What questions would you ask of one who has realized awakening/enlightenment/truth?

Yes to all of those questions. I don't know how or if this will change as I continue to lose my attachments to the "I thought and to the personal identity I identified with in my life up until this point.

The biggest difference with work for instance is that I now only work a few part-time jobs I enjoy to meet my basic needs. I have no desire to accumulate material wealth, and have no fear about the future so career and retirement savings are not on my radar whatsoever. People seem to have a problem with this; they can't understand why I'm not using my MA degree for some career .

All i basically do is hangout. Actually when people ask me what I do, that's what I tell them. I mainly just read, or go do physical activities like skating, rock climbing, hiking in nature. I essentially just go with the flow. I have preferences, so I go after those, but if they're not met, that's okay too.

Dating has been pretty tricky. I haven't had a shortage of dates, the difficulty has been in relating to women now. I've realized that I don't think it would work with anyone who wasn't in some way awakened, or at least someone who is deeply philosophical and recognizes their place in the universe. I also think it's difficult for women to get behind the lack of having any sort of plan for the future.

This doesn't bother me. It seemed to at first, because growing up I tied a lot of my self-worth with whether I was successful with woman, so there were a lot of hangups about that. But there is nothing wrong with right now, and there is nothing that sex, or affection from a woman will bring me, that could add to the truth. That's not to say I won't keep going on dates, because it's interesting to see what happens, and really, what else am I going to do with my time.

I did what I was willing to spend my whole life trying to do. I'm done the search, so now I'm just enjoying the show. Like I said elsewhere, I'm just an actor on stage, reading my script for the first time just like everyone else. Only I'm also in the audience, and know that I'm just an actor in the cosmic play.

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