A Wizard Awakens! No Really... It Happened!!

Erik Ireland of ListenToSleep.com was kind enough to join me for an interview about the fundamental alteration in identity he experienced yesterday morning :)
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[@ListenToSleep]

Thank you, Angelo. For all of it.💖

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You’re very welcome my friend

[@keena1487]

Hey Erik, I’ve been playing your meditations for my kiddos at night. My older son is a huge (little) outdoorsman and he LOVES hearing you talk about the mountains. His name is Bo, so he also loves your dog’s name. ❤

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@keena1487 !!! I love that

[@keena1487]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 🥰 So I read something today that was directly related to Erik talking about resistance in this video and I thought it was really profound, so I think I’ll share it here for any commenters that might see it. The Barrier Is Also God Think for a moment of anything you perceive as an obstacle to your own realization - mental restlessness, conditioning, fear, desire, self-contraction, resistance. I’m sure the list is fairly long… But if the ultimate truth is that there is only One, not two, than all these apparent obstacles must in fact be manifestations of the very same One you believe they are keeping you from seeing and knowing. In other words, if the walls are made of the very thing you are seeking, then there really are no walls, right? Maybe these apparent obstacles are none other than the very thing you long to touch. Whether you appear to be lost in the frothy waves of life or submerged in the still depths below, wake up and realize that you can never be apart from the Sea. ~ too intimate for words, John Astin

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@keena1487 thanks for sharing

[@noelletangelder]

Erik Ireland: What a sparkling, beautiful and clear eyes! I wish he was my nextdoor neighbor😉Thanks for sharing this message, both Angelo and Erik 🙏🏽🤍

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Right? Do t you just want to take a stroll in the woods with him and Bodhi ?

[@noelletangelder]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake ohhh yesss, please 😄

[@CasenJames]

"I look back and it's all so perfect" 🥰😇 Grace is a beautiful thing and once you see it, it's all you see. A wonderful interview, thanks, Erik!

[@geoffreylevens9045]

So good! I loved the last bits, just a couple guys sitting, breathing, then laughing, then sitting some more. "Do whatever you want..." then gales of laughter. Just classic. I'm running out of superlatives to comment on these conversations.

[@Kim-sherie]

Oh I love this❤️ this is incredibly adorable to watch. This is such a graceful conversation on so many levels and the rawness of Erik’s realisation is so beautiful. I just want to sit with him and feel it, he has a warm and tender heart that is so rare. I’m so happy for him, thank you both for bringing this to light.❤️💕

[@amberdriesman4751]

So happy for Erik! I was looking to rewatch the original interview and found this instead. What a gift! Thank you both for sharing the joy and laughter ❤

[@uveritelnekrasnabelievably8414]

Meee too !!!!!! Looking for origanal one and got here. How lovely ❤

[@ambermarie24]

I’m really loving all of these awakening interviews you’ve been posting. It’s seriously helping to motivate me to practice self-inquiry and meditation even more. Thank you for all that you do!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Glad you like them! More to Come!

[@codedlAnguage]

Amazing ❤ new levels ❤

[@veronicapalermo2599]

Wow. I have come back to watching your videos recently after a break and was thinking how I haven't really seen any of these awakening stories that truly stir something within me (I have been rewatching some over the past few days). Then THIS shows up. Thank you for sharing your story, Erik. It's like pure love is radiating from you. Just hearing your words and watching you as you describe THIS was powerful! Thank you! 🙏

[@rulamazigi5839]

This is beautiful, thank you. What a wonderful sharing of awakening.

[@VioletSynergy]

Erik is so cute!!! I want to make friends with him.

[@ListenToSleep]

Let's be friends! 🤗💖🌈

[@OsnapitzSam1]

13:00 Angelos laugh in the back got me 😭😂😂

[@macparker3549]

Just finished listening to the interview Erik did with you a month or so ago. Really loved the depth and sincerity of his questions at that time. So happy for him to have this opening. Excited to listen…

[@TheHuskySanctuary]

Interesting. I started having tinnitus after my father’s passing in march 2020 and it became louder after my beloved dog passing in march 2021. Although I got myself checked by a doctor, I never felt it as being a medical condition. it sounds to me more like a call to Wake up from or to something… it’s kind of like an alarm clock that I can’t snooze.

