It is said in this beautiful story that Buddha is still waiting. He has to wait - nobody is an island, we make a continent, we are together. I may have stepped a little further than you, but I cannot be separate. And now I know it deeply, now it is not a story for me - I am waiting for you. Now it is not just a parable, now I know that there is no individual enlightenment.
Individuals can step a little ahead, that's all, but they remain joined together with the whole.