1. a sincere desire to get under identity structure 2. willingness to let go of logical trap. 3. ruthless authenticity 4. willingness to be uncomfortable. 5. trust your intuition (go past thought and emotion to deep silence)
None of these is meditation 0:33 1- you have a serious desire to wake up 2:43 2- a willingness to go beyond the conceptual mind, beyond reasoning, beyond maps, beyond what you know 5:02 3- ruthless authenticity, be completely honest with yourself 7:34 4- willingness to be unconfortable 8:43 5- trust your Intuition (that leads to the mystery )10:53
And none are particularly helpful either. The first one is needed to even walk the path, after that, if that had been my first advice I had received, I would never have made any progress. The Buddha's own list of factors for awakening are far more helpful than this list.
Angelo. Your book has had the most profound impact on my life man. It came just at the right time ;) Tears running down my face as I write this. Love you man.
Giving up drugs or alcohol can be a catalyst for awakening. Your whole life is built around drinking, for fun , socializing, rewards, ect. Then it stops......... you start to question the meaning of life and if there is more to life than what you have been doing so far.
I'm amazed with how dedicated you are to helping others in their journeys to realize themselves; from your book to this channel to how responsive you are in the comment section. Thank you for everything you've given us. How would one go about separating intuition from thought?
I lost my 'past' and 'future'. I had to focus just in the moment to cope. And since then I have been experiencing the weirdest things. I 'feel' sounds with my hands for example. It feels like having to go in labor. I feel something has te be 'done'. I'm scared but I also look forward to it. It kind of drives me loco every now and than. I can't make it go faster, but I can't not do anything... I listen to your podcasts, read your book...all the time. I also have extreme emotions that fall upon me like a blanket, but travel through really fast. Don't seem to fit in to the 'normal' sceme of things? I don't feel like my personality has shifted at all. I just stept through the mirror. That's it. Have been looking up a lot on the internet, but mostly feel people are reading the ingredients list on the ointment instead of just scratching the itch. Thank you for your clarity, Angelo. At least now I know where to search for answers. Tina.
For me waking up was a process of undoing--reading Zen, psychology, and philosophers to undo the conditioning--dying to myself --AND a deep curiosity and faith in the mystery.
I have the burning desire from the moment I wake up until I fall asleep every day, but I can't seem to get there. I'm becoming frustrated, not enough to give up but enough to become so discouraged.
In the midst of suffering now as I see at last the concepts. Being there in it all. So much story stuff. Somewhere inside there is a quiet joy Gratitude 🙏
all five steps resonate on every level. I know, that there is much of shadow work to be done and that there will be uncomfortable-ness for a while … thank you for all your great help 🙏❤️
Thank you again for the direct pointers. This gives me hope as I definitely possess all the 5 qualities you just gave, yet until recently had little interest in meditation. That has changed, since you have introduced new methods of meditation to me. Now, I love to meditate and want everyone to go away so I can be to myself and my experience. It’s interesting that I look back at what I just wrote and see “I”, “me”, and “mine”, and intuit the separation of my ego with all that is. Surrender, surrender, surrender. It’s an ongoing journey and I love you for your compassion and authenticity. Thank you! 🙏❤️
This is gold. So simply and clearly laid out. Do you ever consider “re-issuing” any of these classic, foundational videos? To bring them back to the front of the line? I know for me it’s really valuable to hear this birds eye view reminder after listening to some of your more specific pointings. Of course I know we can always access the older ones, I just wonder if there might be any benefit to having them show up fresh on the daily feed? Just a thought. Either way, I am beyond grateful. I may not be beyond myself yet, but I am beyond grateful! 😄😆😂
I woke up (not by effort, I didn't know anything about our nature prior to this) but then went back to sleep. I think identifying with the concepts of awakening has kept me identified with the mind. But I'm slowly learning that the mind cannot awake. That awakening is simply recognizing the truth of oneness to some extent. Recognizing that everything is not what it seems to be. Through perception and projection, or mind itself, one couldn't possibly know what is real and what is not. Realizing that our mind is constantly just telling a story, it makes me curious to know to experience what really is true beyond the stories my mind tells. I think that makes me disidentify with the mind easily because the mind cannot know what is real. It does make me feel quite confused but I'm at the point where I enjoy confusion better than the typical dualistic perception now that I know it just isn't true. I know it brings me closer to awareness because the more confused the mind is, the easier is for me not to believe what it's saying. And I think this is my time for isolation. It doesn't help when those around you could not possibly understand. But I feel calm about that, knowing that that is only my perception and also knowing that they are not they true self but their identification with the mind. It is interesting because I do feel like yeah, it's just one in this world. So it puts me at ease when it comes to letting go of what I thought I knew since knowing certain things through direct experience has made me feel like I have just been reborn (not good or bad) and now I must find out what it is that I am. It is so trippy. Sometimes I just dont know how to act around those Ive know for some time. But then I remember; it's me creating this world, it's my mind creating projections or reflections of these people. Knowing that makes it easier to disidentify with what I am not. Now I remember; What am I in relation to myself? Only my actions can say something about me, and even that cannot possibly still be me if Im taking actions through my mental character. Seems like taking action through that which gives me life at all given times, as much as I can, while not giving into the chatter of the mind, can bring me closer to recognizing what the awareness is. I can only do that by focusing on my direct experience in this moment. Because any thought out action is not me. I can say my breath brings me closer to who I am as long as it flows naturally. And if my breath is always naturally there unconstricted, then my mind says something and I realize I just constricted my breath, then I know that it was the mind's doing. That makes it easier for me to disreguard any thought that I dont need. Also, it cannot be me if it doesnt feel peaceful if my thoughts are the ones constricting my breath when I feel fear. It was only the thought that created that sensation and rather than fight it, it helps when I focus of regulating my breath again and again throughout my waking day, then I can surely keep myself closer to what it is that I am in reality.
You definitely didn’t go back to sleep. That is clear insight. Tho the crash after the honeymoon period can be daunting. Shadow work is the way for a while, but the insight is still there. The mind just believes that the realization was how it felt during the honeymoon period and wants it back. It doesn’t realize that the insight doesn’t have to do with its perceptions, wants, expectations etc
I'm very grateful that you are so generous with offering pointers for Awakening, and the interviews, too, are great. I feel strongly that Awakening isn't just for the ones for can afford it. I ordered your book yesterday. Thank you!
This resonates on every level. I honestly don't know where I'm at in this process but the immense pull of the unknown/nameless is undeniable. Thank you for the deep, authentic love you are expressing through sharing this.
I am one of those that didn’t meditate before. However, I think meditate could be broadened to include deep contemplation. What I did have a lot of is number 1. Will turns to desire once aligned. These videos are fantastic.
