Great reading. When one start understanding all masters where pointing to the same reality and the same need to observe daily on how one keeps creating conceptializations and dualities over and over. Any comments about Bankei Yōtaku.
Thanks for the share Angelo - this is very beautiful. The Great Way. It always seems to point to direct experience-reality (via senses), through presence (awareness) , of what IS (truth) , without clouded interpretations (beliefs, thoughts). The slightest movement moves heaven and earth far apart. Grasping yields repelling. The desire for a thing implies a lack of. Instead of pushing and pulling (resistance) let go (surrender) and realize there is nothing to be done or to do: "self responsive field of activity". Singular flow expressing itself - All things...
This video reminds me of something Anthony De Mello said, “It’s not what’s happening that is upsetting you, it’s what you tell yourself about what’s happening that is upsetting you.” I find myself having to rewind some videos several times to really get the concepts because my ego latches onto something you say and either takes me to some imaginary situation or invented some new melodrama to distract me..
You know you’ve found a good teacher when they can annoy people into waking up😂😂 I’ve grown to love the struggle, and the contractions because I know it’s touching something I need to see
That's hilarious! 🤣🤣 "Look man.. the hair, the shirt, these backgrounds.... eeehhh, I don't know... I don't think this whole awakening stuff is really for me.." 😆
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 😂😂 No matter what you do... people always gotta tell you not to do something. hahah. I actually really like the shirts--and the backgrounds! ... None of which fucking matter. 😁
LoL I gained realization through your hair shape. 😁 I just assumed your crown chakra had its own stylist. 😂 I used to think hair was nonspiritual… and then it grew on me. 💙 Thank you, I’ll be here all week!
As Tolle said, resistance is negativity is suffering. It’s a commutative property. Resistance IS negativity. Negativity IS resistance. Negativity IS suffering. Suffering IS negativity. Suffering IS resistance. Resistance IS suffering.
Cannot wait till the yapping dog next door is known here as a part of me 😂 I try just relaxing into it but here it feels like an energetic assault on my nervous system, especially by the 2nd hour of his non stop yapping. What seems strange here is the deeper I am delving into self inquiry, clearing out beliefs and recognizing years of spiritual arrogance and bypassing the more unstable I am emotionally. For years now I never got angry or disturbed and now recognize that I was locked into a spiritual image of light and love. Letting that go and doing my best to just Be I now have no tolerance here for even simple things. I never used to stress over something like a barking/yapping dog, a broken dish, spilled coffee and getting wet from rain. In the past 2 days each of these things happened and I not only felt reactive and contracted I actually felt so overwhelmed by these insignificant moments I broke down in tears each time. It puts me in mind of that saying "It's always darkest before the dawn". If I am not in the process of shifting into awakening then I am going crazy...is there a difference? Your videos do aid in seeing more clearly and there is an underlying certainty here that all is perfect as it is. Recognizing that even though seeing Truth of no person here is relatively simple it sure isn't feeling easy. The other saying that comes to mind here is "Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it!". In gratitude and blessings 🙏💞🕊️
Funny about the hair. Made me laugh out loud. I’ve experienced the value of following annoyance and even anger as an entry point into denied and repressed parts of myself. For me the discoveries and realizations found there are even sweeter than the more sublime ones. As though those parts of us that may have never experienced love and acceptance are so deeply grateful to finally be included and embraced. Like the homely, dinged up pound dog that can’t quite believe it when someone actually opens the cage for him/her. I’ve not had dramatic experiences of transcendent realization, but I could happily spend a lifetime bringing love to these untended places, whether in “myself” or in “others.” So much energy put into “getting what we want.” Meanwhile, at least in my life, such indescribable sweetness can be found by bringing true tenderness to these unwanted parts of life. Thank you for reminding and pointing us to these places, so many times, in so many ways… 🙏🤬🦋
Annoyance can be an excellent hint to go deeper and find what is it really that triggers it. When it is not overlooked or shamed. Most likely some belief and thought pattern about how we feel about our selves and the world around.
and well, UA-cam has a "like" and a "dislike" button. so yeah, here we are already limited and directed. grain of salt, right? thanks for being a true Boddhisattva. return trips are rough.
Angelo, I've just recently discovered you and your channel and you resonate within me with such clarity and wisdom that I am at a loss of words - but right now words or my fumbling of words are all I basically know. I can't explain what's happening inside of me, nor do I care to try and explain at this moment, but thank you from the bottomless depths of my heart. Spirituality and a breath of fresh air... that's kind of the feeling or sense that I'm experiencing while listening to and watching you. There's simply no way to explain how fortunate I am to have found your channel. I open my heart to whatever this spirit is... because knowing who or what I am is the most important thing, the only thing that matters to me and your pointers are tremendous. I've said or typed too many words at this point. I really don't think my words mean anything at all, but God bless you and the gift that you are sharing. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
A medium of the highest integrity is undeterred by the superficialities of opinion or judgement. And of course my experience is that you are exactly that, and infinitely more. You're right, we won't be critical of these opinions, because everyone is on their own path, all equally valid. I absolutely love your material and I do not find any aspect of the videos annoying or peculiar. In fact, the very stuff that some individuals find out of place are the same stuff that I find special and unique and mysterious and magical, full of vibrance. I feel blessed that I discovered your material!
I love the part about annoying sounds during meditation. I started many years ago with Transcendental Meditation (1968). After a few years I went to a 9 month teacher training course in Europe. First 6 months were in hotels at off season resort on Majorca. It turned out that they were building a new hotel just across the street. Starting about 6:30 or 7 a.m. there's be 15 or 20 minutes of jackhammering. Then a couple minutes of silence, just enough to get me to let my guard down. Then a piercing whistle and BOOOOOM! Yes, they were dynamiting. That went on basically dawn to dusk for 6 fucking months. There was no escape. Madness beckoned. But ever since, I've been pretty immune to outside noises when I meditate. Inoculated I guess, just like my experience with the TM movement inoculated me against guru worship. I very much appreciate your slightly eccentric, informal presentations. A breath of fresh air after so many stuffed shirt teachers.
Check this out, I learned TM from an old hippie back in 1991. He knew Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, had meditated with him quite a bit. He told me about being in Majorca doing either meditation retreats or teacher training and he described all the distracting jackhammering going on BC construction nearby. His name was Rak. Very cool guy. He died about 20 years ago.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Never met him but there were a LOT of people on that course, I think fairly large hotels full. I fell down the cult worm hole on that one. Long story but it took me 20 years to get out. One key was hearing Maharishi say, "If you do everything I tell you, get advanced techniques, the Siddhi Program, go on residence courses, and are not enlightened [I think he meant Awakened] in 20 years, something is very wrong." Lots of synchronous events helped shove me out, but that statement was a key, and life went on.
