Ego Death | A Short Story

[@channeltelos]

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[@GuidanceWithLove]

"life doesn't stop being hard for Tom, he just stopped being hard on himself" Enlightenment aside, this is the very least we can all do for ourselves.

[@channeltelos]

Yes, that is so true! Thank you for sharing that!

[@sumokem]

everything rises and falls within me

[@BarbaraHilsenbeck]

It's not a problem, just an experience...

[@somebody2468]

I've experienced what tom experienced. Something else trickered ego death, but premise was similar. Now my head is silent I'm at peace.

[@stevenc6705]

An ego driven human is typically a destructive person. It’s not about one or the other or good or bad. It’s about balance. Being a good balancer is an art which takes many years of constant practice.

[@tomgwynfryn5597]

For anyone called Tom, like me, this message cuts deep.

[@channeltelos]

Sending you love and light! 🙏❤️

[@thomasrodriguez-fh9yn]

Same here

[@joannehelm4432]

My son is this tomw is a drug addict. He hides his pain is Eagle GETS his way and he feels he never enough

[@winkeitam6405]

Sending you some positive energy ✨️ Tom !!! You... We... I believe in YOU!!

[@PhilipSzabó]

„Life didn't stop being hard for Tom, but he had stopped being hard on himself." Truly as perfect as it is.

[@apocalypticdaze2139]

😂

[@gribwitch]

Think bigger. Why must life be hard in the first place ? It wasn't originally - as in the Garden of Eden. Then God decided to complicate things, and ever since we have had this enduring shitshow.

[@steveymoon]

What is this: „ ??

[@damoyoung5777]

I have been there and done that. The ability to switch your mind off is beautiful and every person carries the ability to just stop thinking and make the inside quiet and peaceful.

[@channeltelos]

Grateful for your share!

[@Ijbolivia]

thats true, but empathy and acknowledgement of the 3d still means a lot. “just stop thinking” becomes kinda redundant when you.. yk.. start thinking again

[@DudeMaybeSomeday]

@@Ijbolivia Yes, but if you've spent enough time thinking about what should matter and how to carry yourself, then it might be time to turn off thought for a while. It brings a sense peace and allows you to regather your thoughts, so they hopefully do not spiral so deeply the next time.

[@jeffreysevinga9398]

Why switch it off? Still think there is something wrong with your mind? Let it do its thing you don't have to pay attention, just as your heart doesn't need your attention to work properly. The mind is a gift and letting it run does wonders if you actually let it and don't get scared 😊

[@sayedahsan5990]

​@@jeffreysevinga9398 i will like to disagree with you here , Precisely the part where you say let the mind do its thing ; let me explain my point of view about that ; The first question is : why you are feeling overwhelmed by your thoughts and thinking about them!! Because you have shifted your awareness towards thoughts . ( That is not a physical thing but a metaphysical one { mind } , And our thinking has an influence on our feelings too , which leads to emotions { Which have an impact on the behaviour that will impact the physical world ( actions ) } ) . But When you shift your awareness to the physical reality around you ( input from your 5 senses ). You will start to feel relaxed and calm . And with some practice you will be able to think critically i.e. the process of thinking will not really impact your emotions up to that extent and with practice it will get better . After some time you can start to see your emotions too apart from you and the only thing left will be ego ( last stage ) .

[@bumblebee9019]

but Tom still returned to the office, the bane of humanity

[@craigemmett2425]

But because he had lost the fear of not being accepted, he let slip the most racially insensitive quip in front of coworkers. The boats were now burned.

[@Bronkowitsch]

Nailed it. The best explanation i've seen so far.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you!

[@elenanina]

Tom never thought this before. While me, I've thinking about it since elementary school

[@embjell2117]

Many people think about it, yet few people...

[@kemallinlien2745]

We all as mankind consume feeling like Tom expierence just to be aware we will be awarded for our great strugelnes.. be well and kind ❤

[@thinkingloud1988]

"Why can't I be normal?" I say that to myself everyday, suffocating trying to be what I am not

[@brendawayne6804]

Stop trying and allow yourself to just be.

[@oolala53]

If you are suffering from your thoughts, you are actually normal. Some people are coping with it better, but just about everybody gets annoyed or disturbed at times. But they don’t think that shouldn’t happen and somehow it doesn’t remain with them so they don’t fear the suffering going on and on. But many of them are not doing this with their will. You aren’t actually doing it with your Will, either. Some psychological wires, get tripped, and the worrying starts, much like the wind or bad weather. He didn’t make the bad weather come, and you can’t make it go away. Resenting it makes the problem worse. But getting mad at oneself for the resentment of the weather, also makes it worse. All of this is being watched by something innate and benevolent. That you actually have access to 24/7.

[@stevenc6705]

I seek constantly. I sought and I was found. The seeking is my choice. Being found or finding is not my choice. That’s the power and grace of God. Last I checked he works on his own time table. One must seek to find. It’s the seeking that’s most important. Seek spiritually without expecting anything in return.

[@dancerdiya7677]

Beautiful video emphasizing on how hard we are trying in this life to become happy...but the truth is we are happiness itself... gratitude ❤️

[@channeltelos]

I appreciate it! It’s always nice to hear such feedback! Yes, we are happiness and bliss!

