Good luck with having any enduring romantic relationship after Awakening. I remember meeting a married woman in the 1970s who told me she regretted Awakening because she no longer felt she needed or wanted her husband. No human could come close to matching the joy, peace, and fulfillment of what she experienced after Awakening.
Hi Martin, I know just what you mean. It took a few years, but eventually my entire circle of friends -- even people who were like family to me -- disappeared. I did not expect this. As you say, liberating and terrifying.
Hey, this is beautiful, im on this pathless path. And this is a question that has been , in my mind ? The implication of waking up on my romantic relationship. Will we part ways? Will we stay together? Altho these are question the self seeks to answer. Thank u for bringing some clarity
I liked this and, of course, my mind wants details about how your various relationships changed (i.e. you and your daughter, your parents (if they were around), your spouse). Apparently I'm still hanging onto details.... Thank you!
My parents were not around, but my relationships with close friends and my spouse definitely changed. My daughter and I were and are so psychically bonded that there really was no change in that relationship. She had a lot of questions, and once I answered them, she was satisfied. The time after awakening can lead to a loss of friends. Not from arguments, but often they just fall away. I wrote an article about this on my website. Perhaps I should follow up with a video. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@AmaraStrand Thank you. I am looking for that article on your website. I have not yet experienced the non-personal Self, but I noticed I have been leaving pretty much all of my friendships. It's like I have this new awareness of neediness and what they're trying to attach to me, and I don't like it. Is that possibly why friendships fall away, as you said?
I was unable to locate the exact post I was thinking of, but here's a short reading list that might still be beneficial, or at least interesting! amarastrand.com/losing-your-trajectory/ amarastrand.com/me-and-my-imaginary-friends/ amarastrand.com/what-to-do-when-people-start-to-worship-you/ amarastrand.com/bad-behavior-when-people-try-to-harm-you/ The reason your friendships are falling away might be different to why mine fell away. Mine fell away because I was no longer a person, if that makes any sense. If you read the posts above, it might. For you, becoming aware of the projections and "neediness", as you call it, of other people's personas can leave you feeling like you'd really rather not engage with them. Yes, synthetic selves are needy and they project and attach and demand. When you see it clearly, when you can't escape from seeing it so awfully clearly, the first reaction could be to recoil. And perhaps this is a necessary phase. But it's just a phase. Because you are a human, and your persona is needy and greedy and projects and demands and attaches. You may think it doesn't because it has suddenly moved up a notch or two and all those tendencies have gone from being blunt and obvious to being subtle. There is an understanding, a wisdom, that eventually brings you to see that if you are engaging in the world through a persona or synthetic self (and it's almost impossible not to, because the world won't let you), all these pitfalls or vulnerabilities or "defects" are still present in your persona, maybe now in a very subtle, gossamer form. But still there. Personas cannot be perfected. They can be improved, but they are inherently imperfect. Which is totally okay, because they are just a tool. Like a deep sea diving suit that lets you play around in an environment you were not made for. You are observing now. Observing and seeing things in a different light. That's great. Only, don't observe and then engrave some kind of conclusion about your observation on a plaque and hang it on your wall. It's a phase, and after this phase -- seeing the grotesque neediness and projections of people around you -- comes something else. It becomes No Big Deal, and unless the person is posing a real threat to your wellbeing, you really just don't care that they are deeply unconscious. You don't expect them to be otherwise, and it doesn't affect you. The fact that they don't even see you, can't even see you, doesn't affect you. You don't need them to be otherwise.
Thank you! The feelings that come with this "observance" are more sad or nostalgic, I think. Like wondering if I will ever have any relationships where someone doesn't want something from me. I started to get "glimpses," or whatever you want to call them, 5-7 years ago, and I stayed in hermit mode until very recently. Now that I have forced myself out into the world, I find where I used to have tons of energy, I now get drained very quickly when I have to deal with people. Hopefully this is just a phase, too. You have a ton of great posts on your website. I very much appreciate you for posting this stuff.
@@AmaraStrand I am in a place where I am not yet enlightened, but I can feel this persona as something totally seperate from the awareness behind it. What should I do now?
That's why I feel when going through life that people do treat me with a kind of respect they theirselfes don't even understand. It makes me feel at times like I'm an alien, because I do never get entangled or affected by anyone's "spread". But I'd like to have someone that wants to be on that level, but it just scares people off mostly. They realize, that I'm just myself, nothing more, nothing less. So they usually respect me, but on a personal level they don't know how to connect with me, specially girls. They just stare at me, but when I do get in a conversation they mostly don't know what to do, because I don't engage on that "needy" level (for a lack of a better word). So they realize unconsciously most of the time "oh shit, he really wants to know about me 😳 - wo who the heck am I😵?" they mostly disappear then out of my life, that's totally fine as well. I mean I'm blessed being a really handsome guy, but I'm sometimes joking within myself and say that the universe has indeed a funny sense of humor of creating someone looking really handsome and then give him the blessing as well of "seeing" himself and thereby others. But I think the universe (to stay in that metaphor) did that so people are looking at me - and see what they can be, if they just want to. Theirselfes. It's like the universe created a beautiful colorful flower next to some bushes, which easily could be a colorful shining color as well. But therefore bushes have to realize that they're actually bushes. And that's scares them, because they want to believe they are already flowers.
