The Most Enjoyable Part of Non Duality
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- Опубліковано 19 вер 2021
- What is the most enjoyable aspect of post-awakening realization? When does suffering end? What is the key to realizing equanimity? We address these questions and more in this video :)
Such a helpful explanation. This equanimity, or experiencing “what is” without pushback is very familiar to the experience immediately after the first awakening. Everything just seemed unfold perfectly in the moment. There was no need to push back. Unfortunately it wasn’t permanent and I’ve been seeking it ever since. Thank you for the insights, it seems so simple.
You’re welcome. Yes it’s wurst common to experience this immediately after awakening then becomes obscured for a time, largely because it’s actually a subtle tendency that we overlook.
I watched this today for the second time and it clicked! I understand it now!
The pointers in this video are so clear and beautiful that I can’t even describe it! It’s a perfect summary for the spiritual practices and rituals in just some direct simple pointers!
It’s a true gem! Thank you Angelo!
Welcome :)
What I’ve enjoyed the most of this process is experiencing heaven on earth at will (without the yapping). Content/happy just witnessing the miracle of life unfold, thank you Angelo and congrats on reaching 1k subscribers
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It is absolutely amazing! Stopping to look around and marvel at how a tree grows or meanwhile watch something be born!!! I'm so grateful to be here experiencing all this. I marvel daily at the amazing things humans do and create also! Heaven is right here and right now and so is hell depending on our perception.
Extremely helpful. Just an absolute trust combined with non-conceptual awareness. Beautiful. 🙏🙏
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Thank you again, these talks are so very helpful and reassuring. Finding that the more completely I commit, the more fear/terror comes up. So it’s particularly supportive to hear you speak of this as a normal part of the process.
You’re welcome ☺️
yes I see that I have spent most of my life trying to control it and that has produced anxiety and fear. I feel I have been living that way many many years. I want to see the truth. thank you for the pointing on how to exist with now.
It’s a very important recognition for us to see that all of that holding on to control (largely the illusions of it), is directly tied to suffering ☺️
When your voice stopped it snapped me out of my pleasant shift as I expected it as a jolt to my senses. I was sipping a cup of strong black coffee, savoring the flavor of the freshly ground beans, eyes closed and and enjoying the mesmerizing sound of your voice. Every now and then the memory of previous shifts would float by, but not often, then I would go back to the now. I've been shifting, sometimes for only minutes, sometimes for years, from the time I was a child on the brink of adolescence so it has always been comfortable. There was a time as a young adult approaching 30 when I did a deep dive into my mind remembering how I became the person I thought I was. Even that was interesting but comfortable. Imagination is something I consider a different type of shift because I don't use it as an escape but as a method of creations which will eventually manifest in my life either as an experience or in the form of a work of art.
Thanks for your comment :). I do sone abstract acrylic painting. I’ve noticed it happens sometimes completely intuitively without imagining anything first, and also with a mental image first.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake While I don't come up with a mental image I tend to do oil or powder pastels, colored pencils, oil painting or sculpture. My imaginings are not an image to paint or sculpt but of exploring a bit of nature that I only had the opportunity to pass by and catch a glimpse of. Different imaginings are of what I want to manifest in my life and those are the ones that I start to prepare for. Once I've set the preparations into motion they will eventually manifest so I've learned the hard way not to start the process in motion unless I'm sure I really want the results. Imagination alone won't manifest anything aside from possibly a work of art and even that requires that I sit down in front of whatever supplies I intend to use. In doing that I've set the form of manifesting into motion. If I do nothing but imagine I will manifest nothing. In order to manifest an event, a certain kind of friendship, help with a project or something I not only have to imagine but I also have to prepare my tools. Does thar clarify what I mean or have a just made my communication worse? I sometimes do abstract art but not often. It's usually something out of the ordinary although I can do realistic pictures if I want but for that a photo works well enough so why bother.
When one is struggling and trying to make change happen in one's life, that is also the only way it could be.
A great video that appears here !!!!👍
It's such a relief what Angelo, conveys in words, and the way he expresses awakening creates a huge amount of inspiration and "knowing" that I too will go through this transition.
