The awakening of consciousness is the next evolutionary step for mankind.
It is not uncommon for people to spend their whole life waiting to start living.
Creativity arises out of the state of thoughtless presence in which you are much more awake than when you are engrossed in thinking.
The only thing that is ultimately real about your journey is the step that you are taking at this moment. That's all there ever is.
Once bliss becomes normal it's no longer bliss, it's just peace.
I have seen cases where people seemed to become totally free of ego, and at some point in their lives the ego came back. It has happened, for example, to some spiritual teachers. At some point in their lives, they began to identify again with form.