Love your comments Geoffrey - if you wrote a book about your life experiences I'd read it in one sitting. TM sounds fascinating but I believe you need that interpersonal initiation into learning the technique "properly"! Anyway, it's an extortionate fee! I read a book a few years ago - think it was called "Collision with the Infinite" by Suzanne Segal - and was gripped by her experiences learning TM in Europe directly from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She also has an amazing story about her self falling away. P.S. hippies rock. Basically am the product of a hippie upbringing lol - will always have an affinity for the thriftbare vagabond lifestyle!
I cant believe ppl would complain about your backgrounds or your hair! Your backgrounds are amazing! Please dont change them. They are incredibly powerful and I can feel immediately more Awake by just seeing them. Your hair is no one's business and I think it suits you. Here thinks these ppl are going to be a long time waking up if they're so concerned about your hair and clothing that they aren't listening to what you're sharing. You are fantastic. A natural teacher and incredibly well informed. I owe my Awakening mainly to your guidance and will be forever grateful ❤
“At some point, the clarity of non-duality will be ongoing” 🙏 I’m staking my life on it … trusting God installed an accurate intuition thingy and a foolproof ability to eventually learn to use it 😓😂😐
In the thought world there is a similarity between how you look and my 30 year old son, I find your T shirts entertaining and the backgrounds fascinating. But all that seems to wash over me now and I just listen to what you have to say.😊
Being interrupted while watching this by a request that felt truly, undeniably dumb and annoying was a fantastic bit of exercise. Really spent a while trying to figure out how to apply it in real time, when it felt so *obvious* that the request was unreasonable and that it makes *sense* to be annoyed, until eventually the thought "I'm tired (of this)" arose and immediately felt wrong, alien. Who decided that? Where did that thought come from? Why should it ever make sense to be annoyed, even by an illogical or unreasonable request? Even this story being told about it feels like an illusion. When the annoyance fell away, there were just sensations and "thoughts" for a bit. Then it was just an amusing situation, that mostly worked itself out in the end. Thank you Angelo.
Love the Zen-do, Doc! ☯🔥☞ It's a subtle/not-so-subtle suggestion of the flame of Life at the center of each and every subatomic particle. ☀️ Perfection!
More often than not, I experience your videos whilst walking or riding my bike. Headphones in & phone in pocket. The sound of the background ambience compliments the content so well!!! I could listen for hours! Thank you sir 👍🏾
Love your channel. Just want to point out after listening to you for a bit I found a priest Richard Rohr talking on UA-cam and he points to non duality in Christ and how us humans have cherry picked and skewed the teaching with duality leading to discrimination, hate, and war. After getting deep into non duality, Rohr had me see the bible in a new non dual light. The wisdom there feels infinite when I never made sense of it in my apparent past. I'm not one to believe something just because I'm told to. Nihilism and flow state were the predecessors to non dualism for me. The core teaching of Jesus, whether a parable or real person, is non dualistic unconditional love. I know many people will not see it this way though. Do you have any videos regarding this? 🙏
The channel on UA-cam *giving voice to the wisdom of the ages* the book of Thomas, or that white haired metaphysics guy talks about how Jesus taught us to manifest reality in the Book of Thomas... from the oneness perspective the Bible, and Jesus in particular is incredible and has very little to do with the Christian religion as I grew up knowing it.... its powerful and sacred and really compassionate and loving.
You express my experience so well @notabody! I now think of scriptures I learned as a child and feel them in an entirely new liberating way. A shame they weren't taught from a non dual perspective (and still aren't for the most part.) I understand now why they were so unsatisfying at the time. I'm going to read the gospel of Thomas now that I see Angelo's comment.
I have never understood why someone would take the time to say anything negative ever. Just one click and all of your dislike can be replaced with another view. Anyways I love everything about your creative videos and t-shirts! The funny thing is I can't watch most of them I suffer from extreme motion sickness (I easily get sick driving my own car😂🤢) but i just scroll on down and listen to you instead. Your backgrounds are so cool though and i want to see them, like the one from yesterday, so sometimes i look for just one second...but haha I pay the price for it. You keep being you, I look forward to and enjoy your videos everyday✌🏼
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake hi I love your videos. So glad Sierra mentioned about motion sickness. The background does the same for me. The more subdued background is fine. Thank you for your videos. Cheers
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake There have been a few that don't seem to bother me as much the slow moving, space ones, or ones with the static horizon line is good. I often close my eyes naturally just listening to you or I scroll down. I love your backgrounds I just find it funny, I try to peek at them sometimes and then - nope😂 My motion sickness is quite extreme however so it probably doesn't affect to many people.
Love the music, background, and shirts. Hair good too:) I really appreciate all your videos. Been really tough. Life. Emotions. Thoughts. Videos helped tremendously.
Hi Angelo, assuming a polarity towards the annoying (or the "good") certainly seems a perquisite for separation and, useful to point to, but do you have to do it with every video, if that was the reason for them? Please think of those like myself with severe hearing deficit, who may struggle to understand what is being said even with a perfectly quiet background. The addition of these sounds just makes adds to the difficulty of clearly hearing what is being said. If there is really some reason to keep them, please turn them down a bit. Thanks for your posts, I think I have listened to about 180 of them so far!
Stumbled on this video at exactly the right moment. Thank you ❤️🙏🏾 P.S. It tickled my funny bone that you could say everything with a straight face except the comments about your hair lol
I appreciate this because I am very susceptible to resistance to noises. It feels like the annoyance permeates through my whole body. Definitely have some inquiry to do in this area.
I LOVE YOUR HAIR !!! It reminds me of the Cupie Doll I had as a kid and thats a wonderful memory from the past. ❤️ Thanks for all your hard work. Keep the videos coming. 👍
When someone gives you a horse, dont start checking its teeth! Old russian saying. Its a blessing to have you, haircut and all ! Commandment nuber 0, Do not to get annoyed.
Actually about the t-shirts and background I got the idea that was all on purpouse exactly to make the viewer to introspect into his or her own prejudices. For me the path is to become more and more non partial, non discriminatory as possible.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake haha. I knew it, and I dont get annoyed. I had a stage in my last years of using hippie style clothes to be part of hippie gatherings just to realize I dont need to dress in a way to be a certain way.( and even calling those gatherings hippie is still a bias, just a label) when you understand most of the issues are from the mindset aspect not even a particular asana is important, but still to sit straight is better for energy flow, About the backgrounds. People watch Marvel movies full of over stimulant visuals anyway, who would be botter to complain about the same in a spiritual context. And more, who make the distinction of this is spiritual and this is not? Or a master should dress loke this and make his videos like this? The padronizing, self-serving, dogmatic mind keep creating on and on, sometimes I even laught of my own mind games.
