For the past days, my inquiry has been: "What's here right now?" or "What's happening right now?" And WHATEVER answer comes up is thought. It's recognised as such, regardless of the content. I'm reeeally slowing it down and becoming so curious about the texture of "what is happening". It's becoming obvious that the experience of any situation IS the experience of thought. Me, others, relationship, space, ect... It feels challenging to encapsulate it with these words. But it feels so freeing. Very hard to be triggered because the story around any potential triggered fizzles out almost instantly. It's beautiful
This video kicked me out of the thought process. Everything is dissolving right now. Sitting here in tears, joy, happiness and astonishment. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Angelo. For everything you do. I just can't find words.
16:08 Is exactly how my first shift happened. Everything became flat and right next to my nose then popped back out like a cartoon. Then everything in the room was me and vice versa followed by laughing. Super cool knowing this is part of the journey.
For me, these types of videos are most valuable. Some examples of inquiry questions really kickstart the inquiry and helps me naturally continue investigating. Thanks
The appearance of Distance in Consciousness is like reflections in a mirror. Touching the mirror collapses the illusion of separation. Everything is experienced "as Consciousness.”
I guess after a shift, it's known that separation is impossible. But once all the fireworks die down, it still seems to be happening. It's very subtle. Like sensations I'm calling "my face" are somehow in front of something I am calling "me" and the world is on the other side of all of that. This "me" is some kind of reference point of attention that moves from "me" to "out there". I feel like I can see the illusion of it, but the energetics of it go on. Like all I can do is keep looking. It drops out all the time, but it's nothing I am doing to make it happen.
This is kinda the most relevant topic for me now, so it’s definitely helpful as I tend to distract myself a lot from it, getting lost in categories while I clearly feel I’m fed up with them and don’t see them as a point of interest anymore
Do you experience any confusion of categories? Like how should I decide to group these things into one category? What are the salient distinctions? This is getting really tricky for me.
Thank you for the pointing towards the direct experience. I like playing a little game of finding a new point of view in this direct experience - to suspend my mind's habit of blocking it. Like experiencing the force of gravity pulling my body down in a mysterious way. As if for the first time; experiencing it as if from a perspective of a spirit who suddenly won an other-wordly lottery and has been selected to live just this day as a human being. The ordinary becomes extraordinary, the senses are heightened and there is a feeling of joy for just simply being here.
Smell is a really good entry point and often overlooked. I’ve experienced the colour kaleidoscope a couple of times, once while driving and once while in a grocery store. The centre of my vision was normal. On another occasion, I experienced all the senses kaleidoscoping. But the most powerful was the zero distance I saw a couple of days ago, twice. The word you use, Angelo, is intimate. And that’s the only word that fits. ❤ 🙏
This was helpful in stoping me 'trying' to see the flat intimacy of things. Mostly I've been using the fetter model which did help with the intimacy aspect but was definately 'myself trying to see'... Trusting the process in it's own time after 30 years can be challanging...Thanks as always Angelo
Very valuable, thank you! Stimulus is simply stimulus. Experience is simply experience. The definitions are superfluous and secondary. This type of deconstruction, I find very valuable!!
You know after actually seeing a full solar eclipse, the simply always awake profile picture has taken on new meaning for me. Something about the incredible vibe at that moment reflects this process. The words "it's alpha and omega kingdom come" come to mind
I can attest that it is possible for the perceptual filters to drop away and directly see a non-dual view of everything. It was quite shocking the first time I experienced it, but also very freeing. And hilarious too :). I'm still so grateful for that moment of true seeing.
This is very helpful and precisely what I’ve been working on for sometime. I’d really appreciate more guidance on deconstructing duality further. Thank you
Just found out that THIS is what Zen is about. All this time I was thinking you‘re talking from the Advaita perspective. And yeah it‘s probably not too different but I didn‘t know they talk about the matter like this in Zen, with an explicit focus on direct experience. Sounds much better than the more woowoo-way of talking in Advaita 😂
You've been saying something about being special, and it clicked that I was making you special all this time, which is the same as saying I'm not enough. Everything's in reference to "ME"
It's funny because with a lot of experiences, there's a natural habit (at least for me) to want to describe it in words. It's as if I'm trying to write something in my head, or preparing to write it. Perhaps it is because I'm hoping to communicate it later to someone either verbally or written, but it of course gets in the way of the actual experience. It shortens it because the mind comes in and takes control and says, "ok, that's enough, I can now convert that to words, so watch me as I do that!"