This is a dangerous video.,.
…and I haven’t even clicked play yet 🤣
The thing that I find most difficult about accepting the passing of events, is suffering of friends and family, even strangers, particularly children. Thoughts can flow without strong identification. Negative thoughts about others suffering ,can be seen as things without strong identification to a degree. However it's still a source of suffering to know that others are suffering, and that they will continue to suffer. It's difficult to accept 'what is' happily and I am not even sure that would be for the best. Accepting the suffering of others sounds like denial or psychopathy. It's not the negative self image that is the problem. These are private thoughts after all, and with a low sense of self they are not troubling in that way. It's the suffering of others that seems to be a sticking point. I've often been struck by how little this is addressed by people who teach non-duality and how it never seems to come up as a question. Are people who teach non-duality in denial? do they lack compassion? Do people in general lack compassion? Why is this so rarely discussed? I have often wondered.
Hello! I have struggled with this as well. What I have found however is that the acceptance of the suffering of others is the only true way that actually leads to an eventual relief of that suffering. It sounds paradoxical but I invite you to consider this:
John is suffering. Trina sees that John suffering. So does Andy and Kim.
Trina is made uncomfortable by the suffering of John. Trina also has a tendency to avoid discomfort by performing some mental or physical behavior.
Andy is also made uncomfortable by the suffering of John. Andy used to have such a tendency but has become so comfortable with the sensations of his own discomfort aroused by the suffering of others that he has any need to escape from it into thinking or performing actions (even actions to relieve the suffering)
Kim is no longer made uncomfortable by the suffering of others. She has gone from needing to escape from her own sensations aroused by the sight of a suffering other, to not needing to escape, to finally seeing the suffering as it really is without the distracting extra layer of experiencing it as threatening in any way.
A question one could consider if one finds it helpful is this:
Which of these three people is most likely to see John clearly and respond (or not respond) in a situationally appropriate manner?
My experience tells me it is Andy and Kim. Since they no longer has any need to help in order to relieve a sensation in their own body, they are now free to fearlessly look straight into Johns suffering and allow it to touch them in their heart. Since they no longer have any unconscious need from John to stop suffering in order for them to have a different experience, they are completely free to stay with the truth of his suffering and adapt their behavior in such a way so as to benefit him.
My experience is that this is where true compassion and patience is born. Paradoxically, and not so often described, allowing ourselves to feel the discomfort in ourselves and working to become aware of and not needing to act out the impulse to stop the other from suffering IS compassion. It allows us to be ok with ourselves. And when we feel that OK-ness or equanimity that is mentioned in the video we are manifesting the energy of compassion. When there is enough room for our own discomfort, we can make room for more of the discomfort of others. It becomes easy to see the other clearly, and we immediately want to be there for that person.
In my work as a clinical psychologist, but as much as a friend, son, lover, and brother, I have found that it is precisely when I accept the suffering of the other so truly that I can allow them to suffer without needing to change it, that I can be most loving and helpful.
I find that it also empowers the person suffering, because I show them that I am with them, but not taking away their agency and imposing an agenda.
PS. I do not mean that natural compassion cannot be born before awakening. Compassion itself is a glimpse of awakening.
However, compassion that is founded on a need to help in order to feel differently in oneself, is not compassion.
When compassion manifests it comes with a will to help, but it also comes with a sense of OK-ness of the entire situation and the sensed humility that allows us to be very flexible in our behavior. This allows us to not do anything, do something big, or do something very small and still feel that we acted in line with everything and be very happy knowing this. All according to the situation itself (which also includes our own resources and needs at that moment). Compassion and equanimity are often seen as two necessary sides to the same coin. Without compassion, equanimity as you say would be cold. Without equanimity, compassion would burn us out and cause us to respond in selfish or unwholesome ways.
Thankfully, they go hand in hand and are not separate, but rather two joint expressions of the awakened heart.
Hope that helps!
