Daniel Schmidt Interview - Meditation, Self Inquiry, The Pathless Path of Awakening

[@AwakenTheWorldFilm]

Daniel is doing live online retreats broadcast from the Samadhi Center in Canada. Check out the latest schedule here: www.awakentheworld.com/onlineretreats

[@SantaCruzHappy1]

Nice. I really would like to go to an in person retreat when I get back to the east coast. I really like in person stuff.

[@terryrustad1800]

💫

[@hathu-hy8bb]

😊 thank you for your teaching 🙏

[@nevilelifaynali]

The voice behind Samadhi Movies...💫😘

[@Cristinabadias17]

I can see this gentleman has a beautiful Soul

[@jefferythomassmith-zd8tm]

I participated in a 24 hour prayer 7 days a week adoration. I had multiple hours multiple times a week. This was always my most peaceful state and it was because I became the admiration of that to which I prayed. Peace. Mercy. Grace.

[@rb938533]

Thank you. I was today at the Körperwelten Exposition and it remindeds me that we nuture wheres our attention goes. And our brain creates the autobahn😊 to it, so better be conscious where your attention goes and what you consume. Namastè all the best🙏

[@consciousawareness1111]

Love from India❤

[@christopherdiedrich40]

Love from Minnesota ❤🤍💙

[@divine.absolute]

Love from India Kerala.

[@Anthea417]

Love from Italy ❤

[@divine.absolute]

@@Anthea417 I have friends here from Italy!)

[@chaththa85]

Love from Sri Lanka 🤗🙏💛✨

[@AhmedFaragAli]

This video comes at the perfect time. Thanks, Dan for all your great work.

[@helmerkappert5152]

Thank you" Dan" , for guiding me in the right direction. And yes I know I am still falling prey to the ego mind continuosly but your words help me to reconi ze it. Namaste!❤

[@francisdebriey3609]

I always believed that "redemption" or "saving our souls" was about a collective yet individual act. Society, Humanity will save itself when each of us individually saves himself.

[@lucam5387]

This is for me without any doubt your best video! Your sharp clearness and easy way to explain difficult concepts is astounding! Thank you very much

[@roshanisamarasinghe7047]

Many blessings to you and everything you create. This is exactly what I was thinking of looking for. Thank you for sharing so clearly and mindfully.

[@fLOrIaNweInhOlD]

Beautiful! I came across you only now... but this is perfect timing, as we know... watched Inner Worlds, earlier today... now, this interview... really grateful 🙏 it all resonates... especially your genuine authenticity... so refreshing... I know I have been shown the next step on my path. Thank you so much 🙏

[@AndrewFlorkowski-hu3vp]

If there was such a thing as perfection. You have hit the nail on the head, Excellent format, Stalla presentation... Sending your love blessings and respect ♥️🙏☀️x Thank you

[@TheRama1953]

Beautiful lecture of true life

[@tone-lisestenslie3532]

Thank you for all you are doing to share this information. I just finished watching Awakening Mind Part 1 & 2 and it deeply resonates. I appreciate how clearly you communicate, given the limitation of words and concepts. Love from North Dakota.

[@retirosdelamontana]

Muchas Gracias Dan. Por ayudarnos compartiendo tu proceso de sabiduría.

[@KenSoHappyClegg]

Where are others who get all this already? Each of us already living our own version of the reality Daniel is verbally defining. I never meet anyone like this, just me. Thank you Daniel Blessings 💛🙏🤟🏼👴🏼🥞✨️

[@janthonycologero9206]

We need each other but everyone is so afraid of "organizing". Gotta find the balance.

[@erickosterling9118]

What he is describing, happened to me on febreuary 2023. I was meditating with music and sleepy. My Kundalini awakened or something happened i My body start dancing/flowing to the rythm. Then that dancing was not only to music but yo anything i Focus My attention to.

