The Mind and Ego seeks a pathway to a spiritual enlightenment. Stories are generated to emphasize the urgency. It’s just a dream. The Dream and the Dreamer are the same. IMHO.
YES! Exactly what's been happening here since seeing through no-self. And yes, no immediate release but so grateful for this pointer. Just amazing how strong and real thoughts/intellect can be/seem. 🙏💞
Angelo how you were able to figure this awakening shit out by just hearing a few words from a substitute teacher and reading some passages in a book about other people’s experiences without having resources to the internet like we do today is freaking beyond me… kudos
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake suffering points to enlightenment; therefore, enlightenment is inevitable. If there is suffering, then one is pointed to enlightenment. If there is no suffering, then one is already enlightened. This is the view I've come to as of current.
First of all thank you deeply 🙏. The doer ship appears to be "in the process of being let go of... I guess 😅" after days of emense contracted emotional pain what felt like just staring into/at it wth no more "tools", a big release came last night.. Deep breathing into and lots of tears, shaking🤯🥰. So much relief came, revealing direct potency and deep grounding that feels like everything is in beyond just good hands 😅. 🙏 Blessings 💞
Wow, I was crying because of some sort of relief. I felt really overwhelmed these past couple of days/weeks, with this place of not knowing what to do, because having plans, doing things, knowing what to do, made less and less sense. But that space I dropped into felt so tense. I tried to be with it as best I could but there was so often the thought of I can't bare this and I couldn't detach well from it. Now, listening to you talk about this thought construct of the doer I am realizing that although the doer was questioned and not in full operating mode anymore, it was still very much present in this space, building up the tension, that there needs to be a way to figure out how to best be with this, how to navigate all of it. - Just hearing what you were saying, I gave myself permission to not have to do anything about what's happening currently. There is really no decision or practice I need to figure out. And I can see now, how much pressure there was present for me "to do it right". The relief really came with that realization, I can't do it wrong, i am not doing it or need to do it at all. Wow! - I'd say, that's freedom right here, until that doership creeps up on me again ;) But that's just a thought....
Thank you @plant love your words have greatly helped me I’m also struggling with doership and decisions and feeling like I’m hiding shameful behaviour which makes it even more charged. Anyway your comment resonated so thank you ❤
@@emilymacgregor4068 Thank you for your appreciation. It's lovely how we all participate in this, resonating with one another here in the comments. - Thank you for taking the time to write your words out, it makes me feel less alone in this process and in commenting.
Your videos are always helpful. 😊 I find it’s the mind wanting to grab and hold onto itself. Because there isn’t anything else to hang on to; if the mind can convince itself of being a doer…then it exists.
I recognize this very much! Thank you for shining light on it. It's very helpful ♡ I laughed while listening because it felt as if you had looked into my mind 😄
So I’m hearing this right now as , I don’t have to decide if I trust someone or believe them. I don’t have to decide if they are authentic. This is something I struggle w in a minute by minute basis and it’s exhausting. So if I don’t have to decide if they aren’t trust worthy then that means I can just hear what I want without worrying if it’s wrong, which would automatically make me wrong. Which must be avoided at all costs. So decisions must be made about how I go about not making these mistakes and being wrong. This is helpful
If you’re in your head about whether you can trust people or not on an ongoing basis, you will be looking through a filter that wiki distort your perception of them, bc you’re not seeing what’s there but rather you are seeing what you fear and are trying to avoid. When you see people clearly they will pretty literally tell you who they are in various ways, then the boundaries will be obvious.
Super insightful Angelo. One thought assumes there is a problem and other series of thoughts tries to resolve it. Mind talking to mind. Nothing to do with me in actuality.
