One negative/upsetting aspect of the awakening process

[Adonai One]

Nonsense, all of it.

This life, on this planet, in this human form, can be a consistently joyful and fun experience.

When a new challenge is presented, face it earnestly and with an attitude to solve it with an open heart and accept the challenge.

You will then find that struggle is no longer a part of your definitions or vocabulary, and that instead, all of "life's woes" are simply new situations which you can have fun in the solving of them.

Especially once you've gotten in touch with the element of grace and faith, however it works best for you, however it makes sense to you.

As you are likely saying, true peace comes when even the greatest depression and agony becomes a great pleasure to experience. When peace is found in all states of mind, the concepts of pleasure and pain dissipate.