[@lazitazen6882]

You're real. How refreshing ❤ Thank you so much ⚘️

[@juliefearn1384]

Thank u Daniel, love from New Zealand

[@suesun328]

Thank you 💞

[@shanti661]

It is the first time that I listened to such a wonderful Samadhi video which touched me deeply and I thank you Daniel for this great work I will listen to it tomorrow again and my heart is longing to participate on The online retreat 🙏

[@sridev1409]

Thank you Dan! 🙏💖

[@TinhcaBolero1]

May you rise with the dawn, in the light's sweet embrace, Embrace every challenge, with unwavering grace. With each step you take, on this journey you chase, May your dreams be your guide, your heart set the pace. In the face of adversity, let your spirit be strong, As you paint your path brightly, with courage along. With determination as your anchor, you'll belong, To the realm of achievers, where dreams throng. So here's my wish, wrapped in a poetic display, May your aspirations lead you on this fine day. In the pursuit of your goals, come what may, May success be your companion, in every way. 🌟

[@888mabraham]

Most clear and succinct teaching is being transmitted. Thank you Dan 😊

[@carliesymes1365]

Thank you for this gift of giving pointers for something which has no words and cannot be described but is purely experiential. You have explained the best way possible when using language to describe something that cannot be grasped with the mind through conceptual thinking. THANK YOU 🙏🏼

[@Babysteps1000]

Trauma (emotional damage from either prolonged abuse/neglect or catastrophic single event that often happens in/during childhood but can happen as teenager or adult) will understandably cause a craving for safety and pushing away of anything that is perceived as dangerous or whatever makes one feel unsafe, unseen, unheard; not mistreated or neglected…. It makes perfect sense why people grasp or push away… these patterns don’t materialize out of thin air. It takes the time it takes to unwind from this. It’s not an overnight resolution.. it has taken me time to unwind the hell that happened to me. Many techniques have loosened the grip around the pain and I can see and understand how awakening is even remotely possible.. had I encountered this 10 years ago it would have made no sense to me, as I was still trying to unwind from deeply held beliefs and patterns designed to protect me (so I thought, they really were enslaving me but I couldn’t see it through all the pain) …. The patterns of grasping and blocking come for a reason.. often from horrific childhood pain.. children have no capacity to manage the overwhelm of neglect and abuse. We then become adults who can’t manage it either……..until we can….for many it’s a long process.

[@greenthumb8266]

I’m glad you’re working thru it, I’m glad you’re coming into your own being, free from the accumulation of experience/s . I am too, it’s been a many years process, in my fifties now it’s like being alive for the first time. Now I just need to get past a feeling of great sorrow having been trapped in trauma and unable to participate only watch my life go by up until now. Really learning how to live, the things I should’ve learned as a child. Peace and joy to you on your journey.

[@williamcallahan5218]

Trauma can also be a catalyst for waking up. I grew up very isolated, "alone in a crowd" sort of thing. Orphanage, foster homes and all the abandonment issues that life has on offer. But as I got older I came to believe that I was the lucky one. I had a very brief but indelible waking up experience when I was 12 while living in my 3rd foster (I don't like to call them home). I promptly forgot about it because I had no context for it but the experience caused a crack just big enough to let some Light in and it slowly smoldered over the yrs. It became my North Star. After I got a older and saw what my sibs, who I didn't meet till I was 14, were going thru I realized that I was indeed the most fortunate of the 6 of us. I can't even begin to explain how self destructive some of my sibs became because the pain was just too much. They are ALL dead and gone now and I am left with the "story" of "me" and a much healthier perspective on what I am and what I'm not. I am left with gratitude.

[@phoenixpersonified3484]

❤❤❤🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏 need to watch it on a regular basis just as a reminder to myself.

[@hy9235]

I,m spanish and I can write in english but it's very difficult, almost impossible, for me to understand when someone is speaking in english. However I understand almost everything when you speak. That's for me the proof of truth, the sign that shows me that I am on the way to my spiritual goal. Thanks to you, to God and the universe, although everything's the same and I might only say "thank you".

[@zenazen878]

The same here ...sending love from Poland❤❤❤

[@zampiangel3871]

I will say Thank You Every day.

[@zampiangel3871]

YOU ARE ABSOLUTELY RIGHT. GREAT, RESPECTABLE "SWAMI". NAMASKARAN.

[@jackbrennan745]

Can you do a video for after awakening? That would be very helpful! ❤🙏🧘‍♀️✨

[@TheNativoamericano]

Daniel, your clear view is much appreciated on this other end. Let's all be hopeful that this message reaches most of the present humanity. Blessings 🙏🙌✨

[@ankeneu5814]

Sehr informativ und inspirierend,Danke Daniel 🙏🙌❤️ Namasté

[@mjm734]

Thank you Dan. I'm so glad I met you at the August 2019 retreat.

