Yes, it's an important point that not all of these are all requirements that every person experience as part of their awakening. To be sure, there are no doubt experiences I haven't had that others would consider as examples of awakening. That's part of the mystery and beauty -- there are always other states of consciousness and dimensions of reality that are to be explored. For me, it's important to distinguish between validity and objective truth. I believe my experiences are valid -- they are not the product of invention, day-dreaming or fantasy on my part. They are legitimate experiences -- or, at least as valid as the more mundane experiences of my life. But it doesn't mean that they represent something that everyone must experience. Some of us can access our chakras, others see spirits, still others astrally project. Their truth, for me, is not about one experience having greater authority or being a "more truthful way of seeing the world" so much as their diversity demonstrates the infinite permutations of what it can mean to be human.