I got a chuckle when you mentioned the hair. :-) I've noticed I'm not entirely free of the "mind's disease" and I've felt distracted by your choice of hairstyle (although I've not commented) and maybe you'll get a chuckle too, when I explain why. It's distracting because it reminds me of the character Alfalfa in The Little Rascals. I can't quite imagine him talking about non-duality. :-) I'm glad you talk about it, though, and I question visceral reactions like this one all the time. They lose potency when examined carefully.
For some reason everything annoys me… And I’m so spiritual… But I always joke that I have no tolerance for bullshit or people that are in genuine or fake… And that I see right through people… This is a huge hang up for me. I wonder why?
A good discernment for inauthenticity is healthy…. Here comes the tricky part. Sit down, take a breath. When you see “others” that are full of BS, ask yourself, “what inauthenticity in myself is this person reminding e of?” If you take this challenge up it will turn you inside out 🎭🐇🕳️
No commenter not commenting. Notice how these letters and the space around them are relative to each other in interdependence. You supply the meaning and decipher the shapes.
At 8:20 You point out this seeing of the stuck sensation or contraction in the body where it wants to move but cannot and your pushing on that. I suppose this is the Million Dollar Question but once you have realized this and can feel that contraction and sense the stuckness that your reacting out of then how would you help that stuckness to clear and for that energy to move? I'd love to see you do a video on that. Working with Stuck energy and contraction sensation in the body.
By far, my favorite video. I see it all so clearly now and although I've had multiple shifts by listening to you Angelo (I no longer view life in the same illusionary way now), how you point to triggers that cause annoyances will stop me dead in my tracks when I feel the sensation/tightness if it does arise within me so that I can feel what it's about. Thank you very much ❤
Hi Angelo! how can I touch or feel into the helplessness that you speak of? I can imagine feeling helpless in imagined horrible situations but they are future made up stories. How can I feel into it now in this moment?
In terms of the things people have pointed out about you. I think it's fair for viewers to use discernment in deciding whether or not to keep listening. The hair, t-shirts, backgrounds etc are very "trademarky" in nature, so it makes sense those things would rise to their attention, being seen as marketing tools. They may be rude about telling you, and that's not kind or helpful (obviously by your amusement,) but underneath is a message worth noting.
Ok so now Last night they had idiots behind me at the hotel slamming cabinet doors again we back to that tactic again of course you know they will be punished just watch then they sent someone to knock on my door last night I didn't even answer it they are really pissing me off ..
You mention sound as arising as the entire universe and nothing at all. Do you think Tinnitus can be used somehow to help understand the true self? I've had a constant ringing for over 10 years, it's seems to be in the middle of the head between the ears, not one sound for each ear but one sound. I was told once that people with tinnitus only hear it when they are aware of it else it's silent, not sure about that though, could be true. Not sure what focusing on the tinnitus would achieve.
I also hear it too, periodically - didn't know if you attune to it you can really hone in on it. Had a few experiences of what feels like a "phasing" from ringing (directional "movement" from up to down, left to right) and then once I experienced it move through me and outside me which felt weird.
Funny that there are so many comments that have nothing to do with your message. I enjoy your hairstyle= It's like Tin-Tin, who was my hero as a child ;) But the sound is sometimes too loud, so it blurs your message, and it doesn't help to turn up the volume, as the background sound is also amplified
It’s important to acknowledge and feel that feeling of isolation. I would just suggest suspending judgement about what it actually means. It’s root may be surprising :)
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I find myself punishing myself less for it and just flowing with those feelings. I'll keep my awareness open to the source. I feel no separation to the universe so its quite ironically contradictory to feel lonely. Thanks
One of the best things about Dr. D is he doesn’t wear an effing white tunic and sit next to a huge vase filled with white flowers. He also didn’t give himself an irritatingly pompous Indian name. That reminds me: I saw Gangaji talk in person and boy, she was as annoying as I expected. Her birth name is Merle Roberson and she’s from Texas. Talk about an annoying guru type. She slowly walked into the room with that white person guru walk, all solemn, like in a funeral procession, with a faint and annoying smile on her face. I bet she focus grouped that approach. The audience, in a super new agey town, seemed amazingly bored with her and unimpressed. I expected WAY more guru worship than I saw. But she did have some interesting things to say.
What if the "annoying" sound is being screamed at for hours on end until my ears are ringing? What if I'm kept awake at night and I am dysfunctional in my days because of it? Is abuse something different than annoyance, or is it the far end of the spectrum? Do you talk about trauma, flashbacks, ptsd?
Good question. If physical threat comes though as mere annoyance there is a lot of mind identification and/or trauma conditioning numbing one's responses to the environment. In the case of ongoing threat I think the prudent thing is to remove oneself from the dangerous situation (if possible) before trying to wake up. Establishing a safe environment should probably be addressed first and foremost. With that said, sometimes we don't have the ability to leave a violent or even life threatening situation. In that case it is still possible to wake up (Book: Man's search for meaning).
