I have read countless books from some of the greats (David R. Hawkins, Eckhart Tolle, Ram Dass, Ken Wilber, Joe Dispenza, Gregg Braden, Jane Roberts (Seth), etc …and your book is the most succinct and clear guide to awakening I have yet to experience. Your videos are gold. Where on earth have you been my whole life? Thank you for your guidance. You are a gift to humanity. ♥️♥️♥️
Vibe Check! Allow the mind to have the thought, "am I in a safe and neutral enough place to allow myself to just be?" For me, if I allow myself to just experience seeing visually, I notice my attention moves to sound, then smell, then physical sensations, then taste, then to "witnessing thoughts", then to "feeling like a part of the environment, connected", and then finally, to the center of awareness itself "aware of experiencing awareness". This is called "The Wheel of Awareness" by Dr. Dan Siegel. The visual experience exercise is just a first step to it, and it gets incredibly interesting very quickly right after! That's because when someone is able to finally understand how to passively witness experiencing everything they are experiencing, it's very easy to apply to everything we experince in the present moment, including thoughts, emotions, connection, memories, feelings, senses, identity, perception/projections, and so on! I say this, because if someone does happen to passively witness what they see visually, but get stuck thinking they are returning to thoughts, they actually aren't! They are simply witnessing another aspect of their experience in the present moment! Any and everything that can be witnessed by awareness, is fair, and a valid part of the overall experience of just being! Of course, this requires some mild awareness of being awareness witnessing the self creating thoughts, versus blending with and identifying with thoughts. I feel that is what people have a hard time with. This kind of meditative practice is truly an effort to not give effort! This first sensory step really is the hardest of all, we are just not used to letting go of a process that comes so naturally, and neither should we! We just need to acknowledge that we are already awareness experiencing the full present moment, and everything within it that our being creates for us!
I am filled with gratitude for your pointings. I learn so much too from your response to people's questions. "The thinking mind doesn't trust thoughtless consciousness."
I’ve found that there’s not necessarily anything you can do, like meditation won’t cause realisation because they are one and the same - but starting practices like this somehow create a momentum that eventually leads to things apparently ‘opening up’. Maybe it’s like - a momentum is started on its own, and seems to lead to eventual clear seeing. When I think back to my path, it seemed like I was working hard the whole time to make realisation happen, but the momentum was already there. Like a kid being driven by their parents in a car, in the back seat pretending they are flying a fighter jet. But you have an amazing compassion and empathy for those on the path and I imagine you are speaking on a ‘level’ that can be heard. It’s all very trippy when you think about it too much lol…
Great stuff Angelo 👌🙌 it feels like a "leaning into" direct sensory awareness. It's good to practice immediacy - presence via seeing 👁️what's here visually in the field. Focus on seeing. Thought overlays are secondary imprints to the seeing. They both exist in the reality but the mind will wanderlust with thoughts, so it's good to create a discipline to pull that ox by its nose ring until it's obvious to you. Always come back to directly seeing what is literally in front of your face. It's the only real thing...
6:26 This reminded me of something from Shift Into Freedom where Loch Kelly says, "Notice that the field of open and empty awareness is aware of itself, by itself, as itself." I don't get how to "notice" this, but I guess at some point it becomes apparent?
Hard for me to comment on other teachers but when non-duality is clear there is no watcher or observation point. Totally impossible to imagine that but quite possible to experience :) Awareness not apart from sensations/sounds etc
The Wheel of Awareness by Dr. Dan Siegel answers exactly this! This "awareness being aware of awareness", is also referred to "Self-energy", or "big S self", in IFS (Internal Family Systems). This is a huge first step for a big number of therapies, psychotherapies, healing practices, and so on! Yes, it is actually science based too!, meaning that this kind of practice is used widely in psychology for healing and treatments!
Newly recommended . I've heard about the immediacy of everything in non dual. So nice to hear something fresh that allows me to play with that . Thank you
Hi again, thanks for the lowered volume of background music/sound on the last few videos. This is very helpful as I can better understand what you are saying without "interference". Now a decent signal-to-noise ratio!
man, i was fresh out of a meditation session and bare sensory experience was clearly lacking! it was such a great coincidence you adressed this topic just a few hours ago! i feel that i have this exact problem with my practice. its particularly deceiving because i notice my thoughts often take the desguise of 'harmless thoughts', cause at some point during meditation, they all try to adress the undergoing practice (describing it as it unfolds, for example). and they just keep sneaking under bare breath sensations, for instance. thank you a lot!
