This is just a great post. I have never heard it expressed in this way (awakening) but The whole idea of opinions and volition is seemingly so hard-wired to this thing I call 'me.' The defending, the needing to be right, the need for recognition all come form the very same source - the idea of me.
i love the way you have said it so much more, I am tripping up already HA! Golden post, thank you.