Friends:

The Truths have to be seen before Awakening is possible!

The Blessed Gotama Buddha once explained:
If anyone should ever postulate: Without having made the breakthrough
to understanding: This is Suffering; Craving is the Cause of Suffering;
No Craving is the End of Suffering; The 8-fold Way Ends all Suffering,
as they really are, I will make a final and complete end of all suffering!
Then this is hopeless, impossible, impracticable, unachievable, & untrue!
Just as if anyone would build the second floor of a house without first
having built the first floor...
However if anyone should wish: Having made this crucial breakthrough
to understanding: This is Suffering; Craving is the Cause of Suffering;
No Craving is the End of Suffering; The 8-fold Way Ends all Suffering,
as they really are, I will make a final and complete end of all suffering!
Then this is realistic, possible, likely, promising, feasible, & realizable!
Just as if one first having build the first floor of a house easily could
build and add the second floor... Therefore should an effort be made
to really understand, see, comprehend & realize these 4 Noble Truths!

Comment:
Many beings embark on raising a metaphysical religious 'Tower' from,
which they can look proud, yet forgetting all about to making a solid
foundation first! Result: At first wind this tower tumble & they fall!
Back to square one again! There is only this ONE way: Noble & 8-fold...
Never give up developing this Way further, deeper, better & purer!
Stay grounded! Pay attention to the facts & truths as they really are!  
 
Source (edited extract):
The Grouped Sayings of the Buddha. Samyutta Nikāya. [V:452-3]
section 56: Saccasamyutta. Thread 44: The Peaked House ...