Awakened being

There has certainly been an interesting stream of posts this month regarding sleep. I wanted to jump in and participate, but what I came up with, after contemplating the whole topic for some time, was to look further into what it means to actually be awake. I can't really help it, I'm a Buddhist and as a Buddhist I am trying to follow Buddha's example of an "awakened being" --- but what does that really mean? - David Nichtern, Senior Shambhala Buddhist teacher