Very, very, very helpful. This is the feeling of having the brakes on. And also the response to the feeling of having the brakes on. It’s a loop. This is what I’ve been trying to figure out for a while now (ironically 😂) and I couldn’t see it or hear it because I didn’t want to see it or hear it. 😱
Deep gratitude Angelo! This feeling of disempowerment, doubt and confusion came to my life about 30 years ago.. when I heard you explaining it, it brought tears.. it resonated so deeply.. Different traumatising events in life got me to this point.. 30 years ago I was into many forms of art and creativity and now I feel drained.. to suppress all that I got into addiction.. now in the process of getting out of addiction.. with all that baggage the yearning to awake is very strong.. I don’t know if I could picture the mess I am right now.. this is how it feels and knowing it is a thought, helps a bit but not that much to get me out of it! Do you have a retreat or a course focus on this? I think I need more guidance around this.. Knowing it is a thought doesn’t feel enough.. many many thanks! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The stronger the identification the longer it takes to dis identify and may not feel like you are doing it right but just keep on recognizing it as just a thought and overtime it will loose energy at least this is what I’ve noticed
The heart sutra is one of the sharpest pointer I found= most helphed me 2 Awake and keep calm...not getting 2 grazy...of course a real Master also hits it off.
I often :) don’t know if your videos are for us who have not awakened yet or for those who are way further along this path. I feel the same about your book. The first part spoke to me but then now it’s talking about way further down the line and it’s so uncomfortable to be this confused.
Relax and notice the discomfort you're feeling right now. Really look at it. It's just a thought. That process is ongoing from now through liberation. Awakening is when it shifts into high gear. The content of this video is less important than your discomfort: that's what you can be present with.
I have the same experience… I go in and out of understanding while reading. Something that has helped with the confusion is that I read it as if I don’t need to understand. I think maybe some part of me understands and it will all unfold as it needs to. I feel as though my mind just wants to understand and that’s where and why I’m stuck so the less my mind can hold onto the better. I have no clue if I’m doing the right thing but it’s just what’s been happening while reading.
@@mistihooten2682 I kinda tried that and I think maybe you’re right my mind doesn’t need to understand so I just keep reading… then after a while my brain acts like a 2 year old and says Omg stop reading! 😠 So I’m doing paperwork instead and pondering 🤦🏼♀️
@@Acimmetry But you could say that in response to literally any concern, so it’s not really a substantive response - it’s just dodging and dismissing the concern. If one’s ability to understand and know how to apply content doesn’t matter, then why bother creating or consuming the content at all?
Angelo, you speak here slower than usual and independent of the content of what is being said, it makes it easier to listen to and it even changes the way I breath while listening, it changes the frequency 😊 Interesting to see that. Just sharing☺
Today I learned: Don’t stick it in the gapless gap… An impossible pinch point… That we may feel determined as all hell to jam into! Sticking a stick into the spokes is the joke 😁 Steering without veering is ever revering 😇
YES, SO helpful; much more clarity on how thought can bring about seeming duality. And yes, these WERE my most COMMON thought types! (but not as much now). THANK YOU - for ALL your materials!
The background reminds me of one of the first horror movies I've seen. It was called "Hellraiser", and in couple of scenes there was this labyrinth seen from the above.
In a wierd way the challenge is the path. Like the challenging emotion arises with a belief in the controller who should be doing something but that entirety of the situation is the invitation to see the nature of the controller. Is it real... But sooo subtle before you made it obvious. Thank you ❤
"I want to let go of the thought that I am a doer". Isn't that in and of itself a thought? And doesn't the act of "letting go" entail agency, desire and expectation?
When you watch a movie...can you let go of something from the movie, or does it take effort to watch...do you have to make a decision about how to proceed? There's nothing to let go of... and who cares about the thought that I have to let go of the "I'm a doer" thoughts? Who cares anyway? 🤔 Maybe another thought????
@@birgit8996 It does take effort to watch the movie if it creates boredom in me, or if I'm tired and low on energies. And the effort is something that I find meaningful in that it shows that the mind is plastic (as is the body), and we can create powerful conditionings that may be meaningful and of value, depending on the situation. And I do think there is plenty of material within ourselves to let go of. So many of our habits drain us of our energy and vitality, and when we unconsciously indulge in them, we have more difficulties connecting with our inner truth. A body and a mind that constantly find gratification in worldly pleasures are a satisfied body and mind, which means that they are not going to get out of the way in order to allow a deeper truth to come out.