@@vaenskapelsen Thank so so much for taking the time to write such an in depth reply. I very much appreciate it. It was a big surprise to see that someone had done that. I will re-read and think about what you have written.
@@yetanotherperson6436 That makes me so happy to hear. Were all in this together! Very glad if it was helpful :)
Me too have struggled with this
Instinct verses intellect. Freewill only exists when we choose.
you are gold!
This is the hardest thing to do for me. No escape, no way of getting away from what is or to what seemingly could be. Just this, struggle…
What is struggle? Can you feel the sensations of it?
This was fantastic! Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Wonderful, thank you Angelo
You’re welcome ☺️
Your videos on non duality are very good ...best explanation on what being present is...living with chronic physical pain is still hard though...not able to "unthink" or "unfeel" the sensation of the pain without medication...
As I sit here and listen to you, the background captured me, and your appeal to simply see things as it is was echoed there. Initially, my mind was trying to grasp and understand the patterns of shifting bands, thinking and overlaying some sense of rotation to the bands, but, this didn’t seem to quite capture what was going on, and instead I just let the patterns be what they were.
So I think I should apply this to whatever I can. Stop trying to understand, and let things be as they are.
Yes!
Seriously this is the simplicity of non-dual investigation. Your teachers are the sounds, colors, and forms. How’s that for grace??
This experience of what is right now feels the energy of kundalini knocking at the door and the experience is resisting it. Yes it's fear of the lack of control that I've never had, fear of the deeper mystery, and the deep, deep urge to surrender. Then there is drinking tea, it is the same, it just is and resting there. Kundalini will happen, tea time will happen!! Ha, ok well that helped just typing it out.
Do you have experience with the energy body stuff? Mystical experiences? I have had it all, in the last 18 months, awakening, OBE, auto writing, Kriyas, and kundalini started. I gave it no value, (other than wtf??) then just experienced it as pointers to follow the urge into the mystery. The kundalini thing is pretty damn intense though😬
Your channel has been an absolute gift, thank you so much for being and posting such clear and present info. I think it's going to be so helpful to each and every person that finds it.✨💛✨
Your instinct to not make too big a deal of the mystical stuff (experiential) etc is well placed. Yes the energetic movements can be intense . They will settle :)
Thank you, Angelo! This is so reassuring to me. Dysphoric thoughts have been creeping in with doubts, grief, and fear lately. I’ve been finding it hard to see how recognizing non-duality can lead to resilience. Yet, I sense that you are right, and that there will be freedom in trusting life.
Yes true peace is possible and equanimity is the pathway
You are beautiful.
You sir, are a genius!!! Ty for this video. This resonated with me big-time.
Very welcome
Thank you for these candid conversations. All your videos brings one back to that edge - to that veil that separates truth from the illusions. There is no escape 😅
This realisation is not at all romantic when one is watching from the ego side. Maybe from the other side there is a whole other opening … that expansion which is indescribable.
I remember this was the big question for me when I had my awakening, how to trust the universe lol I would walk in nature everyday literally seeing the peace in nature seeing life, and Watching the mind at the same time , wondering why the mind was suffering , when u see the peace in nature what’s there to suffer about , be aligned with that lol everything is perfect the way it is , yet the mind keeps coming up with stories lmao kinda funny
I think that’s a very good approach, simple truth test “is anything accursed happening in the immediate environment?” When there clearly is not and yet the thoughts tell a different story, you know the books are being cooked 😂
So true - there is always peace right here but the mind (and thoughts) create a problem out of nothing. Sometimes you can ask yourself a basic question when you feel like you are suffering: Will this matter to me in a day/month/ year? Will this (thought I have about myself or thing causing the resistance) be important? It almost always fades or passes because that’s what thought is - just thoughts. I’m also wondering what is it that takes me away from being in the present moment and why can’t I just stay there. Intellectually and conceptually I grasp all these things but why do I feel like I’m over complicating what seems a very simple practice!