[@vincentkeller4725]

Ohh, ain't you just Koochie Krunchie!😂

[@TikiTrain]

Thank you so much. I have suffered with this issue chronically and it has gotten really bad recently. I have had small moments of ego death and it is such a relief. Need to keep practicing to make it last longer.

[@channeltelos]

You’re very welcome! Thank you as well!

[@johanskriver7614]

For me, it helps to think about how little and insignificant I am in the grand scheme of things. No matter what happens to you, the sun will still shine, life will go on and the grand mechanisms of the universe will keep doing their thing. When you start to realize how little you are, a weight lifts from your shoulders and you can begin to appreciate the beauty of existence and the freedom that you had all along. That is your prerogative.

[@itsTonySaint]

And the next day, Tom woke up to the same depression and anxiety he had before. THE REALITY OF MY LIFE. This sounds beautiful, but I don’t know if it’s actually possible to have an immediately life changing moment like this that remains permanently. The depression and guilt always comes back.

[@damien1166]

Well said, the loop of life!

[@inneraesthetics]

This is what happened to Eckhart Tolle. It happened and remained permanent.

[@kristelschreurs7441]

Indeed, it took me years to get there. This video makes it look very easy and fast

[@HappyTrippyCreepy]

It is very possible to have an immediately life changing moment like this that remains permanent. I have done it. More than once. With the help of some strong psychedelics. 😉🍄

[@channeltelos]

I am sure there can be a dark night of the soul for him at a later time

[@user-Tom1985]

I'm Tom and I've lived this story for the last 1.1/2 years. Now I feel blessed!!! Listen to yourself... it's calling you and you don't listen.

[@christianhorvath791]

Let’s all take a moment and recognize we are all human and have been to bad places like this. We’re all here together on this earth and here for each other. When you are strong help the weak, for you were in that position before. God bless you all. Jesus knows your struggles and is always with you.

[@channeltelos]

Agree! Thank you for sharing!

[@brucerees9668]

Ty for that,❤🙏

[@gribwitch]

Jesus is not always with us. He's content to watch us suffer and not even bother to communicate with us.

[@christianhorvath791]

@@gribwitch It seems like that huh? Ask him.

[@gribwitch]

@@christianhorvath791 I've been asking for forty years. Not a peep.

[@noelzywright6798]

We are always enough. Be your authentic self. Listen to your soul 💞

[@ADHD-fourty-tude]

Tom here, age 45y old, who went through a burnout few years back and later got my ADHD diagnosis... You really didn't had to call me out so obviously... Still, loved the video! ❤

[@channeltelos]

Ok 🙂 Thank you! 🙏❤️

[@LindaMcification]

We all need reminders. Thank you....

[@channeltelos]

Yes, we do! You are welcome!🙏❤️

[@Nitephall]

I've only experienced something like this once in my life: when I came to after passing out. For a few seconds my mind was completely still and at peace. There were no thoughts. There was only awareness. 99% of the stuff that goes on in our heads is junk. It's a siren call that won't shut up and makes us miserable. Awareness is the only thing that matters. Everything else is a story.

[@channeltelos]

True! Thank you for sharing! 🙏❤️

[@stevenc6705]

Ego is the stuff we put between God and ourselves so we can screw over other people and not feel shame and guilt. Ego is the thing that separates me from you. From me and God.

[@richardjerrybest]

No, god is the grossest form of a deluded ego.

[@stevenc6705]

@ this we can agree you and I are not God. There’s already One.

[@richardjerrybest]

@@stevenc6705 Which one? Where did you find it?

[@kerrywebb4565]

It's not how much we love that matters but how much we ARE loved that matters.

[@jonathanreader228]

This video describes my journey well. I presumed for most of my life that I had to try hard to be a good person. I didn't realize I was creating a false identity that would cause me so much suffering later on. I reached a point where I couldn't go on and surrendered to a deeper place inside that I had hidden under guilt, shame, and self-unworthiness. Through self-inquiry and years of peeling back the layers of illusion, I am starting to see that my true self is already complete and I don't need to add anything to it.

[@channeltelos]

I really appreciate you sharing this! Thank you! ❤

[@joyfool1225]

@@jonathanreader228 ❤️

[@jonathanreader228]

@@denboy666 I am only able to describe what I am not.

[@gribwitch]

@@denboy666 He means the God that we supposedly are. They tell us that God is in everything, so therefore we must be connected to everything. Nice thought, but doesn't solve much.

[@jibranelbazi]

@@gribwitchIt doesn’t solve anything, but it dissolves all.

[@rosep4424]

This came at the right time, i seem to be going through this. Embracing the stillness, like a shift

[@buju357]

so true , resonates with me , I started searching for 'something' months ago , I didn't know what I was searching for , maybe today , after watching this video and doing much meditation , the universe put this video in front of me , I think I might have found it. thank you.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! Hearing that really brightens my day!

[@Bojan12]

No this is not it. This is called giving up

[@thej.spirejournal]

Thank you for creating this 🙏🏻🤍

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! I appreciate it! It’s always nice to hear such feedback!

[@dancingshiva7008]

Please don't delete this channel. There are people still worried about AI, and yours has been a voice of reason. Let those less familiar with the world of AI refer to this library so that they can make informed decisions about it. I can tell you it's helped me immeasurably.