@SMZC Exactly, that's how it is.......and all that is written are thoughts......are thoughts truth?......What remains if all these thoughts are not believed? Try it!!!! What is boredom without a thought about boredom? What does boredom look like, show me😉
@@birgit8996 Well, once we let go of thoughts there can still be plenty of material present. Boredom kind of has an energetic signature to it that is unmistakable, even if you let go of labeling it as "boredom" with a thought. The same goes for more extreme forms of negative energetic experiences, such as depression. It is often said that depression is the cause of identifying ourselves with a very negative stream of thoughts, but that isn't my experience. One can let go of such negative thoughts, but the energetic experience of depression can have a life of its own and act on its own. Same goes for positive experiences. When you feel joy without thought there is only joy, it's like an impermanent and ever-changing process with a life and autonomy of its own, so to speak. Is this your experience as well?
Yes, really helpful. For various reasons I’m trying to adopt a position of radical acceptance, hopefully removing or at least decreasing the cognitive dissonance between ’it should be like this’ and ‘but it’s actually like this, so I have to take action to make it right.’ It really is so hard remembering in the moment that absolutely every thought is really just a thought, an opinion your brain has adopted about the world and nothing more… I probably need to do something about that. 😉🙏❤️
I think I get what you’re saying in the absolute sense, but in the relative sense, this feels similar to the neo-Advaita attitude IMO. When you say “there's no big decision to make - there's no practicer; there's no decision maker - and then a practice may materialize; it may not but it doesn't actually matter”, how is this different from “there’s nothing to do and no one to do it”? Is this really a helpful orientation to have for those of us who haven’t yet awakened? Practice matters and some practices will work better for me than others, right? So isn’t there value in feeling some motivation to determine which ones seem likely to work better for me?
Good question. The difference is the context in which it is spoken, the frequency at which one speaks in this way and whether the relative view as well as where the relative and absolute as not two are clear to the speaker. The experience/realization of non-doership is a very real thing. To overlook it I’d to miss something fundamental to realization.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thanks! Sure, I’m not the doer, thinker, or decision maker, but the experience of doing, thinking, and decision making is still here, isn’t it? If so, can’t the thought of “A decision needs to be made on what to wear today and how to practice” be experienced here as well, even for someone who’s deeply realized?
@@RyanBowcutt the thought can be experienced but there is nothing it refers to, no fixation or contraction. When someone is in the binding trap of mind described in this video, that is precisely not the case, rather, the belief that there is some or something that thought refers to IS what causes the binding, fixation, delusion.
Right now I'm in the process of getting hired. But I don't know if I want to take the job or not. How do I know If I want it or not withouth thinking about it - deciding. I think I'll have to listen to this video at least one more time :D
I have had small insights about the nature of the self, but I haven't had a grand awakening, so take my perspective for what it is. In my opinion, the practices of letting go of thoughts and finding the silence within are good for seeking the ultimate truth. I wouldn't let go of thoughts in worldly matters. You have a mind that is meant to fulfill tasks. Take the idea of using one's legs to move from here to there, for example. In reality, there is no "there", there is only the "here". But we wouldn't use this as an excuse to stop using our legs, right? Same goes for the mind. It's good to remember that the mind operates with illusory and false material, but don't throw the baby with the bathwater. The mind can be used in a lot of useful and wonderful ways, even if eventually it's just an illusion. The entire universe is just an illusion, and yet it has its uses.
Crap! 😮 I need to make a decision here. I need to get to the bottom of these emotions. I need to find someone to help point me towards the core of the problem. And then you say this?!? 😮😢 😅 These are thoughts I'm having right now. I recognize the thoughts. ❤
What if we're not trying to think but to see thought (woo hoo anything that happens inside your nut) as just that. Drink up and notice how the cup is now empty. Be well. 💛
In these cases, I had no thoughts about a decision here, but thoughts like: why is this feeling here, from where is it coming? Should we not investigate in this, to get aware of the cause?