[@maryamsh28]

So happy for him. This was pure joy to watch! There were great pointers throughout the video as well. Thanks Angelo!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I agree, thanks for watching

[@anncairns1099]

Angelo, you pay attention to your friends and keep our questions in the back of your mind - tying into guests, friends and fellow philosophers ❤️😊👍

[@MrSimonj1970]

What everyone said! I've been seeking for over 10 years seriously, and I've never been so certain that the I'm on the right path at last. No rush, but I'm ready to jump now. Thanks both for the interview. I'm going to watch a few more times.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Awesome, glad to hear it!

[@lisajayne9523]

I am not awake and in fact have been in a period of great suffering. I have had moments of how I believe it’s supposed to be. It’s so beautiful but then I pop back into traumaland. I totally agree with Erik about humans taking a wrong turn somewhere back down the line. I fully believe that the reality that the two of you are in as how we are all supposed to be. Great video! ❤

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Stay tuned ! 🕳 🐰

[@BlossomVpiano]

Hi Angelo. What an amazing interview. Thank you. I have experienced this shift before. As I am listening to this video now, all of a sudden I am experiencing this again. My body also has tinnitus, at 8:17 of this video, I feel same as your guest Erik.. I am feeling the ONEness. 🙏💙🙏🥰💃💃💃💃💃🙏💙🙏 I am charging my Kindle. It's time to continue reading your book 📖 . Nameste.🙏🙏 Ps: for any musicians out there, your music will also evolve in pure consciousness. Playing without efforting, without self criticism, without self judgment ..... Where every note sounds the way it should (I know this is a wrong adjective to use. I can't think of a way to describe this). There is no such thing as wrong notes. 🙏🎹🎵🎼🙏

[@Ballsmasher69420]

There are wizards in this realm? 😳 What lvl?

[@bumbleah]

Love it “Do whatever you want” 😂

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Me too, my favorite part of the interview.

[@emmar3410]

I heard on an Edge of Mind podcast of a remote tribe of people who do not have a concept of past or future - they live in the now. Their language is sung like music. Sorry I forgot the name. Lovely interview. So happy for him. X

[@violettemartinez7796]

Thanks again Angelo, every interview is so helping, bringuing a different perception or way to put it in words: This guy is beautiful. One thing important I get here is: I have no choice on when, how, does the shift happen for me, but I' have the choice to say" OK, Life decides, but I am ready for it, even if I'm afraid to let everything go and jump ."

[@yasminel-hakim4348]

again, I’m so happy for Erik and I really enjoyed seeing him laughing and being so so happy ❤️ I guess his dog is saying to himself now: good, finally my buddy came to his senses! I’ll never give up, I’m on my way to join you. Thank you Angelo for everything 🙏❤️ Thank you Erik for sharing with us 🙏❤️

[@macparker3549]

Somehow these interviews just bring “this” so close. From the first time I heard you doing the interview with Simcha, to Eshwar to Yin and many more since, content-wise these interviews touch me like nothing else. Everything feels closer, the fire intensifies, the calm grows deeper. Deeply grateful to you both… 🌻🙏💜🪶

[@AbscentOrange]

Oh shit, I literally was going to write an email to you AD where I was going to ask about small glimpses that have been happening more frequently, and exactly what Erik says about getting some abrupt pointing - a couple times this weekend a was listening to a Paul Hedderman talk that literally stopped me in my tracks - because I SAW what he was saying in an experience from like 23 years ago, but for whatever reason it wasn’t time, but in all three of these recent moments it was a different flavor of ‘getting it’, like a thick layer of paint was removed, but apparently its not time - exactly how Erik said it! I didn’t send the email yesterday… then this gets uploaded…. Seriously, how does make any sense.