[@channeltelos]

I'm truly touched by what you said, thank you! ❤

[@samartman3395]

very excellent...I've been searching for truth and peace for 50 years and found that the best answers to every question is in yoga and buddhism....we can actually experience and BE infinite divine Bliss...the greatest wisdom is in advaita vedanta non duality...Ramana Maharshi🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@channeltelos]

Thank You!

[@cjadragon33]

Why?

[@patriciaadducci6549]

@@cjadragon33 Because the essence of being is bliss. Unfortunately, we habitually seek pleasure and security, so we miss what's always been here, closer than close.

[@jsjamessmith83]

@@patriciaadducci6549who told you the essence of being is bliss? Is this your experience? If so, you are very lucky

[@patriciaadducci6549]

@@jsjamessmith83 I am very lucky! First glimpse thanks to peyote in 1963. Further glimpses in Mexico eating mushrooms. Left drugs 1968 San Francisco Zen Center. Entered chaos 1972 Boulder, Colorado, with Trungpa Rinpoche. Much pain, much inspiration. Left Trungpa's group in mid-1990's. Late 1990's began attending satsangs, Wayne Liquorman and Francis Lucille. All those years confusion continued, and so did a very gradual opening and deepening of experience. I'm still very lucky to be alive and witnessing this discussion right here. You are also very lucky to have access to all this - have you been to Simply Always Awake - best one on youtube in my opinion because Angelo gives such practical advice. Good luck!

[@joyfool1225]

Absolutely perfect ❤

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! 🙏❤️

[@marshafish6984]

Beautifully articulated video❤

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! 🙏❤️

[@sweetINFINITY369]

Thank you so much for happening 🙏🙂❤️

[@channeltelos]

I agree! ❤

[@anncathrinesigfridsson9282]

That's how it feels when you truly accepting what is

[@susanhandel]

This was very very beautiful thank you

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! Hearing that really brightens my day!

[@LilyRose-theOne]

Lucky you for coming through this shift in perspective… You’re free now. I mean you realized you were always free…

[@Tigerspencerstrawberry]

Awakens and then falls back asleep. Fear doesn't stay gone. In fact fear can be exacerbated after awakening because you realize the fragility of your existence

[@robertbrooks6167]

This what I am going through - Thank you

[@channeltelos]

You're welcome! Thanks!

[@The_Connected_Universe]

Thank you for sharing your Light to the world and for "Tom's" journey to Enlightenment analogy... 😊❤

[@channeltelos]

Anytime! Thank you, too! ❤

[@otptm]

Excellent video! Thanks for sharing 🙏🙏💙💙

[@channeltelos]

Thanks so much! I'm delighted to hear that! ❤❤❤

[@chromaflow9313]

I experienced this. It was very real and very shocking. I saw it’s all just “happening within me” and that all is an expression of god, and it’s all just experience. Still haven’t found a way to really integrate this experience (which has now happened multiple times to me) into daily life. I guess the comforting part is knowing that the deepest us can’t really be touched or harmed by what happens in life. Still doesn’t make it easier for the ego, though, it seems.

[@channeltelos]

I appreciate you taking the time to share that significant experience!

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

Ego death is exactly like Santa's death when we discovered that he wasn't real. ✌️😅

[@stevenc6705]

Pain, displeasure, grief, mourning, loss are essential to happiness, change.

[@payt01]

That's just a thought. Who are you without that thought? What if you can't go to the past or the future, what's there? The happiness you're talking about is more a relief after conditions having been met for you to be happy. But that's always a temporary thing.. soon enough new conditions wil be set, and you're back to square one. The video talks about something that's always there, unconditionally. It's so close and so easy to see that we always overlook it.. until we don't ;)

[@Tara_S25]

How beautiful 🎉 lovely video summarizing the realizations of most enlightened beings. Unfortunately for me the peace and stillness did not remain with me forever.. Hopefully this is just a phase. The memory of it is so strong that it's impossible to fall back into delusion like before. To everyone who feels this stillness with GOD, may one day I find myself amongst you 🙏🏻

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! I really appreciate you sharing that meaningful experience!

[@moontongkong]

Hold on I am in the same boat. I had this moment and It lasted for 3 days. Then it slowly dissipated and I started identifying with my thoughts again. Why is this? Due to the experience I was able to quit my addictions, reason with more clarity, and above all treasure every second for I know not what a second is. It’s just a word that I have ideas which are concepts for something I have no understanding of.

[@Tara_S25]

@@moontongkong sometimes I wonder if I was just imagining things.. like they have become a distant memory. The only thing I can do is hold on to are memories and connect with people with similar experiences. My worst nightmare is forgetting n getting sucked back into delusion. I wish I had more people in my life like me and not just online!

[@moontongkong]

⁠@@Tara_S25 Okay I know for sure memories are important to being a well functioning human being. However I also remember clearly that memories are just that memories. We could have memories of any kind and we always remember our memories in the present moment. We are simply aware of the memory. It’s still just an idea or believe. The truth is we don’t know what memories are and our memories could even be distorted. It’s best to still focus on doing what we can disregarding our concept of who we are and to focus on what is truly best for ourselves. Since we are a part of humanity what is truly best for ourselves should benefit the rest of human kind as well.