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Yes it's simply a thought, but when I can get aware of the root of this thought, I can maybe see a false belief from which this thought is coming. So the wrong belief can be changed. For me it seems to be worthy to investigate deeper in the thoughts and not say "ok it's only a thought" and ignore the thought.
Simply 2 be= actually almost our real state...though even that is 2 much...we just gotten absorbed by this Mind Maya...this thoughtplay= quiet a looping here. Whatever one really yearns lays beyond a matter mind...I have it always in the nagual realm...but Zen the sun rise...lol
Hehe should have heard this yesterday night 😂 I fell into this Exact trap! Should I experience this feeling or go into a more detached I am… but didn’t notice it is just a thought!!! Hehehe 🎉
Hello Angelo, Thanks for your videos. How can I investigate the taken for granted beliefs that I have about by myself (For instance, that I'm someone in here experiencing a world that's out there) on a more fundamental and experiential level? I find that I get sucked back into thought once I initiate investigation. Thank you for your help.
I don't understand what you say, I have important decisions to make every now and then and I can assure you it is not an illusion because they have repercussions on my life and other people's lives around me. You surely can say "my" life and other "people" lives do not exist but it still would be a "point of view" not a reality.
Of course you're saying that. Bro is recommending passivity hard like it's his main purpose in life. Why? Just let the pain be there without doing anything? Depressed people do that and they end up dead, surely that approach slaps.
No one “ends up dead” in that situation. If someone commits suicide they very much took some decisive action, and specifically to not feel a certain way anymore.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake if they only felt better they wouldn't suicide. Not everyone can withstand emotional pain, noone likes to feel like shit, feeling like shit long term is pointless, feeling good in the future and being able to do something about it is the hopeful positive thing
@@Ballsmasher69420 the future is a mental construct, staying in the mind is not feeling, not feeling leads to more repression and depression, on and on.
Hi Angelo!👋 I am so grateful for this video and as usual you are just in point with whats going on inside me in the last few days! Thank you very much for making this videos which are extremely valuable for us🫶🤗 In the last few months you posted a video very similar to this one in which you said something to the effect of "If you don't know what to do anymore let it all go..." I can't seem to find it anymore although I've been reviewing them. I was wondering if you could point me to what it was called? Or anyone else who remembers.
Ironically, my solution was that "it's just a thought", but this was my attempt to fix something and it didn't work. I was still resisting what is.
Teach me to surrender...that's what I say when my mind starts spinning.
The Mind and Ego seeks a pathway to a spiritual enlightenment. Stories are generated to emphasize the urgency. It’s just a dream. The Dream and the Dreamer are the same. IMHO.
YES! Exactly what's been happening here since seeing through no-self. And yes, no immediate release but so grateful for this pointer. Just amazing how strong and real thoughts/intellect can be/seem. 🙏💞
Angelo how you were able to figure this awakening shit out by just hearing a few words from a substitute teacher and reading some passages in a book about other people’s experiences without having resources to the internet like we do today is freaking beyond me… kudos
Grace
Lots of suffering
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake suffering points to enlightenment; therefore, enlightenment is inevitable.
If there is suffering, then one is pointed to enlightenment. If there is no suffering, then one is already enlightened. This is the view I've come to as of current.
First of all thank you deeply 🙏. The doer ship appears to be "in the process of being let go of... I guess 😅" after days of emense contracted emotional pain what felt like just staring into/at it wth no more "tools", a big release came last night.. Deep breathing into and lots of tears, shaking🤯🥰. So much relief came, revealing direct potency and deep grounding that feels like everything is in beyond just good hands 😅. 🙏 Blessings 💞
💗We are all the hands of One, however altruistic or mischievous or outright cruel and evil 😈😇
Yeah, just watching and experiencing and feeling everything, without choice!
