Spiritual awakening

"What are the signs of spiritual awakening? Man learns that his hands are not he, his feet are not he, his ears are not he. Until now he did not identify himself only with his hair, now his sense of identity is separated from his limbs: The hand is only a plier and a percussion instrument. If it is cut off, neither my mind nor my memory is stunted. The leg is only a walking, lifting tool. Though nearly half of my body, if I lose it, my consciousness is not diminished, my spiritual talents are not diminished. But what kind of a carriage is it whose wheels can be lost, whose handlebars can break, and yet feel like a whole carriage? If some parts of my body can be lost without my soul lacking anything, it is certain that my stomach is not me, my lungs are not me, my eyes are not me, and my brain is not me. If one part of the body is an instrument, the other is an instrument. Meat, meat. Why should the brain marrow be an exception. The brain is just matter. And matter doesn't think. That's how we divide our knowledge and our feeling of what we are: Me and my body. But what am I and what is my body? I am a soul. And my body is flesh. I am the coachman, my body is the coach. The carriage is a prison! Why are we in this moving prison? We do not know. Our files are sealed and lying in unknown archives. Our memories are out there somewhere, like the old prisoner's old diary in the prison archives. Where is that archive? Where are the records? Where do they condemn us? Why? We'll find out when the keymaster comes for us."