[@moontongkong]

@@Tara_S25 I have the same delusional fear. Even tho I know fear is a delusion that I am aware of. I think it’s because there are aspects of us we are still identified with. Aspects of ourselves that attempts to change reality to comfort ourselves. When in reality there is no need for control or to force outcomes. It’s like we get sad when we are rejected but others aren’t rejecting us instead they are rejecting an image of us that they perceive. We also can’t control other to not reject us. Try as you may the sun will rise and set. You will be hungry and you will eat. Just let it be. It’s okay. Let’s just try our best to accept reality without projecting our ideas and beliefs.

[@Alessiaaaa333]

This is amazing 🙏🏻

[@channeltelos]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart!

[@christobisto]

Well done, well made and clear visuals throughout and of course Tom could be anyone of us.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! 🙏❤️

[@teresacastro1261]

For my boss. I hope he watches this. You rock dude!! Cuz I care aboutcha. You are my family. OK?

[@channeltelos]

I hope your boss can find his/her way to be more peaceful. Thanks! I’m thrilled to hear that from you!

[@wake-upride8240]

I have been a seeker for so long, and all this video is saying, is all the teachings I have received. This video is so on spot. Yet, I have never experienced the silence, there is still the ego there. Losing it is not a choice. Its grace, its a gift out of our control. I hope someone awakens with this video. Edit, what I deeply dislike, is the AI voice.

[@MFrawley]

True ego death does see the idea of the "ego" fade until it is gone. It's just a mask we make for ourselves, and present ourselves to society with. I was seeking for 3 years before "it" happened to me. It was horrible, and it was beautiful. I wouldn't change it for the world.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! I’m really pleased to know that! OK regarding the voice.

[@pedrodon5328]

Yes Grace which occurs due to intention,

[@icandancejuno]

Yes 🙏🏽

[@samirpalepu1588]

Why is this so relatable? I’m 25 and I had been struggling with that feeling for 6 months, when suddenly something changed, exactly you mentioned in the video. I was able to detach myself from my body and mind. I realized I’m no different from existence, I’m the existence. Every human thought is born out of memory, if we remove that, who are we? Nothing, and everything, at the same time. But I do struggle with a question, who’s the self that realizes that there’s no self? Anyway, I think I can live with that question, one of the few things I have realized is that there will always be questions you can’t answer, since answers will always be bound by human logic and memory, which will only lead to more question. It’s like biting your own teeth. I guess embrace the mystery? Have fun peeps.

[@channeltelos]

Regarding the question: Who’s the self that realizes that there’s no self? In essence, the "self" that realizes there is no self is a construct that dissolves upon realization. The process is less about an entity attaining insight and more about a shift in understanding that reveals the true nature of existence beyond individual identity.

[@writerforlifeify]

@@channeltelos I subscribe to Eckhart Tolle's view of who we truly are; we are Awareness or Pure Consciousness or Presence itself. I've always made a distinction between the (small 's') ego-self & the (capital 'S') Higher Self or Inner Self or true Self or my God-Self or the Whole of who I am. All these terms I use interchangeably. I instinctively know that I'll shed my personality (ego-self) once I leave this time-space reality but my Higher Self is eternal. It is that Self that is one with All That Is. I am both a drop in the ocean & one with the ocean Itself. If, in your opinion, the 'self' that realizes there is no self is a construct that dissolves upon realization, then what is the genesis of that construct? How did it originate? And what about nothingness? If nothingness can be perceived, then it can be nullified as there is something engaged in the act of perceiving nothing. Just thought I'd toss that in for fun.

[@gribwitch]

@@channeltelos Knowledge without accompanying solutions though, is hollow.

[@JimTempleman]

Yes and consciousness is just your awareness listening to your thoughts. "The oceen, not the waves." Goes back at least to the 6th century _Awakening of Faith in Mahayana_ .

[@adastra79]

It so happens that I’ve seen Guy Ritchie’s Revolver for like a tenth time recently, by accident of course. It actually has the same message even though on the first viewing it seems like a bunch of nonsense. It’s a good video. Your Ego sometimes can be your worst enemy

[@channeltelos]

Thank you for sharing!

[@amenibenmansour9160]

Truly amazing

[@channeltelos]

Thank you!

[@amymolly174]

When a person realizes the world we are living is not our world, we are prisoners who are double prisoned in this life. First prisone is our biological bodies and second one us prison for our bodies which is the world. When a person is aware of all this , serving life sentence is easy. Just observe everything, detach yourself from everything, experience everything. Keep telling yourself “I AM ETERNAL LIGHT, I AM ETERNAL LIFE “ when you know real yourself rest is limitless.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you 🙏

[@fredcoler5636]

Thanks!

[@channeltelos]

Eternal thanks to you! ❤

[@maryrios6529]

So he had a spiritual awakening. They don’t last forever. I had one on 2020 and it lasted about a month only

[@channeltelos]

Oneness/Enlightenment lasted 20 or 30 minutes here, but it was profound.