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Growing up in it made it seem normal. And "ego death" created a whole new story that I don't exist, therefore it doesn't matter what happens to me. It's been a nightmare of a life. I just wanna wake up.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake It took me a few years to save up, but I did finally leave the abusive relationship last year. Because he didn't let me sleep at night, I developed quite a coffee habit. It just occurred to me that today is my final day weaning off caffeine, which could explain why my energy and mood are ultra low. I'm awake. Just groggy as hell. I appreciate your responses, dear Angelo. 💙
Thank you for your comments. I’m sorry to hear about your trauma history. Take a look at this, I think it works well and I know a very deeply realized person who has done this type of work as part of her awakening process. I think she’d say that she is now free of the Ill effects of trauma. I think we’re learning a lot about this now and are developing very good processes to deal with chronic trauma responses. The quote comes from Trauma Geek and I’ll also post the link. Low myelination resulting in low vagal tone is the most common physiological effect of developmental trauma or emotional neglect. Low vagal tone is associated with cardiovascular conditions, strokes, depression, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, and inflammatory conditions. All human infants are born with low myelination. If development is not interrupted, a healthy myelin sheath is formed by age 2 or 3. When an adult caregiver is in safe/calm state, the child’s mirror neurons detect and replicate that state. The more frequently the child is in this mirrored ventral vagus state, the healthier their myelin sheath will be. Generally, industrialized nations do not allow sufficient parent-child bonding time for the development of healthy vagal tone. Low vagal tone is a “silent epidemic” that affects the majority of the population in industrialized countries. If human development requires time spent with an adult who is in a safe/calm state, what are we to do if we didn’t have access to that in our childhood? If you did not get to form this neural protection in childhood (like me), there is good news! Adults can build myelin (a process called remyelination) and improve their vagal tone through co-regulation just like babies do. Spending time in a mirrored ventral vagus state allows the body to form a stronger myelin sheath at any age. Depending on how much mirrored ventral vagus time you can spend each week, you may be able to see a major shift in vagal tone after a year or two. (Side note, physical tissue disorders and other genetic conditions such as EDS can make this process take longer.) There’s an old phrase in neuroscience that says “neurons that fire together wire together.” The myelination of the vagus similarly depends on the activation of the vagus nerve via safe connection with another mammalian nervous system. Stimulating the vagus nerve when we are alone can help us feel calm in the moment, but it will not change vagal tone over time. Our vagus nerve needs the safe/calm influence of human and/or animal nervous systems to change tone. Many experts are so focused on offering solutions that can be easily done alone that they neglect the bio-social aspects of vagus nerve tone. The myelination process is one way nature proves that we need each other. My personal experience with changing vagal tone 6 years ago, when I was diagnosed with complex PTSD, I had low vagal tone. It would take me days to recover from a stressful event. I would often have multiple panic attacks in the same day because I couldn’t calm down after the first one. I could not be left alone for any significant period of time, especially if it was unplanned. When I learned about vagal tone and myelination in my research, I started something I called my Radical Self Love Plan. It involved weekly scheduled activities that were highly likely to involve mirrored ventral vagus activation. If I were an animal person, I would have gotten a dog, but alas, I can’t deal with the sensory aspects of owning a pet. I chose group ventral vagus activities which I enjoyed and had easy access to: partner dance, free form dance, singing with others, free classes at the community yoga center, cuddle parties. I was open with others about the fact that I intended to use these practices to heal developmental trauma, and I found even strangers in these spaces were kind and encouraging. After 2 years of this (plus binaural beats, and other solo vagus stimulating activities), I noticed a clear difference in my vagal tone. Recovering from shutdowns and panic attacks took less time. For the first time in my life, I could feel my heart rate calm when I took the time to notice my safe surroundings. I began to be able to track my vagal tone by comparing my breath and heartbeat. There was a noticeable difference on the inhale and exhale that hadn’t existed before. A few months ago, I was in a car accident and got whiplash, a major trigger for me with history of car related PTSD. Less than 3 hours later I was in a ventral vagus calm/safe mode. I took a picture to commemorate that moment, because I was just amazed. I had expected to feel anxious for hours and then shutdown for a few days while my system adjusted to the shock. The shock was no less intense than before, but the way my body processed it was totally different. If your vagal tone is low like mine was, I’m writing this to hopefully give you some hope. Vagal tone is not fixed. It can change over time. There is no quick way to change vagal tone, but with consistent practice, healing this developmental trauma is possible.
I think sometimes random comments about hair or tshirts might just be a way to feel connecting to you when you dont feel capable of commenting about the teaching?
Regardless, if it appears the person is genuinely interested in waking up I’ll try to work with them. When it becomes obvious they just want to troll and have no real interest in the subject I won’t.
Not your Videos as you mix the sound well but on some other teachers videos the Binaural white noise stuff is so badly mixed that I really have to work to hear what they are saying. Really annoying. Is this the same kind of annoyance as not liking a T shirt or hair do ? Or maybe its a higher level of annoyance:) I guess allowing the sensations of annoyance to be there and observing them as risings into awareness is the way I should be going.
@SimplyAlwaysAwake, if you behaved the opposite way and dressed in expensive clothes while speaking to crowds in large theaters as Eckhart Tolle does, people would criticize you for "selling out" and say you can't be teaching true awakening since you got rich from it. On the other hand, a psychologist made an entire UA-cam video saying Eckhart Tolle was a fraud because he didn't have a doctorate. (It's not like there are doctoral programs in Awakening.) You can't win with some people! XD But those people aren't ready to accept the Truth, no matter what package it comes in, as the Truth threatens their egos.
Here’s what I was referencing (Hsin Hsin Ming): redclaysangha.org/Resources/Documents/Liturgy/AFFIRMING%20FAITH%20IN%20MIND.pdf
Great reading. When one start understanding all masters where pointing to the same reality and the same need to observe daily on how one keeps creating conceptializations and dualities over and over. Any comments about Bankei Yōtaku.
Thanks for the share Angelo - this is very beautiful. The Great Way. It always seems to point to direct experience-reality (via senses), through presence (awareness) , of what IS (truth) , without clouded interpretations (beliefs, thoughts). The slightest movement moves heaven and earth far apart. Grasping yields repelling. The desire for a thing implies a lack of. Instead of pushing and pulling (resistance) let go (surrender) and realize there is nothing to be done or to do: "self responsive field of activity". Singular flow expressing itself - All things...
@@nat998 Beautiful!!
@@PamelaCisnerosArtist Thank you Pamela! 🙏🌷
Reading this, then realizing I just gave it a "like"... lol
"The helplessness is the sweets spot between non-duality and the illusion of control" - I love that.
This video reminds me of something Anthony De Mello said, “It’s not what’s happening that is upsetting you, it’s what you tell yourself about what’s happening that is upsetting you.”
I find myself having to rewind some videos several times to really get the concepts because my ego latches onto something you say and either takes me to some imaginary situation or invented some new melodrama to distract me..
So true
You know you’ve found a good teacher when they can annoy people into waking up😂😂
I’ve grown to love the struggle, and the contractions because I know it’s touching something I need to see
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That's hilarious! 🤣🤣 "Look man.. the hair, the shirt, these backgrounds.... eeehhh, I don't know... I don't think this whole awakening stuff is really for me.." 😆
😂 I've had people tell me not to wear specific shirts, that's how nuanced it gets
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 😂😂 No matter what you do... people always gotta tell you not to do something. hahah. I actually really like the shirts--and the backgrounds! ... None of which fucking matter. 😁
LoL
I gained realization through your hair shape.
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I just assumed your crown chakra had its own stylist.
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I used to think hair was nonspiritual… and then it grew on me.
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Thank you, I’ll be here all week!
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As Tolle said, resistance is negativity is suffering. It’s a commutative property.
Resistance IS negativity.
Negativity IS resistance.
Negativity IS suffering.
Suffering IS negativity.
Suffering IS resistance.
Resistance IS suffering.
Cannot wait till the yapping dog next door is known here as a part of me 😂 I try just relaxing into it but here it feels like an energetic assault on my nervous system, especially by the 2nd hour of his non stop yapping.
What seems strange here is the deeper I am delving into self inquiry, clearing out beliefs and recognizing years of spiritual arrogance and bypassing the more unstable I am emotionally. For years now I never got angry or disturbed and now recognize that I was locked into a spiritual image of light and love. Letting that go and doing my best to just Be I now have no tolerance here for even simple things. I never used to stress over something like a barking/yapping dog, a broken dish, spilled coffee and getting wet from rain. In the past 2 days each of these things happened and I not only felt reactive and contracted I actually felt so overwhelmed by these insignificant moments I broke down in tears each time. It puts me in mind of that saying "It's always darkest before the dawn". If I am not in the process of shifting into awakening then I am going crazy...is there a difference?
