To study the self is to forget the self. To forget the self is to be enlightened by the ten thousand things.
The recognition of the coming and going of things is a first step in training and practice.
There are thousands upon thousands of students who have practiced meditation and obtained its fruits. Do not doubt its possibilities because of the simplicity of the method. If you can not find the truth right where you are, where else do you expect to find it?
What is reality? An icicle forming in fire.
Do not think you will necessarily be aware of your own enlightenment.
I haven't got any Buddhism. I live by letting things happen.