Welcome. Also can apply to the I Am sense. I posted about it in writing under community tab . Works well for meditation while these types of contemplations are good while eyes open and alert
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake this exactly crossed my mind like five minutes before seeing your reply lol thats weird again - can you tell me if it has to do with the way thought overlays experience it too overlays itself? i ask because theres a feel of I that its more intuitive for a fraction of second and then gets enveloped in some thought experience, (this is clearly perceived when asked 'who i am') but its even more harsh to cut through it than it is with bare experience (visual, for instance) cause its almost like its 'base material' has a different quality (non local, seems to pervade the experience as whole yet it doesnt mix with its contents, etc)
@@arthurx4855 that’s right, I am sever is fully in the thought /consciousness Gate. When it comes to non-dual attention leaves the thought gate altogether for a period of time significant enough for the binding of identity to subject drops
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks a lot, man! i heard you had a facebook group - is that right? i found your page, but not the group - if you could send me the link it'd be awesome to join in
8 monhts ago i took some 🍄🍄 . And i let everything go or something. Ever since then I stopped searching, wanting and needing. Since then I am at peace with everything and enjoying life as it is. As a result i am a better father , husband and friend.
But isn’t this just another proof that the entire experience is just made by the brain? Just a result of chemical processes, that everything is simply matter?! This is what my mind says to this..
Best Video Ever! Relaxed my confused mind and resonates with my (still not permanent but already happening) experience of “just being”. Finally! Thank you so much for the clarification. I have just found “you” :) thank you! I will practice. (Funny, I was actually going to practice this same exact practice, but I was getting discouraged - and confused - by all the nonduality video that seem to nihilistic and “out there” - “there is nothing to do”, “it is impossible to TRY to see it”, etc. Thank you again so much for clarifying this, as I already tried and do enjoy this practice, and I seem to be able to “see”, in chunks, this timeless dimension underneath it all. Thank you again (did I say thank you enough times already? :))
@@HelderMusic107 I have many pointers and inquiries that elucidate non-dual yes. In an early chapter a friend of mine was doing one of the exercises and boom his experience was suddenly non-dualistic and stayed that way
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks. What really clicked for me in this particular video was the quick note you gave regarding when non-dual teachers talk about “there is nothing to do”, “no practice”, etc. etc. and you just say “forget about it, that’s not really true”. Such a relief! You can’t imagine! You say what I intuitively know to be true, and it was just confusing... I can’t thank you enough for that clearing! It was a major step forward for me (although I understand what they are pointing at also). But regardless of whether you mention this in the book or not I am going to get it. Love your message - thank you.
Wow, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I needed this type of explanation to understand, very greatful and appreciate your efforts , wisdom and beautiful soul...many blessings love & light to you and all...🌬☮️💜☯️♾🆓️2️⃣🅱️🕉👽🪄😇🙏❣️
Would you say that the people who are saying “there’s nothing to do” are turning something that’s descriptively true, (especially in hindsight, so to speak), and mistakenly making it prescriptive? Like, once awakened, we see “there’s nothing to do, no where to go” and keep chopping wood etc, and we will know that what those people said was true in a sense, but to get to awakening we still have to remove the obstructions to it etc? Whatever the case, I appreciate you touching on it. These videos are so very helpful 🙏
Hi Angelo, as with inquiry I ask myself 'what am I?' Then switch off and relax my mind. I don't search or expect an answer but I realise that my thoughts are all random and all over the place. Should I at least search for an answer? hold the question and look for an answer? You've just suggested that I ask myself 'what do I actually see?'I expect my brain will just go off throwing up all sorts of unrelated thoughts and imagines. Should I at least ponder the question mentally for a little while or should I just drop the question and see what happens?
It this point no just rest in that knowingness... you have broken the code of self inquiry! Later on when it feels relevant to investigate non-dual nature of senses, this stuff might be more interesting. Or you can juts to it gently at other times. But while meditating just do as you describe above
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you, that is so reassuring. I have been thinking I'm doing it wrong. I make the inquiry in my head through out the day, then immediately get on with what I was doing. Been wondering if I'm doing it wrong all this time and have started to doubt myself...another thought 😂
You have done a great first step to "open awareness", and "open mind"! Instead of "looking" for an answer, the answers will come forward as something discernible naturally through a very complex process known as "Spontaneous Synchronicity" (I think Vertassium did a RUclips video about this too). The noise of your thoughts, when left to passively observe them, will at some point, form clear intuition of a question you hold in open awareness. This is a deeply complex process, as a lot of intuition from the noise, will not come through and from the mind alone, intuition can come from your environment, senses, internal sensations, memories, somatic memories, happenstances, synchronicities, feelings, emotions, beliefs, projections, and so much more. If you're really curious, I suggest checking out the "SIBAM" model by Peter Levine. Asking your intuition, "What am I?", is a difficult question for intuition to summarize and give you, which is why there seems to be so much noise! It's like asking a super intelligent computer what the meaning of life is! The super intelligent computer would know the answer, but the answer is just not going to be simple, and your intuition is going to go to hard work ACTUALLY trying to give you the answer, and in any and all forms of the SIBAM model!