[@macparker3549]

Maybe it all makes sense? 🤨😁🌻

[@AbscentOrange]

@@macparker3549 I have stopped trying to understand most of it, I am seeing how the more you go with the flow, you have way more perspective to see how it fits together. It’s on the days where I try to control everything that my perspective shrinks WAY down.

[@kennyburch]

I love this conversation, brings tears to my eyes

[@francesb-p2441]

me too.

[@Mitch.Sanker]

Sparkling eyes full of life 🤩

[@humanbeing4995]

Thank you for sharing. 💛💛💛

[@ducatikiller]

It’s booting up on a fresh SSD drive and being able to access the data on the old analogue HD and look at it. Dispassionately. Beautiful. First sight. First sound. Familiar yet new…authentic. Vulnerable. Thank you for sharing Eric. Love to you.

[@flyingsneetch]

I love this man. Love his energy, and especially his advice: Do whatever you want! ❤😂

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Right? He’s coming out with a course in finding and following your own life myth based on the Hero’s journey !!

[@flyingsneetch]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake so curious to know what that means!

[@williamhutchinson8881]

I think I'm in some middle ground right now. My thoughts have .1% of the power they used to. Life seems 99.99% perfect, but from these descriptions, I can tell there is something greater. I think I jumped in 1/10 of the way and then thought "freak yeah, I'm doing it." and then got kicked out. Not really worried and kinda know what I need to do. If life goes like this forever, it will still be perfect, but I'll still keep trying to get fully enlightened for now. I'll start singing bon jovi or whoever did "Might as well jump" for now. lol

[@GetMeThere1]

I hope your materials spread far and wide. You are providing a totally AUTHENTIC transmission, based on the many YEARS of personal "work" you have done. The last two videos of yours that I've watched have given me two CRUCIAL pointers/methods. The first is "vulnerability" -- which is really nothing other than thorough-going "internal" honesty and self-forgiveness. The second is "experiencing is enough." You directly said "experiencing is enough in order to awaken." Putting those two together as the foundation of my meditation is like putting things into high gear. It's like a direct shortcut path to awakening, as it feels to me. Thank you for everything you've done for so many.

[@macparker3549]

Beautifully said!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

🌿

[@infinitenothingness]

I've had this feeling of directness/intimacy and *presence* several times during very profound and extremely mystical/surreal experiences on Psychedelics. 🍄 One just giggles for a while and the mind clearly sees non-duality and boundless unity with everything: *the creator and the created*. However, this complete understanding seems to dissipate through the remainder of the "trip", then fades. For a few days: you are living in a state of bliss, and you know that you contacted Truth, but can't put your finger on it (or your mind refuses to accept/integrate). 🧘‍♂️ True, Angelo. [18:32] Love the moment. 💙 Each moment is a true blessing and each individual a divine being🙏

[@sheevaelyassi]

Angelo, I am really enjoying your book and watching your videos. Thank you and sending love ❤️ Erik, thank you for sharing this, so beautiful to hear and so pleased for you. Love love ❤️

[@basilechatelain965]

listening to that I feel so blessed to have awaken without any practice without even really knowing anything about it before... Beautiful to see the pure bliss and joy in your eyes Erik ! So deeply happy for you !!!

[@Pam74055]

Okay, I had to pause this at 15:31 - Yes it was scary! I had zero clue what I was doing 🤣Congratulations Erik! So happy for you - Angelo, you are a gift! Alright, I will continue watching .....

[@noelletangelder]

Yes, Angelo is a exceptional gift. 😇He also lives up to his name😇☺

[@MK7of7of7of7]

Right on time no kidding. I'm feeling awed and humble and a tad resentful here and there. I'm new Here. Yes! Addiction or the truth about addiction led to lessons of Wizard of Oz. don't know much except I can't stop this, can't run away, won't turn back, no where to go. People may not be understanding me, its ok. I've got some miles on this 60's model like the silver fox in this video. Thank you Loved "not a nice person, but a loving person" Why does that sound (feel) so different said this way vs that way. Nice.