Your videos do aid in seeing more clearly and there is an underlying certainty here that all is perfect as it is. Recognizing that even though seeing Truth of no person here is relatively simple it sure isn't feeling easy. The other saying that comes to mind here is "Be careful what you ask for because you just might get it!".
In gratitude and blessings 🙏💞🕊️
Funny about the hair. Made me laugh out loud.
I’ve experienced the value of following annoyance and even anger as an entry point into denied and repressed parts of myself.
For me the discoveries and realizations found there are even sweeter than the more sublime ones. As though those parts of us that may have never experienced love and acceptance are so deeply grateful to finally be included and embraced. Like the homely, dinged up pound dog that can’t quite believe it when someone actually opens the cage for him/her.
I’ve not had dramatic experiences of transcendent realization, but I could happily spend a lifetime bringing love to these untended places, whether in “myself” or in “others.”
So much energy put into “getting what we want.” Meanwhile, at least in my life, such indescribable sweetness can be found by bringing true tenderness to these unwanted parts of life.
Thank you for reminding and pointing us to these places, so many times, in so many ways…
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How can I express what wonderous experiences I've had looking at myself as a result of your videos. I feel more human. Thank you.
I’m glad to hear it
Annoyance can be an excellent hint to go deeper and find what is it really that triggers it. When it is not overlooked or shamed. Most likely some belief and thought pattern about how we feel about our selves and the world around.
I personally love the background graphics. The tip of your hair rode the edge of the DNA double helix perfectly entire video. It was my meditative.
By accepting whatever is happening in each moment is where to find true freedom... like the calm eye of a hurricane... Nothing to do but observe...
You’re right on the money methinks
This is deeply pungent. Love the whiff of giggle-powder!🌟
and well, UA-cam has a "like" and a "dislike" button. so yeah, here we are already limited and directed. grain of salt, right? thanks for being a true Boddhisattva. return trips are rough.
I like every logo, background and all the music! It's perfect, the hairstyle too! Thank you for sharing!
Thanks :)
Angelo, I've just recently discovered you and your channel and you resonate within me with such clarity and wisdom that I am at a loss of words - but right now words or my fumbling of words are all I basically know. I can't explain what's happening inside of me, nor do I care to try and explain at this moment, but thank you from the bottomless depths of my heart.
Spirituality and a breath of fresh air... that's kind of the feeling or sense that I'm experiencing while listening to and watching you.
There's simply no way to explain how fortunate I am to have found your channel. I open my heart to whatever this spirit is... because knowing who or what I am is the most important thing, the only thing that matters to me and your pointers are tremendous.
I've said or typed too many words at this point. I really don't think my words mean anything at all, but God bless you and the gift that you are sharing. Thank you! 🙏🙏🙏
Glad you are here :)))
My feelings exactly. Thank you❤
I needed this video. You don’t annoy me, but other things do. Thank you for this teaching 🌸
You are so welcome
A medium of the highest integrity is undeterred by the superficialities of opinion or judgement. And of course my experience is that you are exactly that, and infinitely more. You're right, we won't be critical of these opinions, because everyone is on their own path, all equally valid. I absolutely love your material and I do not find any aspect of the videos annoying or peculiar. In fact, the very stuff that some individuals find out of place are the same stuff that I find special and unique and mysterious and magical, full of vibrance. I feel blessed that I discovered your material!
Thanks is for your comments ☺️
the universe is mohawking!
I like the backgrounds, music, shirt and your hair.
Thanks :)
I love the part about annoying sounds during meditation. I started many years ago with Transcendental Meditation (1968). After a few years I went to a 9 month teacher training course in Europe. First 6 months were in hotels at off season resort on Majorca. It turned out that they were building a new hotel just across the street. Starting about 6:30 or 7 a.m. there's be 15 or 20 minutes of jackhammering. Then a couple minutes of silence, just enough to get me to let my guard down. Then a piercing whistle and BOOOOOM! Yes, they were dynamiting. That went on basically dawn to dusk for 6 fucking months. There was no escape. Madness beckoned. But ever since, I've been pretty immune to outside noises when I meditate. Inoculated I guess, just like my experience with the TM movement inoculated me against guru worship.
I very much appreciate your slightly eccentric, informal presentations. A breath of fresh air after so many stuffed shirt teachers.
Check this out, I learned TM from an old hippie back in 1991. He knew Maharishi Mahesh Yogi, had meditated with him quite a bit. He told me about being in Majorca doing either meditation retreats or teacher training and he described all the distracting jackhammering going on BC construction nearby. His name was Rak. Very cool guy. He died about 20 years ago.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Never met him but there were a LOT of people on that course, I think fairly large hotels full. I fell down the cult worm hole on that one. Long story but it took me 20 years to get out. One key was hearing Maharishi say, "If you do everything I tell you, get advanced techniques, the Siddhi Program, go on residence courses, and are not enlightened [I think he meant Awakened] in 20 years, something is very wrong." Lots of synchronous events helped shove me out, but that statement was a key, and life went on.
@@geoffreylevens9045 wonderful, thanks for sharing
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I should add, I was a hippie when I learned TM. Still am in many ways ;)
Love your comments Geoffrey - if you wrote a book about your life experiences I'd read it in one sitting. TM sounds fascinating but I believe you need that interpersonal initiation into learning the technique "properly"! Anyway, it's an extortionate fee! I read a book a few years ago - think it was called "Collision with the Infinite" by Suzanne Segal - and was gripped by her experiences learning TM in Europe directly from Maharishi Mahesh Yogi. She also has an amazing story about her self falling away. P.S. hippies rock. Basically am the product of a hippie upbringing lol - will always have an affinity for the thriftbare vagabond lifestyle!
I cant believe ppl would complain about your backgrounds or your hair! Your backgrounds are amazing! Please dont change them. They are incredibly powerful and I can feel immediately more Awake by just seeing them. Your hair is no one's business and I think it suits you. Here thinks these ppl are going to be a long time waking up if they're so concerned about your hair and clothing that they aren't listening to what you're sharing.
You are fantastic. A natural teacher and incredibly well informed. I owe my Awakening mainly to your guidance and will be forever grateful ❤
Went downtown with sound. Thanks for sharing truth. ☮🙏🎯♥😶 ☮
“At some point, the clarity of non-duality will be ongoing”
🙏 I’m staking my life on it … trusting God installed an accurate intuition thingy and a foolproof ability to eventually learn to use it 😓😂😐
…or something like that:)
In the thought world there is a similarity between how you look and my 30 year old son, I find your T shirts entertaining and the backgrounds fascinating. But all that seems to wash over me now and I just listen to what you have to say.😊
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Being interrupted while watching this by a request that felt truly, undeniably dumb and annoying was a fantastic bit of exercise.
