Awakening solves some problems yet causes others. Awakening is not permanent. In Eastern thought, awakening results in a permanent change such that from then on, the enlightened one dwells in God consciousness. There is no hierarchy of awakened states. But it is likely that those who claim to have experienced ever more advanced mystical states do so in order to recruit and bamboozle followers rather than to aid spiritual understanding.
Awakening is less important than is usually thought.
Because of the points listed above, it seems likely that awakening is much less important in the lives of prophets than is often assumed. It is mysterious and exciting, but it is solely a psychological phenomenon. They tended to regard awakening as remarkable but incidental to their development. Hence the mystical experience is a special kind of creative act with four stages. This allows the unconscious mind to grapple with the problem.