[@carolinecaroline6567]

Yes i suffer less. Thank you Daniel ❤

[@KenSoHappyClegg]

The resolution of worldly conflict is a personal, individual, spiritual process of the conscious embodiment of your soul. If you want all war to end, learn to resolve your own inner conflict. Go within Awaken Blessings 💛🙏🤟🏼👴🏼🥞✨️

[@mariogaido3537]

Forever gratefulness 💙

[@JudithWilsonSpeaking]

Beautiful expressed. This is the experience. Thank you

[@evawilldrive]

The Elegance of Presence.

[@stoianradu2758]

THANK YOU!!!❤

[@markzupsic6453]

Daniels the best teacher on the internet❤❤ watch out for that emptiness it's really close to form there's something going on there bro

[@jonstevens338]

Daniel -.wonderful video - thank you

[@ulrikeguenthercontemporary8558]

very beautiful and profound Daniel❣️Thank you.

[@s.golubovic4310]

I love Dan, such a beautiful soul

[@jimo1294]

"The truth is that we're all one consciousness". The last and best line in this film.

[@eytschmaen]

Maybe because it seems to be the "ultimate truth", which however is a duality in and of itself.

[@parvanehalipouralmajavan8234]

Beautiful ❤thank you sharing your wisdom

[@maheshseshadri490]

Thanks. A beautiful video. His teaching very similar to Shri Ramana Maharshi .

[@zampiangel3871]

Hi Respectable SWAMI SIR U SAVED MY LIFE. THANK YOU SIIR IT IS ALL TRUE.

[@zampiangel3871]

That LAUGH AT THAT END..... YOU ARE JUST SIMPLY AN AWESOME GENIOUS.... ENLIGHTENED....SOME KIND OF MESSENGER... AT LEAST FOR ME.

[@preetimenon1024]

Astounded by the clarity and simplicity of the explanations. A true awakened mind. Salutes.

[@zampiangel3871]

Gracias SWAMI. SOY Puertorriqueño.

[@spiritlevelstudios]

12:55 being who we are 18:00 - 19:31: true nature 33:23 all one consciousness

[@SantaCruzHappy1]

Thank you, I hope to attend one of your retreats some day (when I leave California and move east).

[@Kikifriedmann]

Daniel I could listening to you forever! Thank you so much for sharing your insights! Love! 🩵💙🙏🥰

[@zampiangel3871]

Thank you Respectable SWAMI. 🇵🇷

[@FFANAA]

Awesome 💙

[@tyronlachica6362]

love from Philippines 🕉️🇵🇭

[@esfanddoneh]

Love love love your videos

[@stevie3289]

So well explained, and so profound. Inspiring! Best Wishes 🙏

[@lankfu]

Good to see you keeping on Dan, hope to visit again soon.

[@EmpoweredToBeMe]

New every morning ❤

[@FEELINGAWSOME]

You rock brother, thank you for being a steward of TRUTH. 😔 🙏

[@artcook1976]

I believe you iv been on the same journey all disappears when you go into meditation ,the God within the I that I am 😊😊😊

[@anthony7416]

Thank you 🙏🏾

[@mozhgansoltani2679]

Love from 🇮🇷

[@TheBhannah]

Very well said !

[@annabodhi38]

This was lovely, thank you so much.

[@AlanPhan128]