So glad I found this page . I’m recovering from anxiety and it led me here , realizing anxiety is teaching how to let go , and get out of the over thinking , death, fear , worry of illusions . Can you do a video about diet ? A lot of spiritual people I watch are big on awakening with a certain diet , and how certain foods can stop the process . Thanks so much ❤
Dear Angelo. Thanks for the great video and book. My intuition is alerting me to the fact that besides falling deeply in love at the age of 14, I haven't been in love with anyone (I'm now 37). I also generally don't feel very connected to people so tend to avoid people although I've been working diligently to be able to feel nice bonding feelings with people. I can be very sociable and have no fear about talking to strangers... just superficially. What I wonder is if my lack of "bonding emotions" could be a type of guarding myself that is preventing the shift to liberation happening? It has really bothered me for a long time that I don't really feel bonding emotions... maybe called empathy? Cut off from my feelings... some have thought I was on the autistic spectrum (aspergers)... some thought I had ADHD. I don't know what it is but I don't have strong attachment feelings. Not sure if you're able to get a feeling for what I'm trying to point towards? Thanks for any response.
I suspect your true love is the love of truth. That’s a curse and a blessing. It can feel curse until liberation 😂… but it’s all good, without that dissatisfaction most of us would not be spurred to dig deeper into false identity structures. There’s always value to working on practical aspects of relationship of course, but the true love comes when the relationship of non-relationslity comes online. What is that? Well it’s the realization that there is no separate point from which to relate! So I don’t think there is anything wrong with you at all, you’re in the right place :)
THANK YOU Angelo, yes i have done a lot of avoidance tactics as the feelings are perceived by the mind as insurmountable, but they are not, so when you go beyond the mind and face these energies they are seen for what they are and it is the sages that have given me the courage to do this, more and more, deeper and deeper, then it gets less daunting. i am much less concerned with what is going on around me and sometimes wonder if i appear cold to others as i cannot give them what they are expecting.
"...there is not a lot of great information about how you can orient yourself to get the process going." What!? You're kidding, right? Adyashanti, Hareesh/Christopher Wallace, the research and work done by Shinzen Young, Dr Jeffrey Martin, the Gateless Gate Crashers/Liberation Unleashed, Daniel Ingram (as much as I disagree with the guy, and think there's much about him that is questionable, he can definitely help you get your foot on the path), Kenneth Folk. The list goes on and on. There's tons of great information and help out there for anyone who is serious about this.
I have just recently found you on UA-cam. It took me awhile to discover your name and the name of your book. I got your book and have started into it. I have found myself crying for no apparent reason even before finding you or your book. Now it is accelerating. I am approaching the unknown openly, fearlessly, without conscious expectations. I am grateful for life as it is but am open for the awakening you speak of and hope many more will awaken to bring new life to our troubled world. Thank you for your service on everyone’s behalf!🙏❤️
I'm sending this to a friend who's awakening has just started. I agree with everything you say here. You are describing the process very well. Thank you ❤️
In order of priority (more or less) #1) Desire for waking up and undermining the sense of ‘self’ - #2) Willingness to let go of conceptual mind and thinking, thinking what we know - #3) Self honesty w/experience (pleasant and unpleasant) & emotion #4) Willingness to be uncomfortable (tied to 3 but leaning in a bit more since this is our natural resistance to pain/discomfort) $5) Trust your intuition
I definitely resonate with the 5 steps. The 4th step about the "uncomfortable" aspect is intriguing and can't even conceive or imagine it other than the "mind" is the culprit, but I am definitely and authentically ready. Thank you.
I feel like I've been slapped, that creepy dissolving skeleton helped. I always end up feeling like you've shaken me, which makes me laugh. It seems to be that your reminding me, and I laugh at myself. And I comment to ask a question and realise in the forming of the question is the answer. "Just trust yourself" Goethe
Your way of saying things is so direct that i don't understand why your book have not got a translation yet in French for my concern. I plan to read it in August and then talk about it in my circle. So hope to do something about it.
I do resonate with these factors. And I know I have some facing of my emotions and also will be going deeper into that silent intuitive place within. Thank you for your direct clear insights. I appreciate your clarity and delivery! 🙏
I am somewhat perplexed when you say you enjoy meditation...I am just unclear why you would meditate when you have already been self realized. I've always thought of meditation as a means to en end. I enjoyed the 5 points , thank you, very helpful. I do find the first one very interesting. I've been on the path for decades and assume I want it very much, but your challenge makes me wonder if my attachment to my current life which has little suffering in it , is a bar. Is my desire ardent enough, and if not how to make the aspiration stronger.
Liberation doesn’t mean having no preference in the conventional sense. So there are still foods I prefer to other foods. Similarly meditation is generally a pleasant state. Similarly pain still hurts. In the Suttas Buddha was described as going into samadhi due to the pain of an aging body. He described it as an old cart breaking down and bring held together by straps.
It is very right time to hear it. You should think about writting a book, perhaps audio one would be so right, because you voice + your information together is a powerful tool for many of us. I have real and listened a lot about this topic, but the way you present it resonates the most with me. The first factor is so important. Many of us feel from birth this discomfort with life, selves and offered play script … and we feel smth doesnt make sense, something that we dont know, smth that has not been revealed to us. It is indeed very difficult to trust mystery and go beyond the mind… scary at times.. But this is exactly what keeps me slowly going deeper and deeper. And disclosing all the lies and mental programs… :) Thank you, I feel very lucky to found you on youtube.
I was disappointed I couldn’t go to the silent retreat you had not long ago. Please post a future one when you can. I will move everything around to attend. Or I may have to just get lost in the woods for a long weekend…
Excellent video. And on the topic of meditation, there are many types of meditation and a lot of what passes for meditation these days could really be called “relaxation exercises” rather than actual meditation. They’re awesome, but not the same thing. And a lot of the so-called “meditation” is actually just ego-reinforcement like “meditating” on manifesting money and wealth, etc.
Truly with the example you gave. Meditation has many meanings now. This is why I always try to define what we are actually getting at when it comes to awakening and practices that are geared to dissolve perceptual filters etc
Francis Lucille's suggestion is very similar. He says to make the assumption that we are NOT separate body-minds. That your reality and my reality are the same. Act under that assumption during your daily life and look for evidence that supports that assumption.
I would argue that pretty much everyone who goes through awakening, which im going to define as having ego death and reintegrating the self after letting the structures of society and the state of the world influence you and then reintegrating the self, goes through a process of meditation. Its just that most people have the wrong idea of what meditation is. All it is, is focused thought. You don't get to have mental breakthroughs or to have an experience of "awakening" without deep contemplative thought. I just don't think its possible, not even with the aided use of drugs. Though just like drugs, its totally possible to use it on a regular basis and still have almost zero self awareness, self actualization, or an awareness of the outside world that you haven't experienced.
Relistening Question, plz ? 'Being ready', 'willing' ... Want 'Desire' vs actively allow I get into own way? Fully reconize the wind under my wings the universe sends to validate, just not how to keep the window open? Understood?
Hey Angelo, thank you for everything; for every video on UA-cam and each letter and sentence in your amazing book. I do resonate with quite a few of these, but for some reason, I can't say with certainty, that this is my first priority for some reason. I do practice daily, I look at my mind daily, etc. Is this just a thought? Or am I overlooking something else important?