@@yiravarga wow many thanks for that response Yira. Think I need it spelt out to me like that as my doubting mind wouldn't just leave it to do it's thing. Definitely will check out your suggested material, much appreciated.
Your videos are always great pointers and it always feels you're on the point... until a moment where I don't follow or I'm not able to resonate anymore with what's being said. How do I make the difference between the absence of thought and being so identified in thoughts that I'm not aware of them? I think I'm trying to orient myself to direct experience but I'm not sure if the apparent absence of thoughts is because my mind is calm or because I have thoughts that are so unconscious that I'm not aware of them. Don't know if that makes sense
It takes some time to get your "sea legs" in this way. The thinking mind doesn't trust thoughtless consciousness (go figure), so it tosses you a thought that says, "Maybe this isn't actually non-thinking, but rather you're identified again." Do you see how sneaky thoughts are. Remaining in essentially thoughtless presence can be surprisingly simple, herein lies the challenge to the self that only knows how to struggle :)
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake hi Angelo- this video and this answer is resonating with me. Thank you! In thoughtless consciousness does intuition arise? Like, an intuitive Knowing what to do/say? Or when you are speaking within non-dual/non-separation consciousness and the words to be spoken "just come" - nothing pre-planned/thought ahead? Also, when I close my eyes and just melt in, can feel/sense/see the raw, cohesive energy that I can more easily drop away the overlay of self and "lose myself" into just the Is-ness of the energy flow but when I open my eyes, boundaries and active thoughts easily/quickly re-occur. Sometimes "I'm" not there at all- everything just is the energy- and sometimes I still sense I am the one sensing the energy flow. Not sure what to make of this. 🙏💖 Thanks for any input
As I child I had several experiences of non-duality, and have my entire life strived to maintain this awareness, with some degree of success. I have wondered for some time if everyone experiences them, but has been taught, or convince themselve, to ignore them. I cannot imagine someone doing so, as it is the most powerful experience one can imagine, literally life-altering, but on the other hand I cannot believe I am so much different than others. It sounds glib to say, but it is true that once you see something, you cannot unsee it, so how, once seeing, could someone push it away and instead choose to immerse themselves in the prevailing collective (un)conscious? Perhaps it is a choice for them? They have something to work on, and knowing too much might hinder the lesson? Sort of like playing a video game with 'god mode' enabled. Just a thought.
Yes to those who are quite natural to experience non-dual it seems so bizarre that others find stability in mind identification and concept, yet many people certainly do. The good news is you don't have to figure that out to further clarify your own insights.
Hi Angelo, thank you for this video. I have a question: I noticed you give a variety of techniques or approaches to bring this unfiltered experience of reality in the foreground. I was wandering if you know something about the theory that there might be a "neurological fit" between people and techniques, in the sense that a particular technique may be effective only to a small percentage of people that try it because of how their brain is wired. This idea comes mostly from Dr. Jeffery A. Martin, who conducted a large study on awakened people, which some people say it's controvertial. Do you know him and his work? Do you think every technique will eventually work for anyone that tries it, or that maybe a particular technique won't ever work for someone because of how his brain is wired?
In my experience there is definitely better and worse fit scenarios. I think the analogy of digging in the same well until you find water has a lot of truth to it but sometimes you have to try various tools until you find the one that fits you well
I got A question for you Angelo. I am playing with how the conceptual mind modifies experience. with seeing, i feel like it flattens the visual experience to 2D. when conceptual mind is resting its like the "me-ness" merges with the world in 3D. like forgetting time as a kid. So I been playing with sound/words also. It seems impossible for the conceptual mind to rest when words are heard. I remember when I was young I didnt know english and I was singing the song "Forever Young" in the shower. i remember how the sound, and unknown words felt as I heard them and sang them. but now it is impossible to hear the song in the same way. as pure sound sort of speak ( i dont see that part of conceptual mind as a "problem", it is the "me/not me" and the flattening effect of believing concepts that is releated to suffering.. but it is interesting when investigating how conceptual mind alters experience) also visual illusions, "rubber hand illusion" etc are interesting because i am thinking maybe they are at a deeper level of altering experience, than believing a concept.. sorry this got all over :) thanks for the video .. hers forever young :) ruclips.net/video/t1TcDHrkQYg/видео.html
Amazing, I have been doing something similar with good results but your explanation has taken it much further. Thank you, can I call you brother, teacher is too formal. Asking myself "who sees" I become aware that it's not localized, so 'this'.... sees. Things are immersed in seeing, the seer cannot be found.
Honestly, I can't keep up with all your videos 🥴 home was recently totally destroyed by a wind storm. They just pop up in listings, and I can't resist seeing what you have to say, but I have a dozen replies in my queue that I haven't been able to spend time with. It's important to realize that some people may have 10,20,30+ years of meditation experience, and not all are in the mind chatter phase, and not all live in a mindless state for most of a day, and not all are incapable of meditating on any object or even vision itself, without thought or interference. In fact, it may be very simple for many, but that's not enlightenment. Personally, I can do what you request here for as many hours as I have time, maybe 2 (then I need to stop, because I need to think, and plan, and make calls, etc). And being in a state of presence is not a great feat either. It's just the normal prevailing state of mind for many long term meditators.