Hello , Dear Madam . I have a question which occupies my mind since a long time . The Question : Is Sex and other sexual activities are a hindrance to Enlightenment ? Should one be celibate to attain Enlightenment ?
Hello , Mam . Thousand Thank Yous for your kindness and beneficial videos . 🌼🌼🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌼🌼 I have a question about the proccess of Spiritual Awakening . My question : Are there some people who lost everything and became homeless during their spiritual awakening ? Did it happen before that some Awakened Beings end up homeless ? Thanks Alot in advance . 🥀🥀🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🥀🥀
Thanks for your kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. What is the purpose of your question? Does this apply to you or is it a random, theoretical question that has no real importance for your own situation?
I still don't understand the nature of this question. If you have been thinking about leaving home for four years, why don't you? And what does this have to do with Awakening? And if some awakened people ended up losing everything and being homeless for a while, what does that have to do with you? There is no requirement to lose everything and be homeless, but if it happens, it happens. Being homeless does not lead to Awakening, or have anything to do with it. Having money, having a home, having family and friends and connections in this world -- none of these inhibit a person from awakening. I have written plenty about it on my blog. But if you want to leave home and wander, then of course, that will be its own kind of adventure. You can Awaken on a park bench, homeless, and you can just as easily Awaken in your own bed, in your own home, with your own family -- two cars in the garage, three kids, a cat and a 30 year mortgage.
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Good luck with having any enduring romantic relationship after Awakening. I remember meeting a married woman in the 1970s who told me she regretted Awakening because she no longer felt she needed or wanted her husband. No human could come close to matching the joy, peace, and fulfillment of what she experienced after Awakening.
It's almost impossible to comment - I stay in deep silence after your videos ;) So beautiful, so calm, so radical sanity. Thank you Amara.
You are so welcome, Inga. Thanks for taking the time to say hello...see you in my next video:)
When the seeds were annihilated, so were all of my 'friendships.' After 3 years, I'm just returning to life. It has been liberating and terrifying.
Hi Martin, I know just what you mean. It took a few years, but eventually my entire circle of friends -- even people who were like family to me -- disappeared. I did not expect this. As you say, liberating and terrifying.
@@AmaraStrandwhat did you do afterward, Amara?
I don't understand your question.
your channel & talks are precious oases of sanity in the vast bedlam of youtube. thanks, dear amara.
So nice to see you here, and thank you!
Hey, this is beautiful, im on this pathless path. And this is a question that has been , in my mind ? The implication of waking up on my romantic relationship. Will we part ways? Will we stay together? Altho these are question the self seeks to answer. Thank u for bringing some clarity
Sweet, thank you Amara ❤️
Hi Guarav...thanks for taking the time to say hello...glad to see you here:)
I liked this and, of course, my mind wants details about how your various relationships changed (i.e. you and your daughter, your parents (if they were around), your spouse). Apparently I'm still hanging onto details.... Thank you!
My parents were not around, but my relationships with close friends and my spouse definitely changed. My daughter and I were and are so psychically bonded that there really was no change in that relationship. She had a lot of questions, and once I answered them, she was satisfied.
The time after awakening can lead to a loss of friends. Not from arguments, but often they just fall away. I wrote an article about this on my website. Perhaps I should follow up with a video. Thanks for the suggestion!
@@AmaraStrand Thank you. I am looking for that article on your website. I have not yet experienced the non-personal Self, but I noticed I have been leaving pretty much all of my friendships. It's like I have this new awareness of neediness and what they're trying to attach to me, and I don't like it. Is that possibly why friendships fall away, as you said?
I was unable to locate the exact post I was thinking of, but here's a short reading list that might still be beneficial, or at least interesting!
amarastrand.com/losing-your-trajectory/
amarastrand.com/me-and-my-imaginary-friends/
amarastrand.com/what-to-do-when-people-start-to-worship-you/
amarastrand.com/bad-behavior-when-people-try-to-harm-you/
The reason your friendships are falling away might be different to why mine fell away. Mine fell away because I was no longer a person, if that makes any sense. If you read the posts above, it might. For you, becoming aware of the projections and "neediness", as you call it, of other people's personas can leave you feeling like you'd really rather not engage with them.
Yes, synthetic selves are needy and they project and attach and demand. When you see it clearly, when you can't escape from seeing it so awfully clearly, the first reaction could be to recoil. And perhaps this is a necessary phase. But it's just a phase. Because you are a human, and your persona is needy and greedy and projects and demands and attaches. You may think it doesn't because it has suddenly moved up a notch or two and all those tendencies have gone from being blunt and obvious to being subtle.