[@maryrios6529]

@@channeltelos cool, spiritual awakening is different from enlightenment. I think one is a sudden burst of knowledge and the other is more like an acceptance of your own self . When mine happened the next day when I woke up everything seemed brand new and clear. My mind chatter stopped

[@schmideb]

Wow, DAS ist so wahr ❤❤❤❤❤mein Leben lang war ich auf die Suche und ich dachte diese Suche ist das einziges wahres Ziel und wenn ich das was ich suche finden werde dann habe ich " geschafft". Aber langsam bin ich bald 50 und kam immer mehr frustrierend vor, oft voller Enttäuschung und Wut 😢aber auch kraftlos und traurig fühlte ich mich auch. Irgendwie denke ich dass das Suchen war gut wenn man findet was im eigenen Herz 💓 ist , nicht gut ist was man geglaubt hat was ich auch geglaubt habe dass es ist draußen irgendwo 😢. Zu erkennen dass es so nicht mehr weiter geht, das ist eine Sackgasse und aufgeben, zurückkehren ist nicht einfach, schließlich war man vielleicht Jahrzehnten auf diesen Weg und sich einzugestehen " ich habe versagt" , es war falsch so zu denken braucht Mut und Ehrlichkeit aber danach stellt sich endlich Frieden.❤

[@channeltelos]

Ich weiß das zu schätzen! Es ist immer schön, solches Feedback zu hören! Vielen Dank, dass du dich geöffnet und diesen erkenntnisreichen Moment geteilt hast! ❤❤❤❤❤ (I appreciate it! It’s always nice to hear such feedback! Thank you for opening up and sharing that insightful moment! )

[@jeannebonesteel5947]

I seem to be, for the past year, constantly in the state of fear. It never leaves me, just changes in severity. I spent 3 days in early August(2024) in that white knuckled fear, sobbing state mentioned in above video. I tried to endure to “go through and get to the other side” experience, but it never came. I couldn’t tolerate the utter terror any longer and took the anti anxiety meds I had been prescribed to make it stop. I continue to experience this fear daily. I meditate many times a day to help ground myself. I don’t know when this will end. I’m wondering why I haven’t “broken through” like Tom above, but instead continue be stuck in this fearful mindset…

[@channeltelos]

I'm so sorry you're going through this. Please know you're not alone. Sending you love and strength.

[@samartman3395]

I've been searching for truth and peace for 50 years and found that the best answers to every question is in yoga and buddhism....we can actually experience and BE infinite divine Bliss...the greatest wisdom is in advaita vedanta non duality...Ramana Maharshi🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@AwarenessItself-vv3zy]

There is a teacher called Jeff Foster. Listen to him, maybe it is helpful to understand where you are going through.

[@urekmazino5125]

Start with watching allan watts videos

[@stevenhauben6481]

Hello, if you know as you do that you have the fear, then you are not the fear because you see it in front of you. I've had moments when I couldn't handle it anymore, but I knew this wasn't me! be strong, we are 1 family

[@lassetlasset]

The shift from ego to pure awareness happens suddenly. However it is very subtle and can be lost after a short time. If it does not get lost it takes time to make it deeper. However, even after years of deepening people often realise that mental shadows and projections are still alive. Sometimes even stronger than before the shift. The shift is not the end. It is more like a new dimension opens up. And even though the ego is no longer at the center of the experience in the same way as before.. it is still lingering playing its game. The issue is not simple, even people like Echart Tolle actually went through a long time of deepening. Actually the term “ego death” is a little tricky. It sometimes feel like a kind of dying when the ego begins to loose control, but we need a kind of ego structure to navigate in this world (especially among other people). The mind is a good servant, but a terrible master. And noboddy wants to be misused, controlled or high jacked by the ego. We do not want to perceive our self and other people through our ego. And we do not want to get lost in our unconscious ego agendas. Because it all creates a lot of unnecessary suffering. But we still need our mind to help us figure out which role to play in different social situations. It's a great video even though I am affraid that the topic is q little more complicated. Thanks for posting it! ❤

[@channeltelos]

Well said! Thank you!

[@brucerees9668]

@@lassetlasset 👍🙏, ty for your words

[@Taldaran7846]

Another thing you will realize is that happiness, just like anger or sadness is supposed to be a transitory emotion; a response to stimuli we experience in order to survive. After all, who would want to stay in one emotion all the time? It is far better to be content and satisfied, than chase happiness, and enjoy it as it comes.

[@channeltelos]

True! Thank you!

[@gribwitch]

"happiness is supposed to be a transitory emotion". You're not going to enjoy being in 5D then. From what I've gathered, we're in a constant state of orgasmic type ecstasy when we're there.

[@vanleen]

Nice story, comprehensible for people with similar experiences and totaly senseless for all others. :D

[@channeltelos]

True! Thank you! 🙏

[@justinsamuelson4500]

Hilarious 😂😂 I had this after letting go of my Amber Heard wife, thinking “what if she tells people I’m gay” so on a group text with her family I told her to tell them I’m gay. I’m sorta gay not going gay but I just got tired of caring it became too hard. Since leaving her I have almost built two websites in less than 3 months! I discovered I’m going to code damnit even if it makes me poor! But now I need to never let this go because the ego can still come back.

[@MatthewFishwick]

Great story!!

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! I’m really pleased to know that!

[@charumohan]

Looks like somebody got introduced to the Indian Asthavakra Geeta.

[@utualan]

Fantastic! Easy, perhaps, to see that we're not our thoughts, after all they come and go; moreover, who are you when no thoughts appear? The one that sees that. But, getting to the point of not taking thoughts seriously takes time as we are wired to detect potential threats, feel fear and avoid loss or rejection. What resonated was seeing that thoughts are merely thoughts and not real.