This seemed to me for the most part clear and true, But I was a little surprised when you said that the way we construct our dualistic experience is basically necessary to navigate our way in the world. If so does not dropping that navigation put us in actual physical danger?
This topic always seems to confuse me. I can see how there's no separation in direct experience...because any such separation is imagined through thought...because direct experience doesn't say anything at all. However, I can't deny that my direct experience seems to be full of variation. And thoughts seem to function as potentially useful interpretations of those variations. Clearly the word/concept, "variation," is only a thought....and this is where my confusion comes in. Is variation itself only an illusion of thought? Does non-dual realization require the absolute relaxation of attention so that perception disappears? Maybe like sleeping while remaining awake?
I would really appreciate if you did exactly the same thing but this time using sound as your reference. This is very powerful what you did just then. Thank you.
Ok, I'm watching this on loop, then observing my experience, because it makes exact sense. More like this. But will I just see it by then? So funny. So trippy, the idea of unlabelling everything.
For me the deconstruction process did not work. What worked is slowing down of the mind. When I asked myself "where is that chair?" and the mind was not interested in answering the question anymore that is when intimacy was immediately experienced and the realization dawned that "here" and "there" are mental constructs. This just started happening.
thoughts being projected onto the world, a thought that covers the whole picture saying that it’s the world, there are individual objects, there is as the subject, I am in a relationship to objects, objects are in relationship to each other, this experience is of thought and isn’t embedded in the direct experience of what’s there. That’s my view.
Lately I have been meditating by just focusing on the sense of myself. When trying out what you described in this video it seemed like the labeling etc was replaced by this sense. However without trying to focus on it like in mediation. Does that make sense?
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. -Ralph Waldo Emerson A baby experiences the world with the same five senses you do. The difference is that a baby doesn’t attach words and concepts to what it experiences because it has not yet learned words and concepts. The point is to experience the world and not confuse the direct sensory experience with the words and concepts our minds attach to experience. (This is sometimes said as: don’t confuse the moon with the finger pointing at the moon.) When you see a tree, it’s easy to ignore yet another unremarkable tree because we already know all about what trees are, how they look, and how they function. What would the experience be if instead you didn’t know what a tree was and were seeing one for the first time? When you experience with a beginner’s non-conceptual mind, experience becomes incredibly more rich and vivid. It’s like being born again into a world endlessly filled with fascinating things.
I don’t get it. This lands with me as a kind of relativism, words don’t refer to meaningful things type scenario. An edge refers to some real difference between surfaces, however inexactly. I’m sure I must be missing something or perhaps my question reflects duality bound perception.
I can feel subtle fear coming up with this investigation wondering if it can put one in a non functional state like not being able to orient in space, cross the road, drive etc and this makes me back off.
The body- mind play is also a illussion...non is real real and what is...not needs anything or can be said or has a need do ...thats the beauty of it. Mind is the greatest illussion...trys 2 understand itself ...lol.
For the past days, my inquiry has been: "What's here right now?" or "What's happening right now?"
And WHATEVER answer comes up is thought. It's recognised as such, regardless of the content.
I'm reeeally slowing it down and becoming so curious about the texture of "what is happening".
It's becoming obvious that the experience of any situation IS the experience of thought.
Me, others, relationship, space, ect...
It feels challenging to encapsulate it with these words. But it feels so freeing. Very hard to be triggered because the story around any potential triggered fizzles out almost instantly. It's beautiful
This video kicked me out of the thought process. Everything is dissolving right now. Sitting here in tears, joy, happiness and astonishment. From the bottom of my heart, thank you, Angelo. For everything you do. I just can't find words.
Wonderful!
16:08 Is exactly how my first shift happened. Everything became flat and right next to my nose then popped back out like a cartoon. Then everything in the room was me and vice versa followed by laughing. Super cool knowing this is part of the journey.
For me, these types of videos are most valuable. Some examples of inquiry questions really kickstart the inquiry and helps me naturally continue investigating. Thanks
Great pointers here and lots of fun too explore.
The appearance of Distance in Consciousness is like reflections in a mirror. Touching the mirror collapses the illusion of separation. Everything is experienced "as Consciousness.”