Really spent a while trying to figure out how to apply it in real time, when it felt so *obvious* that the request was unreasonable and that it makes *sense* to be annoyed, until eventually the thought "I'm tired (of this)" arose and immediately felt wrong, alien.
Who decided that? Where did that thought come from? Why should it ever make sense to be annoyed, even by an illogical or unreasonable request? Even this story being told about it feels like an illusion.
When the annoyance fell away, there were just sensations and "thoughts" for a bit. Then it was just an amusing situation, that mostly worked itself out in the end.
Thank you Angelo.
Love the Zen-do, Doc! ☯🔥☞ It's a subtle/not-so-subtle suggestion of the flame of Life at the center of each and every subatomic particle. ☀️ Perfection!
I like your videos the way they are. And the most important thing is the CONTENT.
More often than not, I experience your videos whilst walking or riding my bike. Headphones in & phone in pocket. The sound of the background ambience compliments the content so well!!! I could listen for hours! Thank you sir 👍🏾
You’re welcome, thank you for your comments 😌
Love your channel.
Just want to point out after listening to you for a bit I found a priest Richard Rohr talking on UA-cam and he points to non duality in Christ and how us humans have cherry picked and skewed the teaching with duality leading to discrimination, hate, and war. After getting deep into non duality, Rohr had me see the bible in a new non dual light. The wisdom there feels infinite when I never made sense of it in my apparent past. I'm not one to believe something just because I'm told to. Nihilism and flow state were the predecessors to non dualism for me.
The core teaching of Jesus, whether a parable or real person, is non dualistic unconditional love. I know many people will not see it this way though.
Do you have any videos regarding this?
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Yes a recent video I think the title was you just donated 400 dollars to mental illness
Also if you want to read straight up non-dual pointing check out the Thomas gospel
The channel on UA-cam *giving voice to the wisdom of the ages* the book of Thomas, or that white haired metaphysics guy talks about how Jesus taught us to manifest reality in the Book of Thomas... from the oneness perspective the Bible, and Jesus in particular is incredible and has very little to do with the Christian religion as I grew up knowing it.... its powerful and sacred and really compassionate and loving.
Rohr is legit.
You express my experience so well @notabody! I now think of scriptures I learned as a child and feel them in an entirely new liberating way. A shame they weren't taught from a non dual perspective (and still aren't for the most part.) I understand now why they were so unsatisfying at the time. I'm going to read the gospel of Thomas now that I see Angelo's comment.
I am glad to have found you. I am surprised by the sense of entitlement exhibited by the critics. Count your blessings, will you?
😂😂😂😂😂 love this brother
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I have never understood why someone would take the time to say anything negative ever. Just one click and all of your dislike can be replaced with another view. Anyways I love everything about your creative videos and t-shirts! The funny thing is I can't watch most of them I suffer from extreme motion sickness (I easily get sick driving my own car😂🤢) but i just scroll on down and listen to you instead. Your backgrounds are so cool though and i want to see them, like the one from yesterday, so sometimes i look for just one second...but haha I pay the price for it. You keep being you, I look forward to and enjoy your videos everyday✌🏼
Thanks for your comments. Do the more subdued ones cause it as well. Sone of mine don’t move too much
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake hi
I love your videos. So glad Sierra mentioned about motion sickness. The background does the same for me. The more subdued background is fine. Thank you for your videos. Cheers
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake There have been a few that don't seem to bother me as much the slow moving, space ones, or ones with the static horizon line is good. I often close my eyes naturally just listening to you or I scroll down. I love your backgrounds I just find it funny, I try to peek at them sometimes and then - nope😂 My motion sickness is quite extreme however so it probably doesn't affect to many people.
Love the music, background, and shirts. Hair good too:) I really appreciate all your videos. Been really tough. Life. Emotions. Thoughts. Videos helped tremendously.
I like it all!💕🙏🏼😉
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I like your videos. Watch them all the time. More listen really.
thanks a lot 🙏❤️
I’ll have to do this inquiry with the leaf blowers.
I’m really reacting to their sound with annoyance.
Thank you for making these videos. I'm really enjoying them and finding them incredibly useful. 🙏
You're very welcome!
Hi Angelo, assuming a polarity towards the annoying (or the "good") certainly seems a perquisite for separation and, useful to point to, but do you have to do it with every video, if that was the reason for them? Please think of those like myself with severe hearing deficit, who may struggle to understand what is being said even with a perfectly quiet background. The addition of these sounds just makes adds to the difficulty of clearly hearing what is being said. If there is really some reason to keep them, please turn them down a bit. Thanks for your posts, I think I have listened to about 180 of them so far!
I love the videos! people can always just listen if they are annoyed with anything else.
right?? 😅
Your way of pointing out unseen assumptions (both here and in your book) has been so helpful. Thank you 🙏🌞
Welcome :)
Brilliant pointing, again, Angelo. Many thanks.
Welcome 😃
Stumbled on this video at exactly the right moment. Thank you ❤️🙏🏾
P.S. It tickled my funny bone that you could say everything with a straight face except the comments about your hair lol
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I enjoy your backgrounds. I find them very relaxing.
I dig the backgrounds, music, shirts etc 🤘🏿.
I appreciate this because I am very susceptible to resistance to noises. It feels like the annoyance permeates through my whole body. Definitely have some inquiry to do in this area.
I LOVE YOUR HAIR !!!
It reminds me of the Cupie Doll I had as a kid and thats a wonderful memory from the past.
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Thanks for all your hard work. Keep the videos coming. 👍
😂… you know I will!
I like the way you do what you do, so just keep doing you bro 🙂 FYI Hd to take the video back missed it due to commenting HAHAH
When someone gives you a horse, dont start checking its teeth! Old russian saying. Its a blessing to have you, haircut and all ! Commandment nuber 0, Do not to get annoyed.
Actually about the t-shirts and background I got the idea that was all on purpouse exactly to make the viewer to introspect into his or her own prejudices. For me the path is to become more and more non partial, non discriminatory as possible.
Yes, I do it for that reason. :)
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake haha. I knew it, and I dont get annoyed.
I had a stage in my last years of using hippie style clothes to be part of hippie gatherings just to realize I dont need to dress in a way to be a certain way.( and even calling those gatherings hippie is still a bias, just a label)
when you understand most of the issues are from the mindset aspect not even a particular asana is important, but still to sit straight is better for energy flow, About the backgrounds. People watch Marvel movies full of over stimulant visuals anyway, who would be botter to complain about the same in a spiritual context. And more, who make the distinction of this is spiritual and this is not? Or a master should dress loke this and make his videos like this? The padronizing, self-serving, dogmatic mind keep creating on and on, sometimes I even laught of my own mind games.