TLDR: Awakening through meditation and self-inquiry leads to freedom from the conditioned self and ego, allowing for enlightened action and a sense of unity and non-duality. 1. 00:00 🧘 Awakening is the solution to suffering and the world's problems, as it involves realizing one's true nature beyond the conditioned self and experiencing less suffering. 1.1 Awakening is the solution to the world's problems, as they stem from the delusion of being a limited character, and when individuals disidentify from their conditioned character, it brings about a transformation and freedom from suffering. 1.2 Awakening is about realizing your true nature, which is beyond the mind and senses, and the measure of its benefit is suffering less. 1.3 Before meditation, the speaker experienced a lot of suffering due to the conditioned self, but now suffers less and has a more expanded experience of life. 1.4 The speaker discusses the realization that the "I" that awakened from the meditation practice was not a person, and that all the learned meditation tricks and practices were of no use in the process of awakening. 2. 06:49 🧘 Awakening through meditation and self-inquiry leads to freedom from conditioned character and ego, allowing for enlightened action and a sense of unconditioned "I" and equanimity with what arises. 2.1 The speaker discusses the process of letting go of the conditioned character and the concept of enlightened action being free of preference and ego. 2.2 Awakening from the conditioned character through meditation and self-inquiry. 2.3 Awakened experience is not attached to phenomena, egoic preferences, or conditioned self, and is characterized by a sense of "I" that is unconditioned and unlimited, leading to a state of play and equanimity with what is arising. 3. 11:03 🧘 Meditation and self-inquiry lead to true meditation, where the mind settles and we let go of the false self to be unmediated by the conditioned mind. 3.1 Meditation techniques and practices are useful at the beginning but as we go deeper into meditation, there is less doing and more focus on the present moment. 3.2 Meditation and self-inquiry converge to lead to true meditation, where the mind settles down and we let go of the false self to be unmediated by the conditioned mind. 4. 14:52 🧘 Recognizing primordial awareness and allowing the false self to fall away leads to unity and non-duality, discovering the true self through self-inquiry and realizing primordial consciousness as ever-present and beyond words. 4.1 Recognizing the primordial awareness of beingness and allowing the false self to fall away leads to a sense of unity and non-duality. 4.2 Let go of everything and inquire within to discover the true self, which is always present. 4.3 Your true nature is primordial consciousness or awareness, which is ever present and remains constant through waking, dreaming, and deep sleep. 4.4 Our true nature cannot be defined by words and can only be realized through a beginner's mind, as the limited mind tends to put it in a box. 5. 20:57 🧘 Let go of beliefs and continuous practices to awaken through self-inquiry and purifying conditioned patterns. 5.1 Believing in concepts like awareness or consciousness limits the mind, but spiritual practices can create conditions for awakening to happen. 5.2 Let go of continuous practices to release conditioned patterns and unconscious self-structure. 5.3 The direct path involves self-inquiry for the Awakening experience, while the long path focuses on purifying the conditioned patterns of the self-structure. 6. 25:17 🧘 Awakening is about discovering who you are, but staying awake requires purifying the mind through practices like meditation, yoga, and qigong to free energy from conditioning. 6.1 The importance of waking up is to find out who you are, but it's possible to fall back asleep if the whirlpool of the mind hasn't been dealt with, so purification is necessary to stay awake. 6.2 The process of purification involves making unconscious programming conscious through practices such as meditation, yoga, and qigong to free energy from the conditioned self. 7. 27:56 🧘 Meditation and self-inquiry lead to rewiring the conditioned mind, realizing true awareness, and reducing suffering and egoic activity. 7.1 The process of meditation and self-inquiry allows for the rewiring of the conditioned mind, leading to the purification of the self-structure and the realization of true awareness. 7.2 In the samadhi state, there is no separation between the self and the world, and if more people were awakened, there would be less suffering and egoic activity. 8. 32:10 🧘 Less corruption in the world is due to egoic activity in all dimensions of human life, and awakening to the truth that we are all one consciousness can help us overcome egoic tendencies.

[@Alexandra-zu6gi]

Dear Daniel, Thank you for your words. As an autistic woman, I am sensitive to voices. Yours sounds tormented, my Dear Daniel The person in you is allowed to investigate that😊 I grew up in an unsafe environment I needed to feel the pain. I needed to cry my longs out after decade of denial. The two need to become One. ❤

[@Kikifriedmann]

Interesting! I could listen to his voice forever!

[@zenazen878]

Thank you🙏🏻❤

[@litao3679]

I’ve heard that when “you” meditate, you’re reinforcing the idea of a “meditator”. Like Paul Hedderman stated, there’s a “verbing”, then an assumption of a “noun”, a you. Hard to grasp, but the only journey that must be taken to be free of ego ( edging God out) unconditional Love and alight to all that are on the path 🙇‍♀️💛

[@Dvats8888]

Am I the only one who sees a predominant blue color around him @Daniel in most of his recordings. Initially I thought it's his Aura that is blue🫣 I guess it's the light effect..but it's so prominent. I am grateful for all the videos haven't missed watching even a single one 🙏 Thank you

[@bzzzvzzze]

Amazing interview! wow

[@bjarkenielsen8515]

Thanks!

[@zampiangel3871]

HOW CAN YOU POSSIBLY BE SO SMART?!!!!!!!!!

[@terryrustad1800]

Brilliant 💫

[@sleepydank8330]

A very thorough pointing, concisely spoken with words of wisdom

[@SavingAmerica]

Yes❤❤❤ Love❤❤

[@Pam74055]

Beautiful ❤

[@TheLuminousOne]

This man is super intelligent.