Wow, I was crying because of some sort of relief. I felt really overwhelmed these past couple of days/weeks, with this place of not knowing what to do, because having plans, doing things, knowing what to do, made less and less sense. But that space I dropped into felt so tense. I tried to be with it as best I could but there was so often the thought of I can't bare this and I couldn't detach well from it. Now, listening to you talk about this thought construct of the doer I am realizing that although the doer was questioned and not in full operating mode anymore, it was still very much present in this space, building up the tension, that there needs to be a way to figure out how to best be with this, how to navigate all of it. - Just hearing what you were saying, I gave myself permission to not have to do anything about what's happening currently. There is really no decision or practice I need to figure out. And I can see now, how much pressure there was present for me "to do it right". The relief really came with that realization, I can't do it wrong, i am not doing it or need to do it at all. Wow! - I'd say, that's freedom right here, until that doership creeps up on me again ;) But that's just a thought....
Thank you @plant love your words have greatly helped me I’m also struggling with doership and decisions and feeling like I’m hiding shameful behaviour which makes it even more charged. Anyway your comment resonated so thank you ❤
@@emilymacgregor4068 Thank you for your appreciation. It's lovely how we all participate in this, resonating with one another here in the comments. - Thank you for taking the time to write your words out, it makes me feel less alone in this process and in commenting.
OMG, Angelo. This is exactly what was needed to be heard right now! Thank you!
You are so welcome
Very precious pointer. Thank you very much Angelo 🙏💖
You always say the perfect words at the perfect time. Much Love 🤘
Your videos are always helpful. 😊 I find it’s the mind wanting to grab and hold onto itself. Because there isn’t anything else to hang on to; if the mind can convince itself of being a doer…then it exists.
I recognize this very much! Thank you for shining light on it. It's very helpful ♡
I laughed while listening because it felt as if you had looked into my mind 😄
Thank you, what a wonderful reminder! ✨
So I’m hearing this right now as , I don’t have to decide if I trust someone or believe them. I don’t have to decide if they are authentic. This is something I struggle w in a minute by minute basis and it’s exhausting. So if I don’t have to decide if they aren’t trust worthy then that means I can just hear what I want without worrying if it’s wrong, which would automatically make me wrong. Which must be avoided at all costs. So decisions must be made about how I go about not making these mistakes and being wrong.
This is helpful
If you’re in your head about whether you can trust people or not on an ongoing basis, you will be looking through a filter that wiki distort your perception of them, bc you’re not seeing what’s there but rather you are seeing what you fear and are trying to avoid. When you see people clearly they will pretty literally tell you who they are in various ways, then the boundaries will be obvious.
Super insightful Angelo. One thought assumes there is a problem and other series of thoughts tries to resolve it. Mind talking to mind. Nothing to do with me in actuality.
Very, very, very helpful. This is the feeling of having the brakes on. And also the response to the feeling of having the brakes on. It’s a loop. This is what I’ve been trying to figure out for a while now (ironically 😂) and I couldn’t see it or hear it because I didn’t want to see it or hear it. 😱
Deep gratitude Angelo! This feeling of disempowerment, doubt and confusion came to my life about 30 years ago.. when I heard you explaining it, it brought tears.. it resonated so deeply.. Different traumatising events in life got me to this point.. 30 years ago I was into many forms of art and creativity and now I feel drained.. to suppress all that I got into addiction.. now in the process of getting out of addiction.. with all that baggage the yearning to awake is very strong.. I don’t know if I could picture the mess I am right now.. this is how it feels and knowing it is a thought, helps a bit but not that much to get me out of it! Do you have a retreat or a course focus on this? I think I need more guidance around this.. Knowing it is a thought doesn’t feel enough.. many many thanks! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
The stronger the identification the longer it takes to dis identify and may not feel like you are doing it right but just keep on recognizing it as just a thought and overtime it will loose energy at least this is what I’ve noticed
Thank you, so relevant for me
The heart sutra is one of the sharpest pointer I found= most helphed me 2 Awake and keep calm...not getting 2 grazy...of course a real Master also hits it off.