Don’t change anything it’s all perfectly perfect x
I got a chuckle when you mentioned the hair. :-) I've noticed I'm not entirely free of the "mind's disease" and I've felt distracted by your choice of hairstyle (although I've not commented) and maybe you'll get a chuckle too, when I explain why. It's distracting because it reminds me of the character Alfalfa in The Little Rascals. I can't quite imagine him talking about non-duality. :-) I'm glad you talk about it, though, and I question visceral reactions like this one all the time. They lose potency when examined carefully.
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For some reason everything annoys me… And I’m so spiritual… But I always joke that I have no tolerance for bullshit or people that are in genuine or fake… And that I see right through people… This is a huge hang up for me. I wonder why?
A good discernment for inauthenticity is healthy….
Here comes the tricky part.
Sit down, take a breath.
When you see “others” that are full of BS, ask yourself, “what inauthenticity in myself is this person reminding e of?”
If you take this challenge up it will turn you inside out
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@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I feel truth in that already. I will try that, thank you!
I like your hair, backgrounds and t-shirts. I'm saying these things to receive awakening brownie points 🤣
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I LOVE the background and your shirt. ❤
Love the background and the T-shirt 😂
Perfect timing. Thank you.
Welcome
No commenter not commenting. Notice how these letters and the space around them are relative to each other in interdependence. You supply the meaning and decipher the shapes.
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My husband walked by and said he didn’t like your hair either. I had to laugh at him cause his hair is nearly like yours. 😅
😂😂 always with the hair! 😎
Bless you brother. Great way of speaking on these topics. ❤🙏
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At 8:20 You point out this seeing of the stuck sensation or contraction in the body where it wants to move but cannot and your pushing on that. I suppose this is the Million Dollar Question but once you have realized this and can feel that contraction and sense the stuckness that your reacting out of then how would you help that stuckness to clear and for that energy to move? I'd love to see you do a video on that. Working with Stuck energy and contraction sensation in the body.
Lol I LOVE YOUR HAIR!
You're a unicorn!!
This is how _we_ are oriented! ❤️
Thank you! I really enjoyed this video.
Glad you enjoyed it!
By far, my favorite video. I see it all so clearly now and although I've had multiple shifts by listening to you Angelo (I no longer view life in the same illusionary way now), how you point to triggers that cause annoyances will stop me dead in my tracks when I feel the sensation/tightness if it does arise within me so that I can feel what it's about. Thank you very much ❤
awesome! you got the point :))))
Hi Angelo! how can I touch or feel into the helplessness that you speak of? I can imagine feeling helpless in imagined horrible situations but they are future made up stories. How can I feel into it now in this moment?
Very cool shirts!
I love your videos and everything that you do
You are sooooooooooo kind💞💞💞
It annoys me that your book isn’t on audible !!!
I don’t see boundlessness I mostly doubt the doubter
In terms of the things people have pointed out about you. I think it's fair for viewers to use discernment in deciding whether or not to keep listening. The hair, t-shirts, backgrounds etc are very "trademarky" in nature, so it makes sense those things would rise to their attention, being seen as marketing tools. They may be rude about telling you, and that's not kind or helpful (obviously by your amusement,) but underneath is a message worth noting.
I love the shirts and want to know where you get them!!!
That one is Riot Society
War was a seemless response? I shouldnt judge bombs being dropped?
Just uploading a video addressing this
love the hair btw
Ok so now Last night they had idiots behind me at the hotel slamming cabinet doors again we back to that tactic again of course you know they will be punished just watch then they sent someone to knock on my door last night I didn't even answer it they are really pissing me off ..
You mention sound as arising as the entire universe and nothing at all. Do you think Tinnitus can be used somehow to help understand the true self? I've had a constant ringing for over 10 years, it's seems to be in the middle of the head between the ears, not one sound for each ear but one sound. I was told once that people with tinnitus only hear it when they are aware of it else it's silent, not sure about that though, could be true. Not sure what focusing on the tinnitus would achieve.
For sure! Many people do. You might be surprised what "that" sounds like when all forms of resistance to it have subsided :) I hear it too BTW
I also hear it too, periodically - didn't know if you attune to it you can really hone in on it. Had a few experiences of what feels like a "phasing" from ringing (directional "movement" from up to down, left to right) and then once I experienced it move through me and outside me which felt weird.
Ruthless truth arena brutal beginnings book was scary
I have to say sometimes your shirts are so cool that I find them distracting. But maybe you are just testing us. 🤣
I'm too Awake to feel annoyed. I'm very Awake. I'm not identified with my feelings at all. I'm Awake. I, I, I.
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Cool shirt !🙂
Funny that there are so many comments that have nothing to do with your message. I enjoy your hairstyle= It's like Tin-Tin, who was my hero as a child ;) But the sound is sometimes too loud, so it blurs your message, and it doesn't help to turn up the volume, as the background sound is also amplified
I'm discovering all thus stuff to be true within non duality but I can't help but retain this sense of loneliness and want for intamcy
It’s important to acknowledge and feel that feeling of isolation. I would just suggest suspending judgement about what it actually means. It’s root may be surprising :)
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I find myself punishing myself less for it and just flowing with those feelings. I'll keep my awareness open to the source. I feel no separation to the universe so its quite ironically contradictory to feel lonely. Thanks
One of the best things about Dr. D is he doesn’t wear an effing white tunic and sit next to a huge vase filled with white flowers. He also didn’t give himself an irritatingly pompous Indian name. That reminds me: I saw Gangaji talk in person and boy, she was as annoying as I expected. Her birth name is Merle Roberson and she’s from Texas. Talk about an annoying guru type. She slowly walked into the room with that white person guru walk, all solemn, like in a funeral procession, with a faint and annoying smile on her face. I bet she focus grouped that approach. The audience, in a super new agey town, seemed amazingly bored with her and unimpressed. I expected WAY more guru worship than I saw. But she did have some interesting things to say.
I agree thaat stuff can be distracting/unecessary... but I do love me some Gangaji ❤
What if the "annoying" sound is being screamed at for hours on end until my ears are ringing? What if I'm kept awake at night and I am dysfunctional in my days because of it? Is abuse something different than annoyance, or is it the far end of the spectrum? Do you talk about trauma, flashbacks, ptsd?
Good question. If physical threat comes though as mere annoyance there is a lot of mind identification and/or trauma conditioning numbing one's responses to the environment. In the case of ongoing threat I think the prudent thing is to remove oneself from the dangerous situation (if possible) before trying to wake up. Establishing a safe environment should probably be addressed first and foremost. With that said, sometimes we don't have the ability to leave a violent or even life threatening situation. In that case it is still possible to wake up (Book: Man's search for meaning).