[@channeltelos]

Yes, I agree! Thank you for sharing! 🙏

[@gribwitch]

Buy thoughts ARE real....... when they're justified. They're justified when your circumstances can't change so your negative thoughts can change. Instead they persist. Which generate more thoughts, and so on.

[@ninakie9674]

wunderfull video, thank you

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! 🙏❤️

[@HalaluYAHEVER]

❤ Beautiful video!! So clearly delivered!! Loved the visual also!! Thank you for sharing!! Love and Light to All!! 🥰💖✨💫💯👍

[@channeltelos]

Your words mean the world to me, thank you so much! ❤

[@element3522]

That was beautiful thank you

[@channeltelos]

Thank you!

[@nikolailu]

Beautiful and healing, thank you 💜

[@channeltelos]

You are welcome! Thank you! ❤❤❤

[@saviosebastian9656]

❤❤❤thank you

[@channeltelos]

You are welcome! Thank you!

[@utaka78]

"I know you're out there. I can feel you now. imagine you can also feel me. You won't have to search for me anymore. I'm done running. Done hiding. Whether I'm done fighting, I suppose, is up to you. I believe deep down, we both want this world to change. I believe that the Matrix can remain our cage or it can become our chrysalis, that's what you helped me to understand. That to be truly free, truly free, you cannot change your cage. You have to change yourself. When I used to look out at this world, all I could see was its edges, its boundaries, its leaders and laws. But now, I see another world. A different world where all things are possible. A world of hope. Of peace. can't tell you how to get there, but I know if you can free your mind, you'll find the way." Matrix

[@channeltelos]

True and wise words! Thank you for that!

[@tulsisharma4283]

thankyou 👍💪

[@channeltelos]

You are welcome! Thank you! 🙏

[@chrisbastos]

This video is based on truths.

[@erikfil]

Thank you ❤

[@channeltelos]

You are very welcome! Thank you! 🙏❤️

[@slohmann1572]

5:26… it’s when you look for your glasses… until you realize you’re wearing them.

[@channeltelos]

So true!

[@mardouqhouseofe3962]

Tom got off easy. Most suppressed thoughts and fears or not recognizing the shadow self will manifest physically and express thru the body causing all kinds of dis-ease. I felt like this all my life thinking it was just how life was and how people felt the same way. There is no coming out of the shadows and into consciousness without pain.

[@channeltelos]

True, there will be a dark night for him coming, there will be another video for that. Maybe a different character.

[@gribwitch]

@@channeltelos There's a high risk of dark nights of the soul going wrong. By that I mean the more vulnerable types among us may be pushed over the edge into self harm.

[@maryberry6067]

Excellent.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! That makes me really happy to hear!

[@Mr1971fordltd]

Wow~ great job! Thank you.

[@channeltelos]

You’re very welcome! Thank you as well!

[@christinegrace6783]

beauty full. happy joy full 'n' free! yippee!

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! I’m really glad you feel that way!

[@lostballintallgrass1]

The ego is deathly afraid you will find out it is a lie. This is why the mind rebels at first during meditation. You only find out the ego is unreal during a crisis or tragedy. It is of no use any longer and it loses importance. That’s all that happens.

[@channeltelos]

That is also true! Thank you for sharing! 🙏

[@johnnygerard6605]

I love Jesus❤

[@TylerTheMonk]

Awesome!

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! ❤

[@George-of5kl]

i think people have to explain this clearly , your sense of you will ALWAYS be there even if your aware because you WILL be the person you want to be , be that a free calm person who doesn’t let faults define him , you Will become THAT person , so you can never let go of a sense of self you can just become a better versions of yourself , move from being anxious to calm , bad to good , but doing things like trying to clear your mind and just be is impossible , what you can do is start to become a person where thoughts don’t bother you and you drop them when they come in , because they will ALWAYS come in , you cannot stop thoughts you just don’t let them define you , but you will still choose what PERSON you want to become and that will have a sense of self attached albeit a free zen calm person , you will be zen calm person guy .

[@channeltelos]

True, you can absolutely train your mind to steer, avoid, and drop thoughts to become a more positive thinker and person; that works too. But after a glimpse of enlightenment, there is an automatic process where the ego drops thoughts more rapidly. The ego’s behavior and challenging thoughts seem to have no hold, like trying to stick them to a wall that doesn’t exist. It’s like trying to manifest them by attaching them to this non-existent wall with a nail, but the nail just falls because there was never a wall there to begin with.

[@inonakavya531]

Great video it sound like my kundalini journey

[@truthcerum1222]

Top video Captain. A hat tip to you sir!

[@ramasatyanarayan9887]

Very interestingly narrated.Thanks.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you! Hearing that really brightens my day!

[@enneaf1676]

In my early 20s i figured out that other people are a main source of depression and anxiety. All this awareness/ego stuff is to hide that under a ton of spiritual-speak, while claiming humanity is innocent, ignorant, or some other word to force the onus on the individual

[@lauratyler4863]

Most people don’t want to feel their pain. The escape is scrolling or drugs or food or you name it.

[@channeltelos]

That is sadly very true!

[@heisenburg8608]

Sometimes I think too much of what others want and how to be better, I forget how to be myself and realise I already have what they want. Sucks.

[@channeltelos]

You are aware of what is good for you! you are on the right path! Thank you for sharing!