There is an understanding, a wisdom, that eventually brings you to see that if you are engaging in the world through a persona or synthetic self (and it's almost impossible not to, because the world won't let you), all these pitfalls or vulnerabilities or "defects" are still present in your persona, maybe now in a very subtle, gossamer form. But still there. Personas cannot be perfected. They can be improved, but they are inherently imperfect. Which is totally okay, because they are just a tool. Like a deep sea diving suit that lets you play around in an environment you were not made for.
You are observing now. Observing and seeing things in a different light. That's great. Only, don't observe and then engrave some kind of conclusion about your observation on a plaque and hang it on your wall. It's a phase, and after this phase -- seeing the grotesque neediness and projections of people around you -- comes something else. It becomes No Big Deal, and unless the person is posing a real threat to your wellbeing, you really just don't care that they are deeply unconscious. You don't expect them to be otherwise, and it doesn't affect you. The fact that they don't even see you, can't even see you, doesn't affect you. You don't need them to be otherwise.
Thank you! The feelings that come with this "observance" are more sad or nostalgic, I think. Like wondering if I will ever have any relationships where someone doesn't want something from me. I started to get "glimpses," or whatever you want to call them, 5-7 years ago, and I stayed in hermit mode until very recently. Now that I have forced myself out into the world, I find where I used to have tons of energy, I now get drained very quickly when I have to deal with people. Hopefully this is just a phase, too.
You have a ton of great posts on your website. I very much appreciate you for posting this stuff.
@@AmaraStrand I am in a place where I am not yet enlightened, but I can feel this persona as something totally seperate from the awareness behind it. What should I do now?
That's why I feel when going through life that people do treat me with a kind of respect they theirselfes don't even understand.
It makes me feel at times like I'm an alien, because I do never get entangled or affected by anyone's "spread". But I'd like to have someone that wants to be on that level, but it just scares people off mostly. They realize, that I'm just myself, nothing more, nothing less. So they usually respect me, but on a personal level they don't know how to connect with me, specially girls. They just stare at me, but when I do get in a conversation they mostly don't know what to do, because I don't engage on that "needy" level (for a lack of a better word). So they realize unconsciously most of the time "oh shit, he really wants to know about me 😳 - wo who the heck am I😵?" they mostly disappear then out of my life, that's totally fine as well.
I mean I'm blessed being a really handsome guy, but I'm sometimes joking within myself and say that the universe has indeed a funny sense of humor of creating someone looking really handsome and then give him the blessing as well of "seeing" himself and thereby others. But I think the universe (to stay in that metaphor) did that so people are looking at me - and see what they can be, if they just want to. Theirselfes.
It's like the universe created a beautiful colorful flower next to some bushes, which easily could be a colorful shining color as well.
But therefore bushes have to realize that they're actually bushes. And that's scares them, because they want to believe they are already flowers.
Thanks a lot for sharing this. All of this is so real and pertinent.
Glad you enjoyed it, nice to see you here Abhishek!
Beautiful video
Thank you
Hello , Dear Madam .
I have a question which occupies my mind since a long time .
The Question : Is Sex and other sexual activities are a hindrance to Enlightenment ? Should one be celibate to attain Enlightenment ?
A good question. I'll refer you to my blog, where I've posted a great deal about my own experience with awakening.
Hello , Mam .
Thousand Thank Yous for your kindness and beneficial videos .
🌼🌼🥀🥀🥀🥀🥀🌼🌼
I have a question about the proccess of Spiritual Awakening .
My question : Are there some people who lost everything and became homeless during their spiritual awakening ? Did it happen before that some Awakened Beings end up homeless ?
Thanks Alot in advance .
🥀🥀🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🌸🥀🥀
Thanks for your kind words, and I'm glad you enjoyed the video. What is the purpose of your question? Does this apply to you or is it a random, theoretical question that has no real importance for your own situation?
@@AmaraStrand It applies for my situation for sure .
I am thinking about leaving home for 4 years now .
I still don't understand the nature of this question. If you have been thinking about leaving home for four years, why don't you? And what does this have to do with Awakening? And if some awakened people ended up losing everything and being homeless for a while, what does that have to do with you? There is no requirement to lose everything and be homeless, but if it happens, it happens. Being homeless does not lead to Awakening, or have anything to do with it. Having money, having a home, having family and friends and connections in this world -- none of these inhibit a person from awakening. I have written plenty about it on my blog. But if you want to leave home and wander, then of course, that will be its own kind of adventure. You can Awaken on a park bench, homeless, and you can just as easily Awaken in your own bed, in your own home, with your own family -- two cars in the garage, three kids, a cat and a 30 year mortgage.
@@AmaraStrand better to awaken in a luxury cruise with a billion dollars in one's Swiss Bank account. 😎 🤑 💰 💵 😂 😆
You have been down the corridor of mirrors and have arrived at Home..
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