[@wes_1001]

beautiful

[@sheadailey3155]

Thought forms are invisible like a fog that can distort and color experience when believed

[@RichardBoyer]

Love you guys thanks

[@tonyt1551]

Dripping with authenticity. I love it. So happy for him.

[@Jules-yk8uo]

Wow Erik,I’m feeling your beautiful happiness , what a feeling your giving off , Beautiful just beautiful ❤

[@katiestibbs]

Oh watching this filled me with joy..I am so so happy for Eric, this conversation moved me to tears . I've just found you and joined the retreat last week. I just want to say thank you thank you 💗🙏

[@rudrashakti1466]

Really Heart opening listening to this radiant gentleman. Thanks 4 sharing.

[@FromRuinRise]

The sparkle in his eyes, is a window, I could look through all day

[@kimtaylor4480]

So awesome! Thanks for posting this Angelo and Erik. ❤️

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Our pleasure!

[@StuartJ]

32 years seeking for me, so another 3 years maybe. 😑

[@mat.se57]

Maybe not. Inquire who or what is seeking. It’s very simple ✌️🙏🕉️ Jesus said those who seek shall find and so it is! ❤️☀️

[@StuartJ]

@@mat.se57 Meh, Jesus was wrong. There is nothing to seek.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I think we can reduce it to 2.5 😉

[@mat.se57]

@@StuartJ Maybe look a little closer and not for a yes or no. Maybe its both 🕳✌

[@StuartJ]

@@mat.se57 Stuart gets annoyed when told to look harder. Angry even ¯\_(ツ)_/¯

[@tim2269]

"And now the comment section is gone" ...wow

[@orangoetan2967]

Don't give up. Or do give up. Do whatever you want! They radiant ease and happiness was a joy to watch. Thank you both ❤

[@didiermaj8330]

Beautiful talk! Wondering the questions and living the answer ❤

[@andrewodonnell7126]

The best part is seeing how joyful you very obviously are

[@geoffschmidt1944]

Really grateful for all of this. I really feel the desperate avoidance, 'working so hard running away from my greatest desire'!

[@life13525]

Thanks for saying this about the resistance...what a fallacy! I even heard some teacher once say if there is resistance at the bottom you wont awaken..

[@3qguru]

It's great to see people waking up. But the mind loves to grab onto the story of the awakening experience.

[@macparker3549]

The mind also likes to discount the story of the awakening experience.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Strangely it does both... behind door number three...

[@3qguru]

@@macparker3549 interesting how you perceived that as discounting the story. Someone else like me finds the story inspiring and thats the point of holding for me. The need to feel inspired...

[@lukystaify]

the comment section is gone :D love it, what next is just a thought :) ou man so nourishing :D thank you for this, this is the lovelyest edge :D

[@larolddunahey]

I literally came across and watched the original interview yesterday..... And now this. Very encouraging! I love this wizard.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

!!!

[@sheevaelyassi]

This was so beautiful to listen to, thank you both! ❤️

[@ganazby]

Wonderful! I am smiling all over.

[@arongamman9360]

It!

[@karen6778]

😄😄😄 wonderful!! 🙏💕

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Glad you enjoyed it

[@veroniquearyan7994]

Beautiful exchange. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@paulkininmonth6972]

You two have just ruined MY future - thanks a lot!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

😂

[@paulkininmonth6972]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Suddenly My life’s a joke, hey!

[@vdboor]

comparing this interview with the previous one.. so lovely. That's a different person sitting there!

[@wormsnebraska]

I’m so happy about this; he did seem like he was on the verge of it during his interview with you 🎉

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

i agree

[@peppiconstance6993]

Lovely talk going on Here. Can someone answer my question? What 2 types of enquiry was he referring too? Thank you 🙏

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Natural meditation and self inquiry as described in my book

[@JoSpring]

🤣🤣🤣🤣 I love him. My thoughts are a vapor lately.

[@Sashas-mom]

This was absolutely beautiful ❤ Wow thank you.

[@gracefrazier4775]

Gratitude.