Not sure exactly what you are getting at (suggesting I change type of content etc?) but I make do make videos for all levels of realization from beginner to deep stage realization. Many more toward the beginner end as vastly more people are working toward first awakening or are yet to have that shift than people who are realizing non-dual and no-self. Also length of meditation experience does not equal realization. I am not the only one who has observed this BTW, there are people with decades of meditation experience who have not had a first awakening.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake yes, I agree to all you say. My point was that you are recommending standard practices that aren't great challenges to many, so being adept with your recommendations, alone, does not seem to be enough. There seems to be a 'grace factor' maybe, or a lack of intensity, or time, or a lack of continuity, or lack of integrity/quality, or some other dedication that makes the process faster for some than others. There is a sutta where the Buddha likens the problem to giving instructions to go from one village to another. Some get lost and some get to the destination (destination being another topic discussed elsewhere, along with how that equates to an end of rebirths). Since you don't lay down good measurements/goals for your recommendations of practice, it is difficult to make necessary adjustments.
What would you say to someone who's strongly habituated to identifying themselves with the character they play in a video game? (For me right now, it's whatever champion I'm playing in league of legends) Also I remember seeing you mention in another comment that you're booked for 1 on 1 sessions but there are other teachers you're willing to refer; could you please point me to them? As always, thank you for your thankless gifts.
I identify heavy with mind I can’t even meditate constantly month by month I wanna at least practice constantly this is important I don’t understand why I run but help me stop tired of procrastinating
One suggestion: Set aside the preoccupation with regimented practice for now. Do practice when you can but don't get distracted with the belief that "I won't awaken until I'm consistently doing XYZ. Then inquire into "Why do I want to run?" and/or "What am I running from?" Then be ruthlessly honest with yourself :)
Sometimes I do this when I'm reading. I'll stop and just stare at the page. There is something weird that happens for a second or maybe 3 when this happens. Sometimes the surrounding environment seems physically brighter. Other times I just find it funny staring at characters. Ever try to read without trying to use that inner voice to say each word? Lol
The paradox is ,who or what is struggling for attention, who is making the effort? There's nothing that does that, but it happens sometimes, especially after your videos! Just a response to your request?
Is there a struggle though, or just the appearance of what looks like a struggle? Who struggles? Paradox indeed... Everything exists now... Never born, never dying... OUROBOROS ♾
In the raw visual field, there is phenomena arising. Any attempt to conceptualize in the mind (thinking) what's seen 👁️... as a thing/item/object creates the distance, and ironically what is in direct seeing, being illuminated... is not seen... it's magic 😜
It's realy clear seen👁....but ,Angelo says work with it, make an effort and it's not right that there's nothing to do.... who or what makes the effort? What changes attention,from thought to pure seeing👁
One simple approach is when hearing, see if you can find a dividing line between the apparent receiver of the sound and where it is “out there.” Like follow through the sound experience and see if there is any place it changes over
You don't need to ask who is practicing. It will just perpetuate the watcher state and the dualistic construct will be overlooked. This is the pitfall of watching neo-advaita videos and taking them too literally :)
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I have read countless books from some of the greats (David R. Hawkins, Eckhart Tolle, Ram Dass, Ken Wilber, Joe Dispenza, Gregg Braden, Jane Roberts (Seth), etc …and your book is the most succinct and clear guide to awakening I have yet to experience. Your videos are gold. Where on earth have you been my whole life? Thank you for your guidance. You are a gift to humanity. ♥️♥️♥️
You! :)
Ditto!
I fully agree. Your book is amazing.
The Background Gives A Cosyness , While your voice sounds wise, and trustworthy. This is a nice channel, thank you Angelo.
Vibe Check! Allow the mind to have the thought, "am I in a safe and neutral enough place to allow myself to just be?"
For me, if I allow myself to just experience seeing visually, I notice my attention moves to sound, then smell, then physical sensations, then taste, then to "witnessing thoughts", then to "feeling like a part of the environment, connected", and then finally, to the center of awareness itself "aware of experiencing awareness". This is called "The Wheel of Awareness" by Dr. Dan Siegel. The visual experience exercise is just a first step to it, and it gets incredibly interesting very quickly right after! That's because when someone is able to finally understand how to passively witness experiencing everything they are experiencing, it's very easy to apply to everything we experince in the present moment, including thoughts, emotions, connection, memories, feelings, senses, identity, perception/projections, and so on!