This is so great, thankyou! Why do I find it so hard to hang out in the mystery? it's like the mind gets bored or thinks it's nothing.. I would really appreciate it if you could speak to this, or if you have already link me a video. Thankyou again ❤
I have a question.. Is it possible to have some realization and forget it? Or more accurately.. To have things become clearer, and then unclear when meeting habitual patterns that come up with challenges in life, like relationships, financial hardships, becoming a father, etc.. (going through all of these pretty much right now :))
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you Angelo Could you say something about the difference between awakening and liberation? And/Or if you have a video or material about this you can point me to.
@@gadiely yes, liberation is when all aspects of the self structure have been dissolved. These include the reactive self, the relational self, the subtle self. If you’ve had an awakening I would next work on equanimity per my playlist. The end point is essentially decoupling reactivity to responsiveness to the environment. From there reactivity can fall away through inquiry
I agree, however; after decades sitting with teachers, I'm not sure about this any more. I don't have any friends to check me. I've tried making friends; I guess I'm just not able to. Any advice?
Is this the kind of awakening that is spoken about in Advaita? What Vedantists call Enlightenment? Is it fundamentally the same thing but spoken about differently in each tradition?
I would add a qualifier to "being authentic" as a first step. You can't lie to yourself. Lie to other people all you want but you can't be authentic if you lie to yourself, which most people do constantly. Everyone does sometimes. 7:44 nvm, you kinda cover that here.
I just returned from the retreat at AOL. I’ve had 2 realizations about myself, about who I am. One occurred about a month before the retreat and one occurred during the retreat. The second one, the one that came to me during the retreat has everything to do with authenticity. I’m scared to share this with my husband. I don’t know how to tell him this. I love him and have no desire(at this point)to act on this realization. It does feel good to finally accept this as truth about who I am. How do I find the right time or place to reveal this to him?
Really at the outset it’s not necessary to dive right into the fire if suffering but rather to recognize the illusory nature of thought content. The awakening approaches and inquiry playlists are key here.
Angelo, thank you. These five factors the way you describe them resonate with my experience of this process of awakening. I say yes, each time, to each one. I’m not sure if thIs one would fit in to the five, but it turns up over and over again: the seductive call to be small, to stay little, the hugely comforting self concept of “I’m small, limited and powerless”. The experience of the singular sense of being can be accompanied by a sense of vastness, a quite uncomfortable contrast to the Wind In The Willows’ Ratty and Mole coziness I like to swaddle myself with. So I guess this comes under your “allow discomfort” factor. :)
I took a break from reading your book to watch a movie with the wife. We found one called "Chariot" . It's a new release... yesterday I would have shut it off after 5 mins, but today... I keep seeing combinations of 3s and 1s everywhere... what's going on here?
Coming back to this first video after watching many others and paying attention to these factors, it seems to me that the underlying "practice" you are proposing is to pay attention to feelings of contraction or to uncomfortable emotions, and to keep asking questions, keep asking myself, "what is really going on here?" and waiting for an "answer" that comes from my intuitive mind rather than my conceptual mind, and which is then experienced as a bodily release of tension. When I do this, I then find that I am less reactive to various situations that previously triggered me. The question I have is, how is this related to awakening?
This that you are describing is equanimity work. Your description of how it works is pretty good. I generally recommend it after awakening, but doing it beforehand is also valuable. The value is exactly what you stated, you are less reactive. Specific to awakening I would recommend the approaches in my book and/or the playlist awakening approaches.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thanks Angelo, this is very helpful. I have read your book and am working on some of the practices described there. I also attended your online retreat a few months ago. Your work is very direct and inspiring.
Let me add this. Your first awakening practice is the basic "Who am I?" inquiry practice. I have done that practice many times. And in fact, the inquiry practice that I describe above seems like a "partial" version of that practice. In other words, what I am always asking myself is something like "who or what is having this bad feeling, or worry, or anxiety, etc." When I ask the simple "Who am I?" I can get to no thought and sink it, but not to awakening or no self as you describe it. So my intuitive sense is that I am "gradually" getting closer, but your comment about equanimity practice suggests that though it is valuable it in itself will never "get me there." Is that your sense? And perhaps I should put aside these important but lesser releases and realizations and just hold fast to "Who am I?"
Hi A few years ago I has what felt like a massive panic attack where I was have thoughts rushing through my head the most bizarre thoughts and I remember during the panic attack I kept thinking what if I've no thoughts anymore I was looking in the mirror at myself asking Who am I?? Who am I?? It felt like an outer body experience ...I eventually fell asleep next day I felt like my mind was flushed out.. Can you offer any explanation?
Yes the first shift in the realization process is what I refer to as awakening, which a true shift in identity out of a thought based way of experiencing self. The fear of living without thoughts, is sort of the mind’s alarm system going off when you get close to this transformation. The mind is essentially saying, “Without me you won’t exist!” Of course if we are able to penetrate that fear and allow the actual awakening to unfold we will be very pleasantly surprised. :)
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake The following morning I felt like oh I feel calm clear all is as it should be..but I didn't know that it was now that I know of as a realisation I've told nobody outside of now because I don't know how to and if I'm honest I don't feel the need to...but it was something I just wanted to hear your opinion on.. I just look up youtube on talks..meditation etc... I'm trying to live 'it' blend into my day..I don't beat myself up too much now if I loose 'it' Thank you I'm looking forward to reading your book..
@@catherinea2726 yes definitely be kind with yourself, it’s a natural process and you can’t force it, it will have ups and downs but it will integrate more and more ☺️. The book will help for sure.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thanks for your advice Sometimes I feel like an unguided missile.. At times a bit lost and then other times so in it.. But the feeling I get is no going back to before I love the experience of coming home.. I am that I am..
Exact description of how I felt...the complete disorientation of who you are without thought,scary feeling,but is just there as another pointer... the path to awakening is strange for sure, but then again, I sometimes ask is there an actual path? There's nowhere to go or arrive at,, but like letting go the edge of a cliff and falling into nothingness,, but in the most liberating way,if that makes sense...
#2 is my big problem. When you say 'go beyond', you're asking me to let go of the inquiry and 'making sense of things' mechanisms that keep me safe, grounded.
Mechanisms that you believe make you safe and grounded yes. But you have to see that they also are responsible for the times you feel unsafe and ungrounded. It’s important to take inventory and be fully honest with ourselves when we start to orient to living truth.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I've been thinking a lot about this (thinking, thought, mind). You videos are really helpful; so many things, so many challenges, but they aren't challenges. Awakening IS happening. Thank you.
I dont really understand how one could apply these mindset switches and awaken without a dedicated meditation practice. But maybe Thats due to my specific childhood trauma that has set up my body-mind such that its very difficult for me to feel certain painful emotions. Even 3 hours of daily meditation wasnt enough for me, I had to add plant healing in order to finally feel like I was feeling these old supressed emotions.
I started out doing a lot of meditation myself and so kind of assumed the same, then I saw people wake up who didn't like meditation and didn't do it but were all about awakening and sincere inquiry. In my experience inquiry is key, but it has to be done right.
As described in my book for first awakening/kensho, and in videos in the inquiry playlist. For deeper stage realization other inquiries are helpful such as non-dual contemplations.