I guess after a shift, it's known that separation is impossible. But once all the fireworks die down, it still seems to be happening. It's very subtle. Like sensations I'm calling "my face" are somehow in front of something I am calling "me" and the world is on the other side of all of that. This "me" is some kind of reference point of attention that moves from "me" to "out there". I feel like I can see the illusion of it, but the energetics of it go on. Like all I can do is keep looking. It drops out all the time, but it's nothing I am doing to make it happen.
Yes, soooo subtle. The thinnest veneer.
2:55 Siri intuitively detects you're describing how we're "held hostage" by the mind and mental constructs.
This is kinda the most relevant topic for me now, so it’s definitely helpful as I tend to distract myself a lot from it, getting lost in categories while I clearly feel I’m fed up with them and don’t see them as a point of interest anymore
Do you experience any confusion of categories? Like how should I decide to group these things into one category? What are the salient distinctions? This is getting really tricky for me.
Very helpful.
If you can come up with other examination that could help, I would love to see more of this type of videos.
Thank you for doing this ❤
Check the non-duality playlist there are a ton there.
Thank you for the pointing towards the direct experience. I like playing a little game of finding a new point of view in this direct experience - to suspend my mind's habit of blocking it. Like experiencing the force of gravity pulling my body down in a mysterious way. As if for the first time; experiencing it as if from a perspective of a spirit who suddenly won an other-wordly lottery and has been selected to live just this day as a human being. The ordinary becomes extraordinary, the senses are heightened and there is a feeling of joy for just simply being here.
🙌
Smell is a really good entry point and often overlooked.
I’ve experienced the colour kaleidoscope a couple of times, once while driving and once while in a grocery store. The centre of my vision was normal.
On another occasion, I experienced all the senses kaleidoscoping.
But the most powerful was the zero distance I saw a couple of days ago, twice. The word you use, Angelo, is intimate. And that’s the only word that fits. ❤ 🙏
I think most people are more like me in that our sense of smell is so restricted that there is not enough sensation to work with
One of my fav pointers was turning up the volume is like zooming in with sound...that one blew my mind.
Angelo, I recently found you and I love your direct approach so powerful. Your tools are so helpful and applicable. Thank you ❤
This was helpful in stoping me 'trying' to see the flat intimacy of things. Mostly I've been using the fetter model which did help with the intimacy aspect but was definately 'myself trying to see'... Trusting the process in it's own time after 30 years can be challanging...Thanks as always Angelo
Very valuable, thank you! Stimulus is simply stimulus. Experience is simply experience. The definitions are superfluous and secondary. This type of deconstruction, I find very valuable!!
awesome! super helpful, it seems like a duality, till i stop :D then its not apparent anymore,
That was immensely valuable. Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Love you, Angelo.
Very Helpful.
What the fuuug 😂
this type of inquiry with senses really resonate here angelo, Thanks 🙏❤️
Very helpful! It's easier for me if I start with sensations. It feels like data coming in. Thank you!
Hyhahaahha angelos reaction when siri stepped in
You know after actually seeing a full solar eclipse, the simply always awake profile picture has taken on new meaning for me. Something about the incredible vibe at that moment reflects this process. The words "it's alpha and omega kingdom come" come to mind
I can attest that it is possible for the perceptual filters to drop away and directly see a non-dual view of everything. It was quite shocking the first time I experienced it, but also very freeing. And hilarious too :). I'm still so grateful for that moment of true seeing.
This is very helpful and precisely what I’ve been working on for sometime. I’d really appreciate more guidance on deconstructing duality further. Thank you
I love this approach, thank you. More please :)
Just found out that THIS is what Zen is about. All this time I was thinking you‘re talking from the Advaita perspective.
And yeah it‘s probably not too different but I didn‘t know they talk about the matter like this in Zen, with an explicit focus on direct experience.
Sounds much better than the more woowoo-way of talking in Advaita 😂
Saw the "emergency services what the fuck" at 9.11pm 😂
Thank you. Very helpful
You've been saying something about being special, and it clicked that I was making you special all this time, which is the same as saying I'm not enough. Everything's in reference to "ME"
It's funny because with a lot of experiences, there's a natural habit (at least for me) to want to describe it in words. It's as if I'm trying to write something in my head, or preparing to write it. Perhaps it is because I'm hoping to communicate it later to someone either verbally or written, but it of course gets in the way of the actual experience. It shortens it because the mind comes in and takes control and says, "ok, that's enough, I can now convert that to words, so watch me as I do that!"
Super helpful - more would be appreciated!!