I say this, because if someone does happen to passively witness what they see visually, but get stuck thinking they are returning to thoughts, they actually aren't! They are simply witnessing another aspect of their experience in the present moment! Any and everything that can be witnessed by awareness, is fair, and a valid part of the overall experience of just being! Of course, this requires some mild awareness of being awareness witnessing the self creating thoughts, versus blending with and identifying with thoughts. I feel that is what people have a hard time with. This kind of meditative practice is truly an effort to not give effort!
This first sensory step really is the hardest of all, we are just not used to letting go of a process that comes so naturally, and neither should we! We just need to acknowledge that we are already awareness experiencing the full present moment, and everything within it that our being creates for us!
Best video so far for me, more of these! Extremely direct and specific for my doubtful and confused mind. Thanks!
Glad it was helpful!
I am filled with gratitude for your pointings. I learn so much too from your response to people's questions. "The thinking mind doesn't trust thoughtless consciousness."
You are so welcome
I’ve found that there’s not necessarily anything you can do, like meditation won’t cause realisation because they are one and the same - but starting practices like this somehow create a momentum that eventually leads to things apparently ‘opening up’.
Maybe it’s like - a momentum is started on its own, and seems to lead to eventual clear seeing. When I think back to my path, it seemed like I was working hard the whole time to make realisation happen, but the momentum was already there. Like a kid being driven by their parents in a car, in the back seat pretending they are flying a fighter jet.
But you have an amazing compassion and empathy for those on the path and I imagine you are speaking on a ‘level’ that can be heard. It’s all very trippy when you think about it too much lol…
yes I find it important to emphasize different things depending on what is going on for the practitioner
your way of talking about non-duality gets me under the skin!!
Do tell :)
when I look at an object for a while without thought, it starts to expand some times wildly and I get like a warm feeling emanating from it.
Yes!
This type of exercise video is easier to understand through direct experience. More of these! Thanks Angelo.
Great stuff Angelo 👌🙌 it feels like a "leaning into" direct sensory awareness. It's good to practice immediacy - presence via seeing 👁️what's here visually in the field. Focus on seeing. Thought overlays are secondary imprints to the seeing. They both exist in the reality but the mind will wanderlust with thoughts, so it's good to create a discipline to pull that ox by its nose ring until it's obvious to you. Always come back to directly seeing what is literally in front of your face. It's the only real thing...
yes indeed
thank you for making it easier
6:26 This reminded me of something from Shift Into Freedom where Loch Kelly says, "Notice that the field of open and empty awareness is aware of itself, by itself, as itself." I don't get how to "notice" this, but I guess at some point it becomes apparent?
Hard for me to comment on other teachers but when non-duality is clear there is no watcher or observation point. Totally impossible to imagine that but quite possible to experience :)
Awareness not apart from sensations/sounds etc
The Wheel of Awareness by Dr. Dan Siegel answers exactly this! This "awareness being aware of awareness", is also referred to "Self-energy", or "big S self", in IFS (Internal Family Systems). This is a huge first step for a big number of therapies, psychotherapies, healing practices, and so on! Yes, it is actually science based too!, meaning that this kind of practice is used widely in psychology for healing and treatments!
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Alright thanks!
Love the simplicity of this message - thank you
You are so welcome
Great video.It reminds me of UG when he was saying that he could look at a clock for half an hour without thinking about what time it was.
Newly recommended . I've heard about the immediacy of everything in non dual. So nice to hear something fresh that allows me to play with that . Thank you
Hi again, thanks for the lowered volume of background music/sound on the last few videos. This is very helpful as I can better understand what you are saying without "interference". Now a decent signal-to-noise ratio!
Noted!
man, i was fresh out of a meditation session and bare sensory experience was clearly lacking! it was such a great coincidence you adressed this topic just a few hours ago! i feel that i have this exact problem with my practice. its particularly deceiving because i notice my thoughts often take the desguise of 'harmless thoughts', cause at some point during meditation, they all try to adress the undergoing practice (describing it as it unfolds, for example). and they just keep sneaking under bare breath sensations, for instance. thank you a lot!
Welcome. Also can apply to the I Am sense. I posted about it in writing under community tab . Works well for meditation while these types of contemplations are good while eyes open and alert
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake this exactly crossed my mind like five minutes before seeing your reply lol thats weird again - can you tell me if it has to do with the way thought overlays experience it too overlays itself? i ask because theres a feel of I that its more intuitive for a fraction of second and then gets enveloped in some thought experience, (this is clearly perceived when asked 'who i am') but its even more harsh to cut through it than it is with bare experience (visual, for instance) cause its almost like its 'base material' has a different quality (non local, seems to pervade the experience as whole yet it doesnt mix with its contents, etc)
@@arthurx4855 that’s right, I am sever is fully in the thought /consciousness Gate. When it comes to non-dual attention leaves the thought gate altogether for a period of time significant enough for the binding of identity to subject drops
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks a lot, man! i heard you had a facebook group - is that right? i found your page, but not the group - if you could send me the link it'd be awesome to join in
As I rewatch and practice this I keep reminded of how I calmed my mind to do those magic eye posters from back in the day.
those were great
Yes they were.