I have a lot n of panic attacks. I really want to find release from their grip on me. I'm in a cycle of panic attacks where the fear of another one creates another one. The places associated with them create more of them. I am very agoraphobic at this point. 5 minutes from my house and my anxiety starts by 7 to 10 minutes I'm having severe panic. Logically I know it's just feelings but when in the state logic is out the window.
Might consider EMDR type therapies. It's geared toward PTSD, but the mechanism is similar, fear of a thought, memory or image. Fear of the panic attack leads to another panic attach etc. Something to consider at least. Any emotion work will be helpful as well. Exploring fear, uncertainty, resistance etc in direct experience and through inquiry.
Ultimately it seems to all come down to our deep seated fear of death, loss of agency, and loss of the sense of being. Most of these fears are so buried that most people have no idea how much of their persona, ego, self image, and internal world are based on them. Only after that first big shift (awakening) de we even begin to glimpse how gargantuan the pull of this fear actually is in our lives. To solve the problem of birth and death, is to finally see through all of the mechanisms of illusion that create and perpetuate the functioning of this false self-apart, and ultimately pluck up one's life root for good :0 This is liberation, true freedom, no-self realization :) A good friend of mine who realized no-self/liberation at the age of 21 said this the other day: "It's like being a newborn baby and dead at the same time." You can find her videos on my channel.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I watched the 2 spiritual awakening interviews. Many "wow" moments. Realization has been terrifying at times. I feel like I understand the no-self conceptually - it has just not been my experience. Or has it, and it's just too close?? :) Looking forward to watching the video you released today.
It’s not bad to conceptually get it. It makes sense in many ways when we start to taste unfiltered reality. However the realization of it is quite another thing. And yes of course you’re already living it moment you moment, but experientially there can still be a lot of perceptual filters operating which obscures it.
Regarding the first step in the video, I believe Nisargadatta used the word earnestness, as in all that is needed is 'earnestness of the individual', other people use the word volition. Thank you for your videos, I'm just coming across them! ❤️
You don't necessarily relate meditation with awakening, but do you relate letting go with awakening - considering we are letting go of everything that was never awake? :) They all gel in my experience, but I'm not sure about #1. It seems there is really no such thing as always needing to be absolutely desiring to "wake up" (whatever that is, from the perspective of someone identified as unawake). Maybe it is one's time when it is one's time, so I would not tell people to want it in the desperate way they often want life goals. Also seems dangerous because those with a lot of virya can effectively choose what makes sense to want to some degree, but I suppose that can be a great thing in some cases too. I don't know :)
I'm in the second " pattern of the seeker " though I know there is nothing to seek. I feel really good and very peaceful after years of challenge and taking desires and afflictions onto the path. I know that I'm repeating the pattern of reading, watching teachings etc. though I've already seen everything before. Could you make a video on how to let go of this distraction? 🙏💜💎🫶🙏 thank you very much!
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake In the book you say it can take anything from few months to few years. My mind read it as "it is a natural progression and certain to happen". In one of the comments for some other video you have mentioned a complete nondual perspective is still rare. If you see fit please talk about this. I personally sense that it is possible to stay in the no-person's land forever if care is not taken. Ego has so many homes in the mind that with the right conditions it might stay in one of them for one lifetime even after awakening. A deliberate effort seems to be required to raze each hiding place. Thank you for giving your time.
What, when the problem of birth and death is not my interest? A arranged myself with this facts. Am I now disqualified for awakening? Also, yes I am suffering too. It is alittle bit hidden. I see this more and more, but its not my main interest to go beyond suffering (I would not say no to this possibility, but its not my main interest). With all the other points I agree.
@@birgit8996 Aaah, Birgit ! Eigentlich ein genauso dummes Wort wie Angelo's MU, what is MU. Vor MU bin ich immer zurückgeschreckt. X mal täglich 5-Minuten-Wecker stellen für: Was ist „Erwachen“,wenn es keine Gedanken dazu gibt? / "Erwachen". Werde dir berichten. Vielen Dank für die Inspiration! (-:
1. a sincere desire to get under identity structure 2. willingness to let go of logical trap. 3. ruthless authenticity
4. willingness to be uncomfortable. 5. trust your intuition (go past thought and emotion to deep silence)
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None of these is meditation 0:33
1- you have a serious desire to wake up 2:43
2- a willingness to go beyond the conceptual mind, beyond reasoning, beyond maps, beyond what you know 5:02
3- ruthless authenticity, be completely honest with yourself 7:34
4- willingness to be unconfortable 8:43
5- trust your Intuition (that leads to the mystery )10:53
The mind is a liar and a storyteller
@@ravanti5780 and it takes years to understand this reality.
Clearly seeing the material world is not the answer and it will never satisfy you
And none are particularly helpful either. The first one is needed to even walk the path, after that, if that had been my first advice I had received, I would never have made any progress. The Buddha's own list of factors for awakening are far more helpful than this list.
Which is why we have so many enlightened buddhas in the world...
Angelo. Your book has had the most profound impact on my life man. It came just at the right time ;) Tears running down my face as I write this. Love you man.
I’m so happy for you! There is a synchronicity and divine timing to everything ☺️
Yeah it’s the most directly helpful and powerful book I’ve ever read
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What is Devine timing?
In your line of work can you use these words in the same sentence? What's divine ? What's timing?
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@@satyana8551 I just used them in a sentence above 👆🏻😄🎭
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I thought so.... 😁😎🍬👐
Giving up drugs or alcohol can be a catalyst for awakening. Your whole life is built around drinking, for fun , socializing, rewards, ect.
Then it stops......... you start to question the meaning of life and if there is more to life than what you have been doing so far.
Good insight
On this spiritual journey, I am overthinking by intellectualizing things. It’s a great reminder that I need to let go of my intellect
I Am, in!
Age 70, in a wk. Listening...... 9 miles as "the Crow flies from Stonehenge" UK, Boise is home.
Love the Druidian energy 🥰
Welcome to the over 65 group.
I'm amazed with how dedicated you are to helping others in their journeys to realize themselves; from your book to this channel to how responsive you are in the comment section. Thank you for everything you've given us.
How would one go about separating intuition from thought?
Through inquiry it becomes clearer and clearer what is and what is not a thought. The thoughts chapter has a lot of good strategies :)
I lost my 'past' and 'future'. I had to focus just in the moment to cope. And since then I have been experiencing the weirdest things. I 'feel' sounds with my hands for example. It feels like having to go in labor. I feel something has te be 'done'. I'm scared but I also look forward to it. It kind of drives me loco every now and than. I can't make it go faster, but I can't not do anything... I listen to your podcasts, read your book...all the time. I also have extreme emotions that fall upon me like a blanket, but travel through really fast. Don't seem to fit in to the 'normal' sceme of things? I don't feel like my personality has shifted at all. I just stept through the mirror. That's it. Have been looking up a lot on the internet, but mostly feel people are reading the ingredients list on the ointment instead of just scratching the itch. Thank you for your clarity, Angelo. At least now I know where to search for answers. Tina.
Wow! I am struck how these "5" factors can be used in all kinds of "life" situations!!!!
For me waking up was a process of undoing--reading Zen, psychology, and philosophers to undo the conditioning--dying to myself --AND a deep curiosity and faith in the mystery.