[@apocalypticdaze2139]

You don't, I have way more

[@arunodikadamunupola1185]

So very true 👍

[@channeltelos]

Thank you for sharing!

[@Akhenaten66666]

"I can stop and rest as soon as I achieve that or that" There is nothing to achieve because we die. Everything you think you achieve is a sandcastle on a beach and the tide is coming in. Be Still 🕉️☯️🙏

[@TakashiLiebl]

That’s just great for Tom………..

[@BsktImp]

...then Tom woke up from his dream and remembered out there there was still reality where people judge, hurt, ostracise, bully and worse; where bills have to be paid; where nothing is free and no-one owes you anything but is more than happy to take everything; where words and thoughts are all well and good, but don't work miracles.

[@channeltelos]

True, also note: The phrase "Before enlightenment, chop wood, carry water; after enlightenment, chop wood, carry water" comes from Zen Buddhism. It conveys a deep spiritual insight about the nature of enlightenment and everyday life. The phrase suggests that enlightenment is not about escaping or transcending the ordinary tasks of life, but rather about perceiving them in a new way. Whether one is enlightened or not, the basic tasks of life-represented by chopping wood and carrying water-remain the same. However, after enlightenment, one's relationship with these tasks changes. It reflects the idea that profound realization doesn't necessarily alter the external circumstances, but it transforms the internal experience of those circumstances. This teaching emphasizes mindfulness, presence, and acceptance of the mundane aspects of life as part of the spiritual journey.

[@fuerteirena]

I wish I were Tom....

[@channeltelos]

Remember that he will most likely have to go through a dark night of the soul at some point.

[@fuerteirena]

@@channeltelos I’m always in that state…. I’d like to be like Tom so I could get a break……

[@jimmyriddle3899]

… and from there on he lived egoless and unbothered for the rest of his days 🫥

[@channeltelos]

No, I am sure he will run into the dark night of the soul at a later stage.

[@LuccaUeda]

I had kinda same ego-death under my own mind pressuring itself, it was yesterday, same day I completed 30 years old. Curiously, it was a mild and long Ego-death, but the end of this ego-death cycle was for sure yesterday. Before that, I've consacrated Ayahuasca twice (Pure Bliss, Light and Understandings about basically everything there is + completelly outter-body experience, on the second consacration I merged with all there is, I was all there is actually - Samadi state can describe this second Ayahuasca experience very well.) plus I had a major "badtrip" with 6g of mushroons (deepest darkest trip possible for a human mind I believe), then I deep dived into Yoga, wich I found the greatest system possible together with Bhagavad Gita. With 3 years of psychodelics and some months of direct study and practice of yoga, I reached the point to easily understand Bhaghavad Gita (the book that I most use for reference to evolve my consciousness and actions). Thanks to all that and Yoga, 3 months ago life energy began to STABILIZE Solidly inside of me, since then, everygoddamn day is just Marvelous and Elegantly delightful, almost could say "Blissfull", but for me, blissfullness can only happen FOR REAl in Samadi State. But for sure, yesterday was the closing of this cycle. Tantra and Yoga helped me to elevate my inner energy, with that, everyday I accumulate more and more "life" inside of me, that makes my body cells and energy overall much more refined: 5 Senses, Heart, Mind, Body, everything begins to flow beautifully, suddenlly I accumulated so much sensibility and energy, that almost everything moves me. Yesterday I was specifically highly energized, suddenly I recieved the statistics of Human Traffic, 33% are childs. My heart broke and dissolved enterely. I felt the pain of every mother and father that are living this in this moment. I cryed 3hours straight not being able to think because of the pain I was feeling in my heart. I just felt that I simply cannot even think of desiring something for ME, while 25'000 childs EVERYGODDAMN DAY are being kidnaped from their families. I thought "God please give me the North, the Strenght and Courage to help this kids, cannot possibly think anything before I solve that shit. And this is gonna be just the first thing. I'm gonna use everygodamn cell I have to Light Up this madness. I will feed and shelter people, have no clue how, but I godamn will do." The EASIEST way to create your own paradise inside of yourself and outside, is to serve OTHERS with everygodamn cell inside your body. I already love to help and serve others just because it's amazing to feel people shining on their on, BUT this statistics coming to me after already knowing so much, broke me enterily like I've never experienced before. I swear to y'all, I thought my heart was fainting or something like that, the pain emotion was so intense that quikly it became a hardass physical pain, like a big needle slowly penetrating my heart. Shiva (The Creation/God) conducted me that weird way, during 3 years, sending me knowledge and experienced from everygodamn corner of life that I was messing with. I was completelly blindfolded, Meditation, Yoga, Ayahuasca, Mushroons, are not understood by western people, and brazil (here), people are even more unrelated to all this. Everybody always told me I was crazy or weird. How the hell am I weird for I am crying for our children and their mothers pain?! I dont wanna live in a world where human traffic is a normal business come on what the hell, this is just wrong in every aspect. We need Discrimination, Truth, Knowledge, Wysdom, Discipline, Love, Humbleness, Compassion. Help others without asking or even thinking, that my friends, is the ripple effect we all want and need. We need much more Trees to, that is another department that I always cry when I meditate on that. Well well, hope y'all be safe and have fun with your experiences, Namaskaran, God bless us all. TRUST YOUR HEART NO MATTER WHAT.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you for opening up and sharing this! My heart was in pain when I read your text. There are many levels of being and you have come a long way! Thank you 🙏