8 monhts ago i took some 🍄🍄 . And i let everything go or something. Ever since then I stopped searching, wanting and needing. Since then I am at peace with everything and enjoying life as it is. As a result i am a better father , husband and friend.
Wonderful 😊
But isn’t this just another proof that the entire experience is just made by the brain? Just a result of chemical processes, that everything is simply matter?! This is what my mind says to this..
@@Marcelk86 yes it is..
Thank you for this video.
Welcome 🤗
Thank you. Your flow of wisdom was a very profound experience. 🙏
So glad!
Best Video Ever! Relaxed my confused mind and resonates with my (still not permanent but already happening) experience of “just being”. Finally! Thank you so much for the clarification. I have just found “you” :) thank you! I will practice. (Funny, I was actually going to practice this same exact practice, but I was getting discouraged - and confused - by all the nonduality video that seem to nihilistic and “out there” - “there is nothing to do”, “it is impossible to TRY to see it”, etc. Thank you again so much for clarifying this, as I already tried and do enjoy this practice, and I seem to be able to “see”, in chunks, this timeless dimension underneath it all. Thank you again (did I say thank you enough times already? :))
You got this!
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thank you. What you mention in this video you also talk about it in your book, yes? I would like to buy it. thank you.
@@HelderMusic107 I have many pointers and inquiries that elucidate non-dual yes. In an early chapter a friend of mine was doing one of the exercises and boom his experience was suddenly non-dualistic and stayed that way
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks. What really clicked for me in this particular video was the quick note you gave regarding when non-dual teachers talk about “there is nothing to do”, “no practice”, etc. etc. and you just say “forget about it, that’s not really true”. Such a relief! You can’t imagine! You say what I intuitively know to be true, and it was just confusing... I can’t thank you enough for that clearing! It was a major step forward for me (although I understand what they are pointing at also). But regardless of whether you mention this in the book or not I am going to get it. Love your message - thank you.
What comes from looking into a certain area there is the initial shape present ...as attention deepens re are shapes within the
First shape..so it creates a deepening into with movement...there is so much to see without thinking about... it's just what it is as you said...
@Bryan Morales I am always aware of what's going on in my visual field and use appropriate action when needed
Thanks, very helpful 🙏
Glad it was helpful!
Wow, THANK YOU SO MUCH, I needed this type of explanation to understand, very greatful and appreciate your efforts , wisdom and beautiful soul...many blessings love & light to you and all...🌬☮️💜☯️♾🆓️2️⃣🅱️🕉👽🪄😇🙏❣️
Wonderful!
Would you say that the people who are saying “there’s nothing to do” are turning something that’s descriptively true, (especially in hindsight, so to speak), and mistakenly making it prescriptive? Like, once awakened, we see “there’s nothing to do, no where to go” and keep chopping wood etc, and we will know that what those people said was true in a sense, but to get to awakening we still have to remove the obstructions to it etc? Whatever the case, I appreciate you touching on it.
These videos are so very helpful 🙏
It is a risk for sure. That absolute message can easily be misinterpreted.
Hi Angelo, as with inquiry I ask myself 'what am I?' Then switch off and relax my mind. I don't search or expect an answer but I realise that my thoughts are all random and all over the place. Should I at least search for an answer? hold the question and look for an answer?
You've just suggested that I ask myself 'what do I actually see?'I expect my brain will just go off throwing up all sorts of unrelated thoughts and imagines. Should I at least ponder the question mentally for a little while or should I just drop the question and see what happens?
It this point no just rest in that knowingness... you have broken the code of self inquiry! Later on when it feels relevant to investigate non-dual nature of senses, this stuff might be more interesting. Or you can juts to it gently at other times. But while meditating just do as you describe above
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you, that is so reassuring. I have been thinking I'm doing it wrong. I make the inquiry in my head through out the day, then immediately get on with what I was doing. Been wondering if I'm doing it wrong all this time and have started to doubt myself...another thought 😂
You have done a great first step to "open awareness", and "open mind"! Instead of "looking" for an answer, the answers will come forward as something discernible naturally through a very complex process known as "Spontaneous Synchronicity" (I think Vertassium did a RUclips video about this too). The noise of your thoughts, when left to passively observe them, will at some point, form clear intuition of a question you hold in open awareness. This is a deeply complex process, as a lot of intuition from the noise, will not come through and from the mind alone, intuition can come from your environment, senses, internal sensations, memories, somatic memories, happenstances, synchronicities, feelings, emotions, beliefs, projections, and so much more. If you're really curious, I suggest checking out the "SIBAM" model by Peter Levine.