Wow, this is more direct, deep and profound than anything I have heard from ram Dass, Alan watts or Osho altogether. True as truth can be👍🙏
Notes: be committed, let go the rational mind or thinking, accept discomfort, acknowledge feelings, trust intuition.
I have the burning desire from the moment I wake up until I fall asleep every day, but I can't seem to get there. I'm becoming frustrated, not enough to give up but enough to become so discouraged.
Your insights Resonate. Thank you. Paul
In the midst of suffering now as I see at last the concepts. Being there in it all. So much story stuff.
Somewhere inside there is a quiet joy
Gratitude 🙏
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all five steps resonate on every level.
I know, that there is much of shadow work to be done and that there will be uncomfortable-ness for a while …
thank you for all your great help 🙏❤️
Absolutely!
Thank you again for the direct pointers. This gives me hope as I definitely possess all the 5 qualities you just gave, yet until recently had little interest in meditation. That has changed, since you have introduced new methods of meditation to me. Now, I love to meditate and want everyone to go away so I can be to myself and my experience.
It’s interesting that I look back at what I just wrote and see “I”, “me”, and “mine”, and intuit the separation of my ego with all that is.
Surrender, surrender, surrender. It’s an ongoing journey and I love you for your compassion and authenticity. Thank you! 🙏❤️
Beautiful! Plungeeeeeee…..
What breath of fresh air
from this man!
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This is gold. So simply and clearly laid out.
Do you ever consider “re-issuing” any of these classic, foundational videos?
To bring them back to the front of the line?
I know for me it’s really valuable to hear this birds eye view reminder after listening to some of your more specific pointings.
Of course I know we can always access the older ones, I just wonder if there might be any benefit to having them show up fresh on the daily feed?
Just a thought. Either way, I am beyond grateful.
I may not be beyond myself yet, but I am beyond grateful!
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I woke up (not by effort, I didn't know anything about our nature prior to this) but then went back to sleep. I think identifying with the concepts of awakening has kept me identified with the mind.
But I'm slowly learning that the mind cannot awake. That awakening is simply recognizing the truth of oneness to some extent. Recognizing that everything is not what it seems to be. Through perception and projection, or mind itself, one couldn't possibly know what is real and what is not.
Realizing that our mind is constantly just telling a story, it makes me curious to know to experience what really is true beyond the stories my mind tells.
I think that makes me disidentify with the mind easily because the mind cannot know what is real.
It does make me feel quite confused but I'm at the point where I enjoy confusion better than the typical dualistic perception now that I know it just isn't true. I know it brings me closer to awareness because the more confused the mind is, the easier is for me not to believe what it's saying.
And I think this is my time for isolation. It doesn't help when those around you could not possibly understand. But I feel calm about that, knowing that that is only my perception and also knowing that they are not they true self but their identification with the mind.
It is interesting because I do feel like yeah, it's just one in this world. So it puts me at ease when it comes to letting go of what I thought I knew since knowing certain things through direct experience has made me feel like I have just been reborn (not good or bad) and now I must find out what it is that I am.
It is so trippy. Sometimes I just dont know how to act around those Ive know for some time. But then I remember; it's me creating this world, it's my mind creating projections or reflections of these people. Knowing that makes it easier to disidentify with what I am not. Now I remember; What am I in relation to myself? Only my actions can say something about me, and even that cannot possibly still be me if Im taking actions through my mental character. Seems like taking action through that which gives me life at all given times, as much as I can, while not giving into the chatter of the mind, can bring me closer to recognizing what the awareness is. I can only do that by focusing on my direct experience in this moment. Because any thought out action is not me. I can say my breath brings me closer to who I am as long as it flows naturally. And if my breath is always naturally there unconstricted, then my mind says something and I realize I just constricted my breath, then I know that it was the mind's doing. That makes it easier for me to disreguard any thought that I dont need.
Also, it cannot be me if it doesnt feel peaceful if my thoughts are the ones constricting my breath when I feel fear. It was only the thought that created that sensation and rather than fight it, it helps when I focus of regulating my breath again and again throughout my waking day, then I can surely keep myself closer to what it is that I am in reality.
You definitely didn’t go back to sleep. That is clear insight. Tho the crash after the honeymoon period can be daunting. Shadow work is the way for a while, but the insight is still there. The mind just believes that the realization was how it felt during the honeymoon period and wants it back. It doesn’t realize that the insight doesn’t have to do with its perceptions, wants, expectations etc
I agree with all and resonate with each and every item. Be and feel. Staying in the senses to stay present.
The simplicity of the message is so refreshing for a over thinking intellectual type
I'm very grateful that you are so generous with offering pointers for Awakening, and the interviews, too, are great. I feel strongly that Awakening isn't just for the ones for can afford it. I ordered your book yesterday. Thank you!
This resonates on every level. I honestly don't know where I'm at in this process but the immense pull of the unknown/nameless is undeniable. Thank you for the deep, authentic love you are expressing through sharing this.
Wonderful!
Inspiring. Insightful. Excellent. Thank you, Angelo.
I am one of those that didn’t meditate before. However, I think meditate could be broadened to include deep contemplation. What I did have a lot of is number 1. Will turns to desire once aligned. These videos are fantastic.
So glad I found this page . I’m recovering from anxiety and it led me here , realizing anxiety is teaching how to let go , and get out of the over thinking , death, fear , worry of illusions .
Can you do a video about diet ? A lot of spiritual people I watch are big on awakening with a certain diet , and how certain foods can stop the process .
Thanks so much ❤
Dear Angelo. Thanks for the great video and book. My intuition is alerting me to the fact that besides falling deeply in love at the age of 14, I haven't been in love with anyone (I'm now 37). I also generally don't feel very connected to people so tend to avoid people although I've been working diligently to be able to feel nice bonding feelings with people. I can be very sociable and have no fear about talking to strangers... just superficially. What I wonder is if my lack of "bonding emotions" could be a type of guarding myself that is preventing the shift to liberation happening? It has really bothered me for a long time that I don't really feel bonding emotions... maybe called empathy? Cut off from my feelings... some have thought I was on the autistic spectrum (aspergers)... some thought I had ADHD. I don't know what it is but I don't have strong attachment feelings. Not sure if you're able to get a feeling for what I'm trying to point towards? Thanks for any response.
I suspect your true love is the love of truth. That’s a curse and a blessing. It can feel curse until liberation 😂… but it’s all good, without that dissatisfaction most of us would not be spurred to dig deeper into false identity structures. There’s always value to working on practical aspects of relationship of course, but the true love comes when the relationship of non-relationslity comes online. What is that? Well it’s the realization that there is no separate point from which to relate! So I don’t think there is anything wrong with you at all, you’re in the right place :)
Understood, Huston!
Thank you; ready for lift off!
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THANK YOU Angelo, yes i have done a lot of avoidance tactics as the feelings are perceived by the mind as insurmountable, but they are not, so when you go beyond the mind and face these energies they are seen for what they are and it is the sages that have given me the courage to do this, more and more, deeper and deeper, then it gets less daunting. i am much less concerned with what is going on around me and sometimes wonder if i appear cold to others as i cannot give them what they are expecting.