This seemed to me for the most part clear and true, But I was a little surprised when you said that the way we construct our dualistic experience is basically necessary to navigate our way in the world. If so does not dropping that navigation put us in actual physical danger?
Expected your Siri be all Zen by now😂
PLEASE DO MORE OF THESE! ❤
Wow thank you Angelo 🙏🏻
This topic always seems to confuse me. I can see how there's no separation in direct experience...because any such separation is imagined through thought...because direct experience doesn't say anything at all. However, I can't deny that my direct experience seems to be full of variation. And thoughts seem to function as potentially useful interpretations of those variations. Clearly the word/concept, "variation," is only a thought....and this is where my confusion comes in. Is variation itself only an illusion of thought? Does non-dual realization require the absolute relaxation of attention so that perception disappears? Maybe like sleeping while remaining awake?
I wonder too. I don’t think I get this part yet.
Yes please do more of these ❤
I would really appreciate if you did exactly the same thing but this time using sound as your reference. This is very powerful what you did just then. Thank you.
Check out the non-duality playlist
The way he said "wtf" 😂
Yes, I love it 🤣
Ok, I'm watching this on loop, then observing my experience, because it makes exact sense. More like this. But will I just see it by then? So funny. So trippy, the idea of unlabelling everything.
Very helpful! Please do more of these 🙏🏽
Will do!
lol you said, wtf 😂 when Siri came on.
damn angelo. so good. Yes, do more. Fun! wow
What exacty does it mean when you say something is "intimate"?
"Voice assist activated."
"No, I'... I'm good."
Duality _insists_ on me
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Well described!
For me the deconstruction process did not work. What worked is slowing down of the mind. When I asked myself "where is that chair?" and the mind was not interested in answering the question anymore that is when intimacy was immediately experienced and the realization dawned that "here" and "there" are mental constructs. This just started happening.
I loved this. The where is red was perfect. And I’m finding myself saying, no no no no! I have to finish my taxes today.
Do you think it's wise to focus on self inquiry and realizing the I AM sense before exploring nonduality? Or can they be explored in any order?
Generally yes
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you
thoughts being projected onto the world, a thought that covers the whole picture saying that it’s the world, there are individual objects, there is as the subject, I am in a relationship to objects, objects are in relationship to each other, this experience is of thought and isn’t embedded in the direct experience of what’s there. That’s my view.
Huge resonance with what you’re pointing! However, is ALL happening in the mind???
Lately I have been meditating by just focusing on the sense of myself. When trying out what you described in this video it seemed like the labeling etc was replaced by this sense. However without trying to focus on it like in mediation. Does that make sense?
The invariable mark of wisdom is to see the miraculous in the common. -Ralph Waldo Emerson
A baby experiences the world with the same five senses you do. The difference is that a baby doesn’t attach words and concepts to what it experiences because it has not yet learned words and concepts. The point is to experience the world and not confuse the direct sensory experience with the words and concepts our minds attach to experience. (This is sometimes said as: don’t confuse the moon with the finger pointing at the moon.) When you see a tree, it’s easy to ignore yet another unremarkable tree because we already know all about what trees are, how they look, and how they function. What would the experience be if instead you didn’t know what a tree was and were seeing one for the first time? When you experience with a beginner’s non-conceptual mind, experience becomes incredibly more rich and vivid. It’s like being born again into a world endlessly filled with fascinating things.
Deconstructing Duality (ft. Siri)
🙏🙏🙏
I don’t get it. This lands with me as a kind of relativism, words don’t refer to meaningful things type scenario. An edge refers to some real difference between surfaces, however inexactly. I’m sure I must be missing something or perhaps my question reflects duality bound perception.
Non dual emergency 😭😭😭😭😭
Angelo, I know Violet is an artist, but do you also paint?
Yes, tho lately not much time
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Hi Angelo, thanks for getting back to me, immensely helpful as always.
I can feel subtle fear coming up with this investigation wondering if it can put one in a non functional state like not being able to orient in space, cross the road, drive etc and this makes me back off.
Agent Smith was on the phone 🤣
No, he would have used the landline
iPhone nondual emergency, wtf. Hilarious.
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I reported my neighbor to the NDES (non duality emergency services). she was swatted by angels. ❤😜
The body- mind play is also a illussion...non is real real and what is...not needs anything or can be said or has a need do ...thats the beauty of it. Mind is the greatest illussion...trys 2 understand itself ...lol.
Do-ality...
Lolol . technology 😂
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