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Growing up in it made it seem normal. And "ego death" created a whole new story that I don't exist, therefore it doesn't matter what happens to me. It's been a nightmare of a life. I just wanna wake up.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake It took me a few years to save up, but I did finally leave the abusive relationship last year. Because he didn't let me sleep at night, I developed quite a coffee habit. It just occurred to me that today is my final day weaning off caffeine, which could explain why my energy and mood are ultra low. I'm awake. Just groggy as hell.
I appreciate your responses, dear Angelo. 💙
Thank you for your comments. I’m sorry to hear about your trauma history. Take a look at this, I think it works well and I know a very deeply realized person who has done this type of work as part of her awakening process. I think she’d say that she is now free of the Ill effects of trauma. I think we’re learning a lot about this now and are developing very good processes to deal with chronic trauma responses. The quote comes from Trauma Geek and I’ll also post the link.
Low myelination resulting in low vagal tone is the most common physiological effect of developmental trauma or emotional neglect. Low vagal tone is associated with cardiovascular conditions, strokes, depression, diabetes, chronic fatigue syndrome, and inflammatory conditions.
All human infants are born with low myelination. If development is not interrupted, a healthy myelin sheath is formed by age 2 or 3. When an adult caregiver is in safe/calm state, the child’s mirror neurons detect and replicate that state. The more frequently the child is in this mirrored ventral vagus state, the healthier their myelin sheath will be.
Generally, industrialized nations do not allow sufficient parent-child bonding time for the development of healthy vagal tone. Low vagal tone is a “silent epidemic” that affects the majority of the population in industrialized countries.
If human development requires time spent with an adult who is in a safe/calm state, what are we to do if we didn’t have access to that in our childhood? If you did not get to form this neural protection in childhood (like me), there is good news!
Adults can build myelin (a process called remyelination) and improve their vagal tone through co-regulation just like babies do. Spending time in a mirrored ventral vagus state allows the body to form a stronger myelin sheath at any age. Depending on how much mirrored ventral vagus time you can spend each week, you may be able to see a major shift in vagal tone after a year or two. (Side note, physical tissue disorders and other genetic conditions such as EDS can make this process take longer.)
There’s an old phrase in neuroscience that says “neurons that fire together wire together.” The myelination of the vagus similarly depends on the activation of the vagus nerve via safe connection with another mammalian nervous system.
Stimulating the vagus nerve when we are alone can help us feel calm in the moment, but it will not change vagal tone over time. Our vagus nerve needs the safe/calm influence of human and/or animal nervous systems to change tone. Many experts are so focused on offering solutions that can be easily done alone that they neglect the bio-social aspects of vagus nerve tone.
The myelination process is one way nature proves that we need each other.
My personal experience with changing vagal tone
6 years ago, when I was diagnosed with complex PTSD, I had low vagal tone. It would take me days to recover from a stressful event. I would often have multiple panic attacks in the same day because I couldn’t calm down after the first one. I could not be left alone for any significant period of time, especially if it was unplanned.
When I learned about vagal tone and myelination in my research, I started something I called my Radical Self Love Plan. It involved weekly scheduled activities that were highly likely to involve mirrored ventral vagus activation. If I were an animal person, I would have gotten a dog, but alas, I can’t deal with the sensory aspects of owning a pet. I chose group ventral vagus activities which I enjoyed and had easy access to: partner dance, free form dance, singing with others, free classes at the community yoga center, cuddle parties. I was open with others about the fact that I intended to use these practices to heal developmental trauma, and I found even strangers in these spaces were kind and encouraging.
After 2 years of this (plus binaural beats, and other solo vagus stimulating activities), I noticed a clear difference in my vagal tone. Recovering from shutdowns and panic attacks took less time. For the first time in my life, I could feel my heart rate calm when I took the time to notice my safe surroundings. I began to be able to track my vagal tone by comparing my breath and heartbeat. There was a noticeable difference on the inhale and exhale that hadn’t existed before.
A few months ago, I was in a car accident and got whiplash, a major trigger for me with history of car related PTSD. Less than 3 hours later I was in a ventral vagus calm/safe mode. I took a picture to commemorate that moment, because I was just amazed. I had expected to feel anxious for hours and then shutdown for a few days while my system adjusted to the shock. The shock was no less intense than before, but the way my body processed it was totally different.
If your vagal tone is low like mine was, I’m writing this to hopefully give you some hope.
Vagal tone is not fixed. It can change over time. There is no quick way to change vagal tone, but with consistent practice, healing this developmental trauma is possible.
www.traumageek.com/polyvagal-neurodiversity-blog-project/vagal-tone-a-measurable-indicator-of-nervous-systemnbsphealth?fbclid=IwAR0kOmOQ-YDERIDn0UQR_niqlPMlkcfg0v-fdBEBgCpS60rZY2mkHorh_0I
You should wear a green shirt sometime and really freak people out.
Lol right ?
Yasss!!!🤣
I think sometimes random comments about hair or tshirts might just be a way to feel connecting to you when you dont feel capable of commenting about the teaching?
Sometimes I’m sure it is. Other times not so innocent. I’ve had insulting comments you wouldn’t believe, including death threats. 😃
Regardless, if it appears the person is genuinely interested in waking up I’ll try to work with them. When it becomes obvious they just want to troll and have no real interest in the subject I won’t.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 💜💕
I did laugh about this, I love all those things, you rock 😅✊ but it's not about that anyway lol ✌❤
Ruthless truth would scare people you would have to pass a test to be confirmed brutal beginnings book was a record of the gate crashers
I dial it back 97 % of the time honestly. 😂😂
The music is zo distracting!
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All this talk about annoyance is so annoying!
Not your Videos as you mix the sound well but on some other teachers videos the Binaural white noise stuff is so badly mixed that I really have to work to hear what they are saying. Really annoying. Is this the same kind of annoyance as not liking a T shirt or hair do ? Or maybe its a higher level of annoyance:) I guess allowing the sensations of annoyance to be there and observing them as risings into awareness is the way I should be going.
Anyone else getting the shaktipat from the panda??!!
@SimplyAlwaysAwake, if you behaved the opposite way and dressed in expensive clothes while speaking to crowds in large theaters as Eckhart Tolle does, people would criticize you for "selling out" and say you can't be teaching true awakening since you got rich from it. On the other hand, a psychologist made an entire UA-cam video saying Eckhart Tolle was a fraud because he didn't have a doctorate. (It's not like there are doctoral programs in Awakening.) You can't win with some people! XD But those people aren't ready to accept the Truth, no matter what package it comes in, as the Truth threatens their egos.
I don't like that stupid looking panda...just kidding i'm just jealous of his glasses lol.
Lol..you hair is just fine…not annoying at all. 🙃
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You can't make choices really
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the dna should rotate in the other direction, i don’t like it! 🤣
😂😂😂😂... is it rue?
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