[@npmm24]

Tan lindo este hombre❤

[@tahchridaya]

Actually This is ‘prior’ to the world, mind, senses and experiences, not beyond. It is already here prior to them, not out there beyond them . This creates and illuminates the world, mind, senses and experience . This is an important distinction as ‘beyond’ often leads to seeking for what is always already shining as one’s true nature. Thank you for your great work and all of your films! 🙏❤️🙏

[@sathya999]

Nisargadatta and other sages said/say "Who you are is "prior to consciousness". It might be experienced (with no experiencer) as being nothing, and then the nothing goes. It cannot adequately be put into words...

[@m4hirrr770]

​​@@sathya999thank you this is illogical for the materialistic mind for the logical mind this makes more sense you have expanded my understanding thank you 💓🙏🏻

[@m4hirrr770]

​​​@@sathya999"it might be experienced but there is no experiencer it's emptiness but also everything at the same time shiva shakti....

[@lencoller6477]

​@@sathya999yes I agree that we are prior to consciousness.we are consciousness itself,which is the true state.❤

[@houstongood1700]

I understand completely

[@leexiong2128]

This is all true, but the more awakened I become, the more I realize that it doesn't change anything on the physical realm. We often talk about how the world would be better if we all became awakened, but I don't think that's the case. We are karma, and the ego is who we are. The world should be nearly the same as it is now even if we all became awakened beings. The huge difference is that there would be no suffering in anyone though, but the outward world that is karma, the ego, would still be here. Until each and every single person is willing to sacrifice their lives for another, it won't change, and we as egoic beings shouldn't expect that that is a sacrifice we need to make.

[@AwakenTheWorldFilm]

Yes, the external world is like a great river moving in a certain direction and our human avatars are going for the ride. The external world remains the same in one sense- the river is as it is, flowing in a certain direction. But the experiences of those going down the river and the journey will change radically. Those characters won't be tearing each other apart out of fear along the way and suffering. From one perspective nothing changes, from another, everything changes.

[@janthonycologero9206]

Awakening the world means the world would finally SEE the sacred beauty that it is. Seeing the real sacredness in each other would release so much inward and outward unwarranted selfish competition and suffering.

[@LoseYourself-j1w]

Lets pray for peace and life

[@Alex722]

Very insightful and helpful. I have a random question though.... What does the symbol on the gong behind Daniel mean?

[@Kikifriedmann]

OM sign

[@zampiangel3871]

Hola! Swami. Thank You.

[@SoftLivingCreative]

These videos are so needed in my life right now….now I’m on a different path In life and there’s no turning back. I refuse to turn back. By the way what is that large round pan in the background called? ❤❤

[@lovehealsall8051]

🙏💜🙏💜🙏💜

[@melissageerolf7678]

❤🕊🤍🪷🫖 Namaste #GrateFul #IAM💚

[@jefferythomassmith-zd8tm]

Our potential is God

[@zampiangel3871]

I WILL SUBSCRIBE TOMORROW SWAMI

[@gospodbog2253]

For me to watch this video is like watching someone drawing the mona lisa in liquid water. And me commenting on it is like pouring more water. Funny😂

[@janthonycologero9206]

I'd love to see John Vervaeke and Dan talk. ❤

[@greenthumb8266]

You know how when an animal in Africa , say, learns to use a twig as a tool, that same kind of animal thousands of miles away on a different continent also begins using that technique? I feel like this should work in “awakening “ too , I feel like it should be spreading and that more people should be becoming self aware.

[@zampiangel3871]

HOW DID YOU DISCOVER THIS SWAMI?!!!

[@ashwinprabhu133]

It’s unfortunate that Sanskrit in which most of the scriptures were written was taken away and English was taught, however I now also feel fortunate that we learnt English so I can understand what Daniel is talking about - it’s a long path but it’s still a spiritual path that I am still on ❤ 😊. I guess this was the intention of god or the divine force that created all this.. Also if we all get awakened - then what about creation and progress not spiritually but materialistically.. what about population growth, use of resources, building rockets to create a habitable space on Mars and other planets… what about the search for life and what about life on other planets in other galaxies? Are they also on the same path?

[@beide-welten4122]

Hey, I also like the Zen phrase that life actions show an awakening. So why not talk about what changed in life by looking at challenges before and after the awakening. Is there more for you than less suffering?

[@zampiangel3871]

Respectable Swami: I will say Thanks to you everyday; for SAVING my Life. It wasn't "Jesus Christ". It was YOU Respectable SIR, among others such as Sadghuru, Krishnamurti and Osho. Thanks to YOU SIR; I LIVE in Constant "Meditation" after Three Years of Your Teachings. Sir. 🇵🇷 🇵🇷 🇵🇷