"...there is not a lot of great information about how you can orient yourself to get the process going."
What!? You're kidding, right? Adyashanti, Hareesh/Christopher Wallace, the research and work done by Shinzen Young, Dr Jeffrey Martin, the Gateless Gate Crashers/Liberation Unleashed, Daniel Ingram (as much as I disagree with the guy, and think there's much about him that is questionable, he can definitely help you get your foot on the path), Kenneth Folk. The list goes on and on. There's tons of great information and help out there for anyone who is serious about this.
I have just recently found you on UA-cam. It took me awhile to discover your name and the name of your book. I got your book and have started into it. I have found myself crying for no apparent reason even before finding you or your book. Now it is accelerating. I am approaching the unknown openly, fearlessly, without conscious expectations. I am grateful for life as it is but am open for the awakening you speak of and hope many more will awaken to bring new life to our troubled world. Thank you for your service on everyone’s behalf!🙏❤️
Awesome! You are in a very good place :)))
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you so much for your encouragement and making the time to respond.
@@stevebarnard3686 you’re welcome thanks for doing the work
Which book???
@@dancerdiya7677 “awake it’s your turn” on Amazon
I'm sending this to a friend who's awakening has just started. I agree with everything you say here. You are describing the process very well. Thank you ❤️
Great! Good luck to them :)
In order of priority (more or less)
#1) Desire for waking up and undermining the sense of ‘self’ -
#2) Willingness to let go of conceptual mind and thinking, thinking what we know -
#3) Self honesty w/experience (pleasant and unpleasant) & emotion
#4) Willingness to be uncomfortable (tied to 3 but leaning in a bit more since this is our natural resistance to pain/discomfort)
$5) Trust your intuition
I definitely resonate with the 5 steps. The 4th step about the "uncomfortable" aspect is intriguing and can't even conceive or imagine it other than the "mind" is the culprit, but I am definitely and authentically ready. Thank you.
I feel like I've been slapped, that creepy dissolving skeleton helped. I always end up feeling like you've shaken me, which makes me laugh. It seems to be that your reminding me, and I laugh at myself. And I comment to ask a question and realise in the forming of the question is the answer. "Just trust yourself" Goethe
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Your way of saying things is so direct that i don't understand why your book have not got a translation yet in French for my concern. I plan to read it in August and then talk about it in my circle. So hope to do something about it.
Translations would be amazing. We need African languages asap, lots of healing to be done there.
I do resonate with these factors. And I know I have some facing of my emotions and also will be going deeper into that silent intuitive place within. Thank you for your direct clear insights. I appreciate your clarity and delivery! 🙏
You are so welcome
I am somewhat perplexed when you say you enjoy meditation...I am just unclear why you would meditate when you have already been self realized. I've always thought of meditation as a means to en end. I enjoyed the 5 points , thank you, very helpful. I do find the first one very interesting. I've been on the path for decades and assume I want it very much, but your challenge makes me wonder if my attachment to my current life which has little suffering in it , is a bar. Is my desire ardent enough, and if not how to make the aspiration stronger.
Liberation doesn’t mean having no preference in the conventional sense. So there are still foods I prefer to other foods. Similarly meditation is generally a pleasant state. Similarly pain still hurts. In the Suttas Buddha was described as going into samadhi due to the pain of an aging body. He described it as an old cart breaking down and bring held together by straps.
Thank you, you are simply beautiful
Agree. Thank you.
It is very right time to hear it. You should think about writting a book, perhaps audio one would be so right, because you voice + your information together is a powerful tool for many of us. I have real and listened a lot about this topic, but the way you present it resonates the most with me. The first factor is so important. Many of us feel from birth this discomfort with life, selves and offered play script … and we feel smth doesnt make sense, something that we dont know, smth that has not been revealed to us. It is indeed very difficult to trust mystery and go beyond the mind… scary at times.. But this is exactly what keeps me slowly going deeper and deeper. And disclosing all the lies and mental programs… :) Thank you, I feel very lucky to found you on youtube.
I wrote a book ;)
Awake: It's Your Turn on Amazon
I was disappointed I couldn’t go to the silent retreat you had not long ago. Please post a future one when you can. I will move everything around to attend. Or I may have to just get lost in the woods for a long weekend…
hopefully will set something up soon. books.simplyalwaysawake.com is landing page with a sign up
resonating with all of them. thank you.
Thank you. I needed to hear this today. ❤
Thanks Doc
Welcome.
Appreciated the brevity and clarity of these 5 factors. Fits with my experience of opening.
Excellent video. And on the topic of meditation, there are many types of meditation and a lot of what passes for meditation these days could really be called “relaxation exercises” rather than actual meditation. They’re awesome, but not the same thing. And a lot of the so-called “meditation” is actually just ego-reinforcement like “meditating” on manifesting money and wealth, etc.
Truly with the example you gave. Meditation has many meanings now. This is why I always try to define what we are actually getting at when it comes to awakening and practices that are geared to dissolve perceptual filters etc
Fascinating and there is a lot of truth to what you've said!
Very helpful, Angelo. Thank you.
💙😊 thank you
Once again super helpful video! Thanks so much Angelo!
My pleasure!
Great talk. Thanks Angelo ❤
So glad I finally found you bro
Glad you’re here. :)
Its very good described.
Awsome...Thanks ♡
Welcome!
Francis Lucille's suggestion is very similar. He says to make the assumption that we are NOT separate body-minds. That your reality and my reality are the same. Act under that assumption during your daily life and look for evidence that supports that assumption.
I would argue that pretty much everyone who goes through awakening, which im going to define as having ego death and reintegrating the self after letting the structures of society and the state of the world influence you and then reintegrating the self, goes through a process of meditation.
Its just that most people have the wrong idea of what meditation is. All it is, is focused thought. You don't get to have mental breakthroughs or to have an experience of "awakening" without deep contemplative thought. I just don't think its possible, not even with the aided use of drugs.
Though just like drugs, its totally possible to use it on a regular basis and still have almost zero self awareness, self actualization, or an awareness of the outside world that you haven't experienced.
Thank u 🙏🏾
Thank you..this is really true 🙏
Welcome
Relistening Question, plz
? 'Being ready', 'willing' ... Want 'Desire' vs actively allow
I get into own way?
Fully reconize the wind under my wings the universe sends to validate, just not how to keep the window open?
Understood?
Thank you
Welcome
Hey Angelo, thank you for everything; for every video on UA-cam and each letter and sentence in your amazing book. I do resonate with quite a few of these, but for some reason, I can't say with certainty, that this is my first priority for some reason. I do practice daily, I look at my mind daily, etc. Is this just a thought? Or am I overlooking something else important?
This is so great, thankyou!
Why do I find it so hard to hang out in the mystery? it's like the mind gets bored or thinks it's nothing.. I would really appreciate it if you could speak to this, or if you have already link me a video. Thankyou again ❤
Your content is very empowering brother
Thx :)
I agree 100% 🙂
I have a question..
Is it possible to have some realization and forget it?
