, leads to spontaneous compassion and fulfillment