For many people, the idea of Enlightement is like, "I can't possibly
enlightened. Enlightenment takes millions of lifetimes."
To which, I can only respond, "Starting when???"
First of all, how do you know you are not at the END of those
millions of lifetimes, eh??? Perhaps this is the one you've been
waiting for. Look at all the people waking up. Certainly you've been
around as long as them.
But looking at it from some different viewpoints: How do you know it
takes millions of lifetimes? How do you know there even is more than
one lifetime? How many lifetimes have you had within THIS lifetime?
Within this Moment?
The point is that NOW is the only time to wake up...not in some
anticipated future, which is contemplated in the NOW. There is only
this moment. This moment IS the now, and it is the time to Wake Up!