Thank you so much. Definitely still working on this one
I often :) don’t know if your videos are for us who have not awakened yet or for those who are way further along this path. I feel the same about your book. The first part spoke to me but then now it’s talking about way further down the line and it’s so uncomfortable to be this confused.
Relax and notice the discomfort you're feeling right now. Really look at it. It's just a thought. That process is ongoing from now through liberation. Awakening is when it shifts into high gear. The content of this video is less important than your discomfort: that's what you can be present with.
@@Acimmetry ok
I have the same experience… I go in and out of understanding while reading. Something that has helped with the confusion is that I read it as if I don’t need to understand. I think maybe some part of me understands and it will all unfold as it needs to. I feel as though my mind just wants to understand and that’s where and why I’m stuck so the less my mind can hold onto the better.
I have no clue if I’m doing the right thing but it’s just what’s been happening while reading.
@@mistihooten2682 I kinda tried that and I think maybe you’re right my mind doesn’t need to understand so I just keep reading… then after a while my brain acts like a 2 year old and says Omg stop reading! 😠
So I’m doing paperwork instead and pondering 🤦🏼♀️
@@Acimmetry But you could say that in response to literally any concern, so it’s not really a substantive response - it’s just dodging and dismissing the concern. If one’s ability to understand and know how to apply content doesn’t matter, then why bother creating or consuming the content at all?
Spot on, thank you
clear, practical, relevant and yet so easy to overlook. Thanks for deconstructing this fixation with such precision!
Great guidance Angelo! Thanks for the clarification!
Wow.. this was exactly happening to me .. thank you!!
Thats it! Yes! Thanksgiving you.❤😃
Thank you for the heads up
Angelo, you speak here slower than usual and independent of the content of what is being said, it makes it easier to listen to and it even changes the way I breath while listening, it changes the frequency 😊 Interesting to see that. Just sharing☺
Spot on... As always!
Today I learned:
Don’t stick it in the gapless gap…
An impossible pinch point…
That we may feel determined as all hell to jam into!
Sticking a stick into the spokes is the joke 😁
Steering without veering is ever revering 😇
geez. Thank you! Right on point. Wish this had came out earlier.
Plus I love your background picture and music. Don’t why anyone could complain about them. Guess ppl’s tastes can be very diverse
suuuuper helpful!
YES, SO helpful; much more clarity on how thought can bring about seeming duality. And yes, these WERE my most COMMON thought types! (but not as much now). THANK YOU - for ALL your materials!
It’s ‘doer die.’
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Thanks!
Thank you!
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Wow, that's timely and helpful!
Glad it was helpful!
The background reminds me of one of the first horror movies I've seen. It was called "Hellraiser", and in couple of scenes there was this labyrinth seen from the above.
Thank you man! ❤ Yes it's precisely the problem I have been experiencing.
In a wierd way the challenge is the path. Like the challenging emotion arises with a belief in the controller who should be doing something but that entirety of the situation is the invitation to see the nature of the controller. Is it real... But sooo subtle before you made it obvious. Thank you ❤
Very helpful 🙏
Even observing a thought is a thought 🫠
BINGO!🙏
Thank you. It's slippery. This could also occur when inquiry is approached in a forced way, I think. I mean specifically when doing emotional work.
"I want to let go of the thought that I am a doer". Isn't that in and of itself a thought? And doesn't the act of "letting go" entail agency, desire and expectation?
Prayer and intention work differently, it seems. Expectations are best not to be had, at the same time.
When you watch a movie...can you let go of something from the movie, or does it take effort to watch...do you have to make a decision about how to proceed? There's nothing to let go of... and who cares about the thought that I have to let go of the "I'm a doer" thoughts? Who cares anyway? 🤔 Maybe another thought????