Or more accurately.. To have things become clearer, and then unclear when meeting habitual patterns that come up with challenges in life, like relationships, financial hardships, becoming a father, etc.. (going through all of these pretty much right now :))
Yes for sure. This is very common after awakening before liberation
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you Angelo
Could you say something about the difference between awakening and liberation?
And/Or if you have a video or material about this you can point me to.
@@gadiely yes, liberation is when all aspects of the self structure have been dissolved. These include the reactive self, the relational self, the subtle self. If you’ve had an awakening I would next work on equanimity per my playlist. The end point is essentially decoupling reactivity to responsiveness to the environment. From there reactivity can fall away through inquiry
I agree, however; after decades sitting with teachers, I'm not sure about this any more. I don't have any friends to check me. I've tried making friends; I guess I'm just not able to. Any advice?
Cheers bud.
How can leaning into/looking for discomfort be harmful? Would it not reveal shadows that need light?
Wonderful but wish the space music weren't there.
I awakened suddenly ,minimal meditation.
It does happen!
Ok, just picked up your book. Let's get into this...
let's gooooo
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake barely into it and I'm enjoying it.
The sparkles in his beard 🧙🏻♂️
Is this the kind of awakening that is spoken about in Advaita? What Vedantists call Enlightenment? Is it fundamentally the same thing but spoken about differently in each tradition?
Yes. Though certain pointings may be pointing at somewhat different stages. In deeper realization the distinctions get subtle but are still important.
When hanging out in the void how do you continue into the mystery?? Can you give examples? or maybe talk more about going beyond the cognitive mind?
Initially the big first shift is brought about by self inquiry per the awakening approaches playlist and my book.
I would add a qualifier to "being authentic" as a first step. You can't lie to yourself. Lie to other people all you want but you can't be authentic if you lie to yourself, which most people do constantly. Everyone does sometimes.
7:44 nvm, you kinda cover that here.
I just returned from the retreat at AOL. I’ve had 2 realizations about myself, about who I am. One occurred about a month before the retreat and one occurred during the retreat. The second one, the one that came to me during the retreat has everything to do with authenticity. I’m scared to share this with my husband. I don’t know how to tell him this. I love him and have no desire(at this point)to act on this realization. It does feel good to finally accept this as truth about who I am. How do I find the right time or place to reveal this to him?
Why tell him? It would only be inaccurate words anyways :)))
For me my mind dont wanna go to the suffering i feel inside me. Nów I Just realised this. It says things to keep me away from this all the time.
Really at the outset it’s not necessary to dive right into the fire if suffering but rather to recognize the illusory nature of thought content. The awakening approaches and inquiry playlists are key here.
Listening to your clarity I experience a shift - thank you!
Good to hear :)
Angelo, thank you. These five factors the way you describe them resonate with my experience of this process of awakening. I say yes, each time, to each one.
I’m not sure if thIs one would fit in to the five, but it turns up over and over again: the seductive call to be small, to stay little, the hugely comforting self concept of “I’m small, limited and powerless”. The experience of the singular sense of being can be accompanied by a sense of vastness, a quite uncomfortable contrast to the Wind In The Willows’ Ratty and Mole coziness I like to swaddle myself with. So I guess this comes under your “allow discomfort” factor. :)
I totally get what you mean hear, to not leave footprints :)
#4 is without question my Achilles heel. Escape from discomfort is my middle name 😑
I took a break from reading your book to watch a movie with the wife. We found one called "Chariot" . It's a new release... yesterday I would have shut it off after 5 mins, but today... I keep seeing combinations of 3s and 1s everywhere... what's going on here?
Wild! Haven't seen it.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake DONT spend money on it. Wait for a cheap rental or something. By no means am I claiming it to be a great movie.
@@gmschiller good to know. Going to see “Everything Everywhere All at Once” tonight
Angelo, I tried to sign to your upcoming zoom retreat, but the link you sent didn’t work. I’ll appreciate your help. Thank you for doing that
here is the link: us02web.zoom.us/meeting/register/tZIscu2vqjIrEtAptzn1FkNH6hMmeHqIdBVf
Coming back to this first video after watching many others and paying attention to these factors, it seems to me that the underlying "practice" you are proposing is to pay attention to feelings of contraction or to uncomfortable emotions, and to keep asking questions, keep asking myself, "what is really going on here?" and waiting for an "answer" that comes from my intuitive mind rather than my conceptual mind, and which is then experienced as a bodily release of tension. When I do this, I then find that I am less reactive to various situations that previously triggered me. The question I have is, how is this related to awakening?
This that you are describing is equanimity work. Your description of how it works is pretty good. I generally recommend it after awakening, but doing it beforehand is also valuable. The value is exactly what you stated, you are less reactive. Specific to awakening I would recommend the approaches in my book and/or the playlist awakening approaches.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thanks Angelo, this is very helpful. I have read your book and am working on some of the practices described there. I also attended your online retreat a few months ago. Your work is very direct and inspiring.
Let me add this. Your first awakening practice is the basic "Who am I?" inquiry practice. I have done that practice many times. And in fact, the inquiry practice that I describe above seems like a "partial" version of that practice. In other words, what I am always asking myself is something like "who or what is having this bad feeling, or worry, or anxiety, etc." When I ask the simple "Who am I?" I can get to no thought and sink it, but not to awakening or no self as you describe it. So my intuitive sense is that I am "gradually" getting closer, but your comment about equanimity practice suggests that though it is valuable it in itself will never "get me there." Is that your sense? And perhaps I should put aside these important but lesser releases and realizations and just hold fast to "Who am I?"
Can medications cause it to be harder to fully awaken
Much appreciated 🙏 🙏 🙏
May I ask, at what age that the oldest awakening you have come crossed?
Hmmm.. I really am not sure, 60's 70,s but I usually wouldn't ask someone their age 😂
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake wow,,I had impression that awakening mainly happen at younger age
@@ziya5952 happens at all ages. Maybe more common in earlier years like 20s but certainly not exclusively
Great video, it gave me a lot of clarity. Thank you.
Glad it was helpful!
Hi
A few years ago I has what felt like a massive panic attack where I was have thoughts rushing through my head the most bizarre thoughts and I remember during the panic attack I kept thinking what if I've no thoughts anymore I was looking in the mirror at myself asking Who am I?? Who am I?? It felt like an outer body experience ...I eventually fell asleep next day I felt like my mind was flushed out..
Can you offer any explanation?
Yes the first shift in the realization process is what I refer to as awakening, which a true shift in identity out of a thought based way of experiencing self. The fear of living without thoughts, is sort of the mind’s alarm system going off when you get close to this transformation. The mind is essentially saying, “Without me you won’t exist!” Of course if we are able to penetrate that fear and allow the actual awakening to unfold we will be very pleasantly surprised. :)
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The following morning I felt like oh I feel calm clear all is as it should be..but I didn't know that it was now that I know of as a realisation I've told nobody outside of now because I don't know how to and if I'm honest I don't feel the need to...but it was something I just wanted to hear your opinion on..
I just look up youtube on talks..meditation etc...