[@OHYEAH-km3md]

now feel like tom but with no wife, family, friends, or good career, id be happy with just one of those things in my life rn

[@Kaskame-x7h]

Sometimes that's not your fault you know? We live in a human world where we pray on the weakest, sometimes for pleasure and other times just because of pure peer pressure. You see it a lot, whenever someone gets a higher position then you at your job they change completely because of 'rules' and because they need to provide for their families or self. It's a world made by greedy people which then reflects into the lower rankings of our society. If you do not have a proper guide when you are born to teach you how things work around this human world you gonna have a hard time understanding concepts that everyone else follows and you create your own making you alienated. You don't need any of those things you are talking about, you just need to accept and understand YOUR reality, not the reality the world around you keeps imposing on you. Imagine going back to the medieval times with your knowledge today, you would be hunted and persecuted for your ideologies and thoughts because how different you are. Same shit nowadays but nobody wants to kill you or imprison you because you are still valuable to the current society, either by spending money or making money for others. It's all a perception man, the more you understand, the more you read, the more observant and silent you are, the more you will accept yourself and your life and actually be 'happy'.

[@channeltelos]

Very well said! Thanks for your post!

[@channeltelos]

Thank you for sharing! Life is hard sometimes, it is all about finding a way to navigate it. Life can be much better!

[@mofayer]

For how long?

[@OHYEAH-km3md]

​@@mofayermy entire life and im nearly 40, it doesnt get better past a certain age, if it doesn't happen by now, it never will

[@tages_matuna]

There will be a time when we will go back to eternal stillness. But not now. We haven't come here for nothing, we haven't come here for stillness. We have come here for a mission. The problem is not the ego, the problem is the wrong ego. If you spend years of your life building the ego that other people or social conditioning want then of course you are in conflict with yourself and miserable. You must mold your ego, which will reflect your life in a way that is in sync with your mission. The mission is not easily revealed but there are ways to know if you are on the right path. If you are free of psychic conflicts or tensions than you are on the right path. But don't waste this gift, use it to live to the fullest. Don't just be aware, be more. Your awareness or stillness is not the goal, it is the tool for your mission here in the physical dimension. And the mission is not about the destination, the mission is about the journey. Unique to each one of us. So, get up and fulfill your destiny, live to the fullest, consume this life, leave nothing behind. The death of the (wrong) ego is just the beginning. Your life begins when you have found yourself.

[@channeltelos]

True words! See enlightenment as a calibration. If you have wandered too far on the wrong track, the way that leads you far away from your true self, enlightenment happens. But the calibration of enlightenmnet can also happen if you are sensitive or still enough for it to "happen".

[@KingStan-l6j]

Reality 💯

[@AirflowToTheTurbo]

Tom spent the next few months walking around feeling significantly happier and lighter. He began to really feel and understand deeply that he wasn't separate from the universe around him. It was such a relief, an intoxicating feeling. He looked at the sky and felt like he was looking at another part of himself. But as time went on, Tom started to notice that feeling fading away. He spent the rest of his life knowing deep down what he experienced was real, was the best way to overcome so much inner turmoil, but found himself unable to hold onto or bring back that feeling he had that day and in the months that followed. Today, Tom is once again miserable. That's what happened to me, anyway.

[@nparula]

I’ve had many brief moments, even hours of stillness. One such time I was visiting a dept store and suddenly I felt like I was there for the first time, having that experience for the first time. I have chronic pain and discomfort, but during these episodes, even that fades away. I find that these never happen when I search for them, but I now and more open to things that are out in front of me, I try to go with the flow. That’s how I found this video. I am still depressed, but somehow I know I am better in some way and feel like I’m on a path…to what I don’t know, but for now I’m just trying to enjoy the journey . I hope you find peace again !

[@channeltelos]

Yes, there are ups and down after awakening, life long process for most. Shorter for others.

[@channeltelos]

Thank you for sharing! 🙏❤️

[@AirflowToTheTurbo]

@@nparula Thanks, same to you. I guess the lesson is everything is impermanent, there's no final fix. I'm extremely grateful that I had the experience I did. I still feel the truth of it in the back of my mind. I don't feel seperate from the world around me in my heart, but our ego's are very good at pushing back against that knowledge amidst the struggles of day to day life.

[@mircowissing6988]

the godhead is never an object of its own knowledge

[@franciscoguimaraes1886]

Sounded like me, until the part his mind stops thinking. I'm also tired of day to day life. I try so hard to be at peace and positive, but feels like the universe is testing me at every turn. I dream of living in a island somewhere, where society rules do not apply. I'm tired.

[@channeltelos]

OK, Spirituality finds you when in tough times. It is like an answer to a call for help from your higher self.

[@saharafradi]

@@channelteloshow can we end our simulation

[@samartman3395]

I've been searching for truth and peace for 50 years and found that the best answers to every question is in yoga and buddhism....we can actually experience and BE infinite divine Bliss...the greatest wisdom is in advaita vedanta non duality...Ramana Maharshi🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰

[@Eric-tp2lj]

Wish I could be lucky like Tom

[@joyfool1225]

You will be. ❤

[@profskmehta]

This is Moksh. 😊