@@birgit8996 It does take effort to watch the movie if it creates boredom in me, or if I'm tired and low on energies. And the effort is something that I find meaningful in that it shows that the mind is plastic (as is the body), and we can create powerful conditionings that may be meaningful and of value, depending on the situation. And I do think there is plenty of material within ourselves to let go of. So many of our habits drain us of our energy and vitality, and when we unconsciously indulge in them, we have more difficulties connecting with our inner truth. A body and a mind that constantly find gratification in worldly pleasures are a satisfied body and mind, which means that they are not going to get out of the way in order to allow a deeper truth to come out.
@SMZC
Exactly, that's how it is.......and all that is written are thoughts......are thoughts truth?......What remains if all these thoughts are not believed?
Try it!!!!
What is boredom without a thought about boredom? What does boredom look like, show me😉
@@birgit8996 Well, once we let go of thoughts there can still be plenty of material present. Boredom kind of has an energetic signature to it that is unmistakable, even if you let go of labeling it as "boredom" with a thought. The same goes for more extreme forms of negative energetic experiences, such as depression. It is often said that depression is the cause of identifying ourselves with a very negative stream of thoughts, but that isn't my experience. One can let go of such negative thoughts, but the energetic experience of depression can have a life of its own and act on its own. Same goes for positive experiences. When you feel joy without thought there is only joy, it's like an impermanent and ever-changing process with a life and autonomy of its own, so to speak.
Is this your experience as well?
Seeking naughty egos in my neighborhood 😂
Angelo! keep the beard going! 🙌
Yes, really helpful. For various reasons I’m trying to adopt a position of radical acceptance, hopefully removing or at least decreasing the cognitive dissonance between ’it should be like this’ and ‘but it’s actually like this, so I have to take action to make it right.’
It really is so hard remembering in the moment that absolutely every thought is really just a thought, an opinion your brain has adopted about the world and nothing more… I probably need to do something about that. 😉🙏❤️
It's like trying to become.
I think I get what you’re saying in the absolute sense, but in the relative sense, this feels similar to the neo-Advaita attitude IMO. When you say “there's no big decision to make - there's no practicer; there's no decision maker - and then a practice may materialize; it may not but it doesn't actually matter”, how is this different from “there’s nothing to do and no one to do it”? Is this really a helpful orientation to have for those of us who haven’t yet awakened? Practice matters and some practices will work better for me than others, right? So isn’t there value in feeling some motivation to determine which ones seem likely to work better for me?
Good question. The difference is the context in which it is spoken, the frequency at which one speaks in this way and whether the relative view as well as where the relative and absolute as not two are clear to the speaker. The experience/realization of non-doership is a very real thing. To overlook it I’d to miss something fundamental to realization.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thanks! Sure, I’m not the doer, thinker, or decision maker, but the experience of doing, thinking, and decision making is still here, isn’t it? If so, can’t the thought of “A decision needs to be made on what to wear today and how to practice” be experienced here as well, even for someone who’s deeply realized?
@@RyanBowcutt the thought can be experienced but there is nothing it refers to, no fixation or contraction. When someone is in the binding trap of mind described in this video, that is precisely not the case, rather, the belief that there is some or something that thought refers to IS what causes the binding, fixation, delusion.
Right now I'm in the process of getting hired. But I don't know if I want to take the job or not. How do I know If I want it or not withouth thinking about it - deciding. I think I'll have to listen to this video at least one more time :D
If you ask yourself that question, you might find the answer too
I have had small insights about the nature of the self, but I haven't had a grand awakening, so take my perspective for what it is.
In my opinion, the practices of letting go of thoughts and finding the silence within are good for seeking the ultimate truth. I wouldn't let go of thoughts in worldly matters. You have a mind that is meant to fulfill tasks. Take the idea of using one's legs to move from here to there, for example. In reality, there is no "there", there is only the "here". But we wouldn't use this as an excuse to stop using our legs, right? Same goes for the mind. It's good to remember that the mind operates with illusory and false material, but don't throw the baby with the bathwater. The mind can be used in a lot of useful and wonderful ways, even if eventually it's just an illusion. The entire universe is just an illusion, and yet it has its uses.