Asking your intuition, "What am I?", is a difficult question for intuition to summarize and give you, which is why there seems to be so much noise! It's like asking a super intelligent computer what the meaning of life is! The super intelligent computer would know the answer, but the answer is just not going to be simple, and your intuition is going to go to hard work ACTUALLY trying to give you the answer, and in any and all forms of the SIBAM model!
@@yiravarga wow many thanks for that response Yira. Think I need it spelt out to me like that as my doubting mind wouldn't just leave it to do it's thing. Definitely will check out your suggested material, much appreciated.
Very well explained
Glad it was helpful!
Your videos are always great pointers and it always feels you're on the point... until a moment where I don't follow or I'm not able to resonate anymore with what's being said. How do I make the difference between the absence of thought and being so identified in thoughts that I'm not aware of them? I think I'm trying to orient myself to direct experience but I'm not sure if the apparent absence of thoughts is because my mind is calm or because I have thoughts that are so unconscious that I'm not aware of them. Don't know if that makes sense
It takes some time to get your "sea legs" in this way. The thinking mind doesn't trust thoughtless consciousness (go figure), so it tosses you a thought that says, "Maybe this isn't actually non-thinking, but rather you're identified again." Do you see how sneaky thoughts are. Remaining in essentially thoughtless presence can be surprisingly simple, herein lies the challenge to the self that only knows how to struggle :)
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks a bunch for your answer. That helps a lot!
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake hi Angelo- this video and this answer is resonating with me. Thank you! In thoughtless consciousness does intuition arise? Like, an intuitive Knowing what to do/say? Or when you are speaking within non-dual/non-separation consciousness and the words to be spoken "just come" - nothing pre-planned/thought ahead? Also, when I close my eyes and just melt in, can feel/sense/see the raw, cohesive energy that I can more easily drop away the overlay of self and "lose myself" into just the Is-ness of the energy flow but when I open my eyes, boundaries and active thoughts easily/quickly re-occur. Sometimes "I'm" not there at all- everything just is the energy- and sometimes I still sense I am the one sensing the energy flow. Not sure what to make of this. 🙏💖 Thanks for any input
Maybe sensing the one energy flow of everything isn't the same thing as non-separation?
As I child I had several experiences of non-duality, and have my entire life strived to maintain this awareness, with some degree of success. I have wondered for some time if everyone experiences them, but has been taught, or convince themselve, to ignore them. I cannot imagine someone doing so, as it is the most powerful experience one can imagine, literally life-altering, but on the other hand I cannot believe I am so much different than others. It sounds glib to say, but it is true that once you see something, you cannot unsee it, so how, once seeing, could someone push it away and instead choose to immerse themselves in the prevailing collective (un)conscious? Perhaps it is a choice for them? They have something to work on, and knowing too much might hinder the lesson? Sort of like playing a video game with 'god mode' enabled. Just a thought.
Yes to those who are quite natural to experience non-dual it seems so bizarre that others find stability in mind identification and concept, yet many people certainly do. The good news is you don't have to figure that out to further clarify your own insights.
Hi Angelo, thank you for this video. I have a question: I noticed you give a variety of techniques or approaches to bring this unfiltered experience of reality in the foreground. I was wandering if you know something about the theory that there might be a "neurological fit" between people and techniques, in the sense that a particular technique may be effective only to a small percentage of people that try it because of how their brain is wired. This idea comes mostly from Dr. Jeffery A. Martin, who conducted a large study on awakened people, which some people say it's controvertial. Do you know him and his work? Do you think every technique will eventually work for anyone that tries it, or that maybe a particular technique won't ever work for someone because of how his brain is wired?
In my experience there is definitely better and worse fit scenarios. I think the analogy of digging in the same well until you find water has a lot of truth to it but sometimes you have to try various tools until you find the one that fits you well
I got A question for you Angelo. I am playing with how the conceptual mind modifies experience. with seeing, i feel like it flattens the visual experience to 2D. when conceptual mind is resting its like the "me-ness" merges with the world in 3D. like forgetting time as a kid. So I been playing with sound/words also. It seems impossible for the conceptual mind to rest when words are heard. I remember when I was young I didnt know english and I was singing the song "Forever Young" in the shower. i remember how the sound, and unknown words felt as I heard them and sang them. but now it is impossible to hear the song in the same way. as pure sound sort of speak ( i dont see that part of conceptual mind as a "problem", it is the "me/not me" and the flattening effect of believing concepts that is releated to suffering.. but it is interesting when investigating how conceptual mind alters experience) also visual illusions, "rubber hand illusion" etc are interesting because i am thinking maybe they are at a deeper level of altering experience, than believing a concept.. sorry this got all over :) thanks for the video .. hers forever young :) ruclips.net/video/t1TcDHrkQYg/видео.html
Amazing, I have been doing something similar with good results but your explanation has taken it much further. Thank you, can I call you brother, teacher is too formal.