@@ann337 just keep surrendering to presence when it feels natural and opening to life, and this will all clarify. Can take some time :)
@@ann337 I like that .. not judging thoughts realizing that there just a thought not good nor bad just a thought.. sometimes I feel like the mind has to detox get those emotions out and the best way I feel like is being outside being surrounded by nature
@@mattbuchanan6729 I’m the same - I could happily live in some remote forest area or countryside and it would be lush. It’s much easier to deal with thoughts when there are no external distractions - like a stressful chaotic environment and people to stoke the fires/push buttons lol...
this idea of using the "resistence" as entry point for equanimity, which is just looking at what it is, is really a game changer
This video explains my experience of a great fear I felt after experiencing just seeing, the zero experience. Fear recreated me a moment later
Yes the first time we come into contact with radical non-duality there is often a fear response… like, “well if I disappear fully into the senses, what the hell happens to me?”
I find that with successive investigations this response calms significantly
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Yes, yes. It almost a fear of death. As if there is a free-falling feeling and your mind just has to try and catch on to something
Thank you for the reply
“Under the gun” re approach of “important” deadline, so turned to you for help: and here it is! (Here/now.) Just a few minutes to U-turn back to reality and peace! Very grateful.
So helpful, thank you Angelo.
Welcome :)
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It really seems like the algorithm is giving me your videos in order of what I need in this moment 😅😅 like wtf
Thanks!
Thanks so much!!!
Waw!!! Thanks boddy
You got it!
Bravo.
Something like a modern Ramana ladies and gentlemen. Thank you universe. Here’s a cuppa coffee.
Yummmm.... thanks!
The innocence of childhood regained!
Temptation....drags me rationalising distraction. Simultaniously beat myself w guilt while I swim on to distraction as though it will be preferable to Now!
Try not to add self judgement. So many mind states are essentially automatic processes that we never chose to set into motion.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake associative thinking, attractive something else I could justify doing, so as to avoid!
Eckhart Tolle says: 'feel your hands'. Monk Thich Nhat, used a 'slow walking' practice, so very hard to walk that slow! "Chop Wood, Carry Water" a la 1960s. Yes move back into the senses get out of mind identified false self. PRACTICE
A, you best keep telling those of us the warning how the more deep emotional wk is needed, the more karma we have to sit in the fire of! xoxo
So helpful. 😊 thanks
You’re welcome 😊
I really enjoyed this amazing clarity which was so simply explained the problem and the simple but hard solution to it.. I started practicing with senses from your other video and I felt a subtle shift.. I was very moved when you talked about thoughts.. for a second the possibility that all this is only a thought!!! 😳😳😳 is that what you meant? Like everything even spiritually and non duality are thoughts? This is a bit disorienting.. or maybe I didn’t understand that bit? But honestly the root cause of suffering and how to deal with it was expressively explained! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
That's right... however it is not yet awakening, awakening is a bit beyond that experientially where one wonders, well if all of this is thoughts, where and what am I. Do this until the undeniable and unmistakable sense of pure Being is realized as the case in all circumstances.
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How does this non dual ‘realization’ square up with practices that release Kundalini or other such which is a very joyous experience and various states of samadhi (inner bliss)?
They come and go, realization is irreversible.
Where did you get all these animated backgrounds for your videos?
Storyblocks
Do you think just sitting in silence, doing nothing, all day is an effective tool for this? I've tried doing that but this restlessness just bites at me and never seems to go away.
I think your experience is coming with “just sitting” . Pointed inquiry is invaluable IMO at various stages of realization. The momentum of selfing is strong
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake what is selfing?
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Can awakening happen in a fake it til you make it sort of way? If I continue to believe I am already awakened or awakening, does that work?
Well, no.
However those thoughts might he going through the mobs when awakening occurs 🤓
I really enjoyed and valued the message, subbed and like...... but really, the spooky music and sci-fi visuals behind you just aren't needed. If anything, they detract from the message. Imagine how powerful a black background and pure silence behind your words. It would be fantastic!
Thx for feedback.
Is that the mind saying it should be something else than the way it already is?
Enjoyable for who?
You'll never find an answer to that question, and yet the enjoyment is undeniable :)
Thanks!
Thanks so much!
Very generous!
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