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Crap! 😮
I need to make a decision here.
I need to get to the bottom of these emotions.
I need to find someone to help point me towards the core of the problem.
And then you say this?!? 😮😢
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These are thoughts I'm having right now.
I recognize the thoughts. ❤
Very nice!!
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Yeah, but....
What if we're not trying to think but to see thought (woo hoo anything that happens inside your nut) as just that. Drink up and notice how the cup is now empty. Be well. 💛
In these cases, I had no thoughts about a decision here, but thoughts like: why is this feeling here, from where is it coming? Should we not investigate in this, to get aware of the cause?
Perhaps, depends on what you’re up to. Working toward kensho you should recognize that even “I’m curious about this….” Is simply a thought
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Yes it's simply a thought, but when I can get aware of the root of this thought, I can maybe see a false belief from which this thought is coming. So the wrong belief can be changed. For me it seems to be worthy to investigate deeper in the thoughts and not say "ok it's only a thought" and ignore the thought.
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What is it,that wants to investigate deeper into thoughts?
@@birgit8996 I think the mind. The mind wants to understand itself better. And consciousness helps here to get this understanding.
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can consciousness understand?…..What is understanding?See what you know with absolute certainty❣️
nice,....I guess it's a case for listening to the voice of the Holy Spirit (=buddhi)....
Simply 2 be= actually almost our real state...though even that is 2 much...we just gotten absorbed by this Mind Maya...this thoughtplay= quiet a looping here.
Whatever one really yearns lays beyond a matter mind...I have it always in the nagual realm...but Zen the sun rise...lol
What’s your input on pineal gland?
Is that ZDogg in the background?
Angelo can you make "super thanks" payable with pay pal?
Hi, well unfortunately the RUclips platform structures all of that, I have no way of changing anything.
Hehe should have heard this yesterday night 😂 I fell into this Exact trap!
Should I experience this feeling or go into a more detached I am… but didn’t notice it is just a thought!!! Hehehe 🎉
This guy is so full of ego. I just sense a huge ego in this guy, more then other commercial gurus.
Hello Angelo,
Thanks for your videos.
How can I investigate the taken for granted beliefs that I have about by myself (For instance, that I'm someone in here experiencing a world that's out there) on a more fundamental and experiential level?
I find that I get sucked back into thought once I initiate investigation. Thank you for your help.
So, if there's no decision maker, then how the hell does one function??? this is mind boggling. Obviously... I suppose there is no conceptual answer(
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I don't understand what you say, I have important decisions to make every now and then and I can assure you it is not an illusion because they have repercussions on my life and other people's lives around me. You surely can say "my" life and other "people" lives do not exist but it still would be a "point of view" not a reality.
Sounds like Taoism
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Of course you're saying that. Bro is recommending passivity hard like it's his main purpose in life. Why? Just let the pain be there without doing anything? Depressed people do that and they end up dead, surely that approach slaps.
No one “ends up dead” in that situation. If someone commits suicide they very much took some decisive action, and specifically to not feel a certain way anymore.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake if they only felt better they wouldn't suicide. Not everyone can withstand emotional pain, noone likes to feel like shit, feeling like shit long term is pointless, feeling good in the future and being able to do something about it is the hopeful positive thing
@@Ballsmasher69420 the future is a mental construct, staying in the mind is not feeling, not feeling leads to more repression and depression, on and on.
This was helpfull. Great angle to work on
Hi Angelo!👋 I am so grateful for this video and as usual you are just in point with whats going on inside me in the last few days! Thank you very much for making this videos which are extremely valuable for us🫶🤗
In the last few months you posted a video very similar to this one in which you said something to the effect of "If you don't know what to do anymore let it all go..." I can't seem to find it anymore although I've been reviewing them. I was wondering if you could point me to what it was called? Or anyone else who remembers.
Thanks!