Specialness only exists in the dream
The word "awake" or "awakening" has become cliche in modern spiritual circles and online spiritual content, but true Awakening from the dream is not spiritual. This is possibly the greatest surprise and let down for the spiritual adherent, to realize that all the practices, all the years of efforting and striving, the story of someone on a purifying journey to a destination where holy beings reside... That's all made up. It's just another story among stories involving a supposed dream character. We might even say "Wait, but I believe in that story! That story about _____ must be a true story!" And maybe it is. But even so-called 'true' stories must be part of the dream to have any reality at all. From the Awakened perspective of no self, the Infinite sees no difference between our spiritualized happy dream and what we judge to be darkness. It's all equally unreal, equally supported and loved, equally All That Is. Specialness only exists within the dream. 🌌