I'm trying to live 'it' blend into my day..I don't beat myself up too much now if I loose 'it'
Thank you I'm looking forward to reading your book..
@@catherinea2726 yes definitely be kind with yourself, it’s a natural process and you can’t force it, it will have ups and downs but it will integrate more and more ☺️. The book will help for sure.
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Thanks for your advice
Sometimes I feel like an unguided missile..
At times a bit lost and then other times so in it..
But the feeling I get is no going back to before I love the experience of coming home..
I am that I am..
Exact description of how I felt...the complete disorientation of who you are without thought,scary feeling,but is just there as another pointer... the path to awakening is strange for sure, but then again, I sometimes ask is there an actual path? There's nowhere to go or arrive at,, but like letting go the edge of a cliff and falling into nothingness,, but in the most liberating way,if that makes sense...
#2 is my big problem. When you say 'go beyond', you're asking me to let go of the inquiry and 'making sense of things' mechanisms that keep me safe, grounded.
Mechanisms that you believe make you safe and grounded yes. But you have to see that they also are responsible for the times you feel unsafe and ungrounded. It’s important to take inventory and be fully honest with ourselves when we start to orient to living truth.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I've been thinking a lot about this (thinking, thought, mind). You videos are really helpful; so many things, so many challenges, but they aren't challenges. Awakening IS happening. Thank you.
I dont really understand how one could apply these mindset switches and awaken without a dedicated meditation practice. But maybe Thats due to my specific childhood trauma that has set up my body-mind such that its very difficult for me to feel certain painful emotions. Even 3 hours of daily meditation wasnt enough for me, I had to add plant healing in order to finally feel like I was feeling these old supressed emotions.
I started out doing a lot of meditation myself and so kind of assumed the same, then I saw people wake up who didn't like meditation and didn't do it but were all about awakening and sincere inquiry. In my experience inquiry is key, but it has to be done right.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake with 'inquiry' do you mean the inquiry that day Rupert Spira teaches?
@@Daniel_TransformationCoach not sure what he teaches.
As described in my book for first awakening/kensho, and in videos in the inquiry playlist. For deeper stage realization other inquiries are helpful such as non-dual contemplations.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I will check out your playlist thanks. Spira teaches non dual inquiry too
I have a lot n of panic attacks. I really want to find release from their grip on me. I'm in a cycle of panic attacks where the fear of another one creates another one. The places associated with them create more of them. I am very agoraphobic at this point. 5 minutes from my house and my anxiety starts by 7 to 10 minutes I'm having severe panic. Logically I know it's just feelings but when in the state logic is out the window.
Might consider EMDR type therapies. It's geared toward PTSD, but the mechanism is similar, fear of a thought, memory or image. Fear of the panic attack leads to another panic attach etc. Something to consider at least. Any emotion work will be helpful as well. Exploring fear, uncertainty, resistance etc in direct experience and through inquiry.
Angelo, would you say that analytical, logical people will find it more difficult to awaken than naturally emotional people?
Can you elaborate more on "solving the problem of birth and death"? Thanks!
Ultimately it seems to all come down to our deep seated fear of death, loss of agency, and loss of the sense of being. Most of these fears are so buried that most people have no idea how much of their persona, ego, self image, and internal world are based on them. Only after that first big shift (awakening) de we even begin to glimpse how gargantuan the pull of this fear actually is in our lives. To solve the problem of birth and death, is to finally see through all of the mechanisms of illusion that create and perpetuate the functioning of this false self-apart, and ultimately pluck up one's life root for good :0 This is liberation, true freedom, no-self realization :) A good friend of mine who realized no-self/liberation at the age of 21 said this the other day: "It's like being a newborn baby and dead at the same time." You can find her videos on my channel.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I watched the 2 spiritual awakening interviews. Many "wow" moments. Realization has been terrifying at times. I feel like I understand the no-self conceptually - it has just not been my experience. Or has it, and it's just too close?? :) Looking forward to watching the video you released today.
It’s not bad to conceptually get it. It makes sense in many ways when we start to taste unfiltered reality. However the realization of it is quite another thing. And yes of course you’re already living it moment you moment, but experientially there can still be a lot of perceptual filters operating which obscures it.
Regarding the first step in the video, I believe Nisargadatta used the word earnestness, as in all that is needed is 'earnestness of the individual', other people use the word volition. Thank you for your videos, I'm just coming across them! ❤️
@@bob-c702 you’re welcome. Thanks for stopping by
You don't necessarily relate meditation with awakening, but do you relate letting go with awakening - considering we are letting go of everything that was never awake? :)
They all gel in my experience, but I'm not sure about #1. It seems there is really no such thing as always needing to be absolutely desiring to "wake up" (whatever that is, from the perspective of someone identified as unawake). Maybe it is one's time when it is one's time, so I would not tell people to want it in the desperate way they often want life goals. Also seems dangerous because those with a lot of virya can effectively choose what makes sense to want to some degree, but I suppose that can be a great thing in some cases too. I don't know :)
I'm in the second " pattern of the seeker " though I know there is nothing to seek. I feel really good and very peaceful after years of challenge and taking desires and afflictions onto the path.
I know that I'm repeating the pattern of reading, watching teachings etc. though I've already seen everything before.
Could you make a video on how to let go of this distraction?
🙏💜💎🫶🙏 thank you very much!
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Are the qualities same for people who move on to deep non dual realization and liberation? Any other dimension that helps after initial awakening?
good question, perhaps in another video i will answer :))
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake In the book you say it can take anything from few months to few years. My mind read it as "it is a natural progression and certain to happen". In one of the comments for some other video you have mentioned a complete nondual perspective is still rare. If you see fit please talk about this.
I personally sense that it is possible to stay in the no-person's land forever if care is not taken. Ego has so many homes in the mind that with the right conditions it might stay in one of them for one lifetime even after awakening. A deliberate effort seems to be required to raze each hiding place.
Thank you for giving your time.
@@anandprashant2301 this is very true ☺️
Simple the best
What, when the problem of birth and death is not my interest? A arranged myself with this facts. Am I now disqualified for awakening? Also, yes I am suffering too. It is alittle bit hidden. I see this more and more, but its not my main interest to go beyond suffering (I would not say no to this possibility, but its not my main interest). With all the other points I agree.
@@wolfgangfinke7403
Was ist „Erwachen“,wenn es keine Gedanken dazu gibt?
@@birgit8996 Aaah, Birgit ! Eigentlich ein genauso dummes Wort wie Angelo's MU, what is MU. Vor MU bin ich immer zurückgeschreckt. X mal täglich 5-Minuten-Wecker stellen für: Was ist „Erwachen“,wenn es keine Gedanken dazu gibt? / "Erwachen". Werde dir berichten. Vielen Dank für die Inspiration! (-:
@@wolfgangfinke7403
Aber bitte ohne Gedanken dazu!😄
@@birgit8996 danke, das habe ich glaub ich verstanden (1 Satz mit 2x "ich", hihihiiiii (-; )
@@wolfgangfinke7403
Was ist,…….wenn es kein Verstehen gibt ?
I left a VP position because my higher self insisted the desire is profound. Permission granted. Willingness, I’m there.
I love it!