Asking myself "who sees" I become aware that it's not localized, so 'this'.... sees. Things are immersed in seeing, the seer cannot be found.
call me anything you want, just don't call me late for dinner! :))))
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I am disappointed. Thought enlightenment meant living up a mountain in the snow with only breathe for food.
@@johnburman966 😂😂😂
Honestly, I can't keep up with all your videos 🥴 home was recently totally destroyed by a wind storm. They just pop up in listings, and I can't resist seeing what you have to say, but I have a dozen replies in my queue that I haven't been able to spend time with.
It's important to realize that some people may have 10,20,30+ years of meditation experience, and not all are in the mind chatter phase, and not all live in a mindless state for most of a day, and not all are incapable of meditating on any object or even vision itself, without thought or interference. In fact, it may be very simple for many, but that's not enlightenment. Personally, I can do what you request here for as many hours as I have time, maybe 2 (then I need to stop, because I need to think, and plan, and make calls, etc). And being in a state of presence is not a great feat either. It's just the normal prevailing state of mind for many long term meditators.
Not sure exactly what you are getting at (suggesting I change type of content etc?) but I make do make videos for all levels of realization from beginner to deep stage realization. Many more toward the beginner end as vastly more people are working toward first awakening or are yet to have that shift than people who are realizing non-dual and no-self. Also length of meditation experience does not equal realization. I am not the only one who has observed this BTW, there are people with decades of meditation experience who have not had a first awakening.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake yes, I agree to all you say. My point was that you are recommending standard practices that aren't great challenges to many, so being adept with your recommendations, alone, does not seem to be enough. There seems to be a 'grace factor' maybe, or a lack of intensity, or time, or a lack of continuity, or lack of integrity/quality, or some other dedication that makes the process faster for some than others. There is a sutta where the Buddha likens the problem to giving instructions to go from one village to another. Some get lost and some get to the destination (destination being another topic discussed elsewhere, along with how that equates to an end of rebirths).
Since you don't lay down good measurements/goals for your recommendations of practice, it is difficult to make necessary adjustments.
What would you say to someone who's strongly habituated to identifying themselves with the character they play in a video game? (For me right now, it's whatever champion I'm playing in league of legends)
Also I remember seeing you mention in another comment that you're booked for 1 on 1 sessions but there are other teachers you're willing to refer; could you please point me to them?
As always, thank you for your thankless gifts.
Surely check out the artist awakens video (Violet). I'd say it's no sillier than identifying with the character😆 in the mental video game
Perhaps this isn't the best place to ask, but do you have any retreats planned for the future?
Thanks for all you do!
I will in next few months. To be informed put your email in at books.simplyalwaysawake.com :)
I identify heavy with mind I can’t even meditate constantly month by month I wanna at least practice constantly this is important I don’t understand why I run but help me stop tired of procrastinating
One suggestion: Set aside the preoccupation with regimented practice for now. Do practice when you can but don't get distracted with the belief that "I won't awaken until I'm consistently doing XYZ. Then inquire into "Why do I want to run?" and/or "What am I running from?" Then be ruthlessly honest with yourself :)
5:04 What do I actually see? What is being seen here? What is actually happening?
Nice. Doing this with gravity and space at the moment. More dropping into, than leaning into. When i relax properly, my feet feel H U G E.
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Sometimes I do this when I'm reading. I'll stop and just stare at the page. There is something weird that happens for a second or maybe 3 when this happens. Sometimes the surrounding environment seems physically brighter. Other times I just find it funny staring at characters. Ever try to read without trying to use that inner voice to say each word? Lol
Yes!!
The paradox is ,who or what is struggling for attention, who is making the effort?
There's nothing that does that, but it happens sometimes, especially after your videos!
Just a response to your request?
Is there a struggle though, or just the appearance of what looks like a struggle? Who struggles?
Paradox indeed...
Everything exists now...
Never born, never dying...
OUROBOROS ♾
What seeks attention?
Attention changes, what makes it change?
Unknown...
In the raw visual field, there is phenomena arising. Any attempt to conceptualize in the mind (thinking) what's seen 👁️... as a thing/item/object creates the distance, and ironically what is in direct seeing, being illuminated... is not seen... it's magic 😜
It's realy clear seen👁....but ,Angelo says work with it, make an effort and it's not right that there's nothing to do.... who or what makes the effort?
What changes attention,from thought to pure seeing👁
Aren't you cold out there
😅brrrrr
I got lost after subject object construct. Must keep practicing lol
One simple approach is when hearing, see if you can find a dividing line between the apparent receiver of the sound and where it is “out there.” Like follow through the sound experience and see if there is any place it changes over
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake this is a very good explanation for me!
✌🏽 &♥️
This is not non duality teaching, its duality made to sound non dual. Who is practicing??
You don't need to ask who is practicing. It will just perpetuate the watcher state and the dualistic construct will be overlooked. This is the pitfall of watching neo-advaita videos and taking them too literally :)
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Thank you I really appreciate that.
Aren't you cold out there