THE PATH is not linear – this is the great illusion and the great mystery of what seems to be and what ends up ‘being’ the end result of living a life – the hell that Stephen alludes to is simply the struggle to arrive in ‘being’ opposed to living in non-awareness opposed to awakedness – you already are what you will become – it’s in you now and forever – it is the ability to ‘see’ and to accept the meaning of who you are that constitutes the lack or level of hell and or suffering.
Always The Alpha 