[@jamesstaggs4160]

I'd like to reach the point he did with accepting tinnitus. I've had it for my entire life and if I'm in a quiet place it sounds like a roaring in my ears, like there's a million tiny beings screaming directly into my ears. It's nearly impossible to sleep unless I have some white noise like a box fan. I'd love to bw able to make peace with it.

[@ami156]

35 YEARS , thank god there ain't nowhere to go 😆

[@Darksagan]

Happy for Erik I loved the interview you too did awhile back.

[@Fintan33]

a beautiful thing!

[@birgit8996]

Wonderful✨....there is "love" palpable❤

[@nat998]

Love these interviews as well ❤️... That's a proper Gandalf beard too!! 🧙🏻‍♂️✨💛 Have a fun day, B! 😁

[@birgit8996]

@Nat Yes, adorable✨.....wish you a pleasant "being" too😉

[@nat998]

@@birgit8996 Thank you so much😁... so far, so good!! Take care Birgit, xx😜✨💛

[@billoliver2251]

Erik says "Don't give up. If it takes 35 years it doesn't matter." I'm 68 years old. I doubt I have 35 years left to get there. Oh well.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

A Zen Buddhist might commit, "If it takes 354 lifetimes" The point is the depth of commitment and priority, not the timeframe.

[@sheadailey3155]

It’s happening to me since yesterday. It’s like getting the biggest hug from the universe you’ve ever had 😊

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Awesome

[@Fintan33]

travelling through space as space

[@mat.se57]

Into space 😎

[@MrCas-fq3kt]

Just another lucky man.

[@lcluff3649]

It feels like golden hour all day. ❤

[@thepeacefulway]

This is beautiful. Thank you 🙏

[@spocksdaughter9641]

Precious

[@liviuclipa]

35 years!? I give up haha

[@SkyDancer4LV]

The “Mantra” that arose at the time for me was JUMP! What an act of grace when something fearless within let go. Wonderful news for the speaker. Now for chopping wood & carrying water. Amaho!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Beautiful. It’s amazing the first time you’re shown that the universe is on your side 😊

[@nicolasnake9819]

"Do whatever you want" XD

[@orangoetan2967]

Beautiful ❤

[@gudulajean-christophe5937]

Just Beautiful

[@anncairns1099]

I call thoughts “the minions “😂

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

😂

[@nicowong2428]

willingness

[@KimL101]

Beautiful ❤

[@JoSpring]

🤣🤣🤣🤣😆😆😆😆💕💕💕💕💕💕

[@viktorijevalenta8732]

Voòuu😳amazingly authentic. The looks, the moves, the sound...it all points out that the gentleman really experienced something "else". Joy to watch🙂👌thnx!

[@anncairns1099]

Reminds me when George Clooney disengaged to save a friend, launching himself into the unknown 😊

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Hadn't heard about that... sounds fun!

[@anncairns1099]

The movie Gravity with Sandra Bullock 👍

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@anncairns1099 😂😂😂😂😂 I though it was sone heart warming personal story about the actor, somewhat along the lines of Art Garfunkel

[@plantlove2585]

What a wonderful interview! The transmission is strong. Feeling so in the "soup" just listening to you both. And the laughter resonates. Wow. - I would love a follow up at some point. Thank you, thank you

[@KatmaiBrownBear]

Beautiful ❤💫

[@dipdip2481]

I love this……so joyous……evoking a deep sense of yes…… thank you Erik & Angelo🌟 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻❤

[@anneschiesel5513]

This was so beautiful, as someone who’s been seeking since 19 and am looking at 70 I know I’m in the right place

[@DanielleM-yr4di]

So beautiful. Soothing. Thank you for sharing 💜

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Thanks for listening

[@majjohansen8]

Thank you both. What a beautifull conversation. Sweet, tender, deep touching knowing.

[@themask4536]

Bless you and your friends, the world needs more of these people

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

We’re working on it ;)

[@pamela8148]

Eric in his awakening is just delightful - I enjoyed laughing right along with him! Inspiring!