"Examining Subtle Beliefs" and Other Viewer Questions

[@johnpienta4200]

Here's an example of a "subtle belief". A few weeks ago I got a letter from my lawyer which essential implied that they were changing their plans from several days prior and that I was going to have to pay even more money, for the outcome I already know will be the result. I was so devastated. I didn't want to go on anymore, not even to be alive anymore, so I just basically laid down with the illness and discomfort within my body and did nothing, just feeling it until I fell asleep. When I woke up I felt lighter, like it didn't really matter anymore. I realized that I had let go of the belief, and that if I had to put words to that belief it would be: "my life is not worth $3000". It's a devastatingly sad belief, and it's crazy that I didn't know I really believed it, but I would have had to believe it in order to be upset in the way that I was about that particular interaction.

[@maryannscanlon8655]

It may be subtle but it goes right to the core. I had the same experience a few weeks ago. It was shocking to find that truth.

[@HolisticHuman-di1jy]

Angelo, what a lovely surprise yesterday to have your feedback on my comment. Thank you so much. I feel very grateful. Letting go of labelling sensation - awesome. And having your reassurance that I am on the right track regards seeing beliefs, is so very helpful, and hopefully helpful to others. Thank you 🙏🏼

[@ralf.starke]

See that which is never changeing, that's your true self!

[@tim2269]

3:23 Guilty as charged.Thats a closely held belief of trying to prove myself.Kind of the opposite of what’s we’re doing here.Thank You .

[@ChrisTina-yc5fh]

I discovered these days that identity is such a limitation. 😮 l was holding on for years at an identity, now l simply let go and my decisiones are completely different. Amazing. Before l could only take decisions which were in alignment with that identity. It feels freeing 😅

[@madalynmoth4263]

I’m very grateful, thank you so much Angelo. ❤️

[@ChrisTina-yc5fh]

Thanks! 🙏💜

[@georgesonm1774]

2.14 love this

[@richardsnyder6413]

Gratitude ❤

[@AlastairGames]

thank you!

[@Jhawk_2k]

"I believe I need to resolve ____ before awakening"

[@zerkton2648]

Listening to Kid A album by Radiohead this morn. Was never into these guys but it seems clear to me the lyrics are pointing to nondual. Love it❤

[@silverhandle]

Oh yeah! Thom writes from a deep place.

[@georgesonm1774]

Amazing album. Which lyrics in particular strike you as pointing to nondual?

[@RosentwigMusic]

Highly agree. Also recommend their new project The Smile

[@georgesonm1774]

Now I'm reminded of their latter song (from "The King of Limbs") called "Give Up the Ghost" and another one, called "Separator" which I indeed always read as pointing to awakening/enlightenment. Also, Yorke has a song about the ego, called "Ego" :)

[@solid_snek]

I've got a very fundamental question to anyone who've figured this out: How do you recognize you've got it? How does it feel to know, or think you know the feeling of recognizing the innermost self/not self? I ask because I've tried to attain a state of constant focus on the present at every waking moment, emptying the mind of thoughts, so to speak. Some days it's been easier, some days harder. I can't, for example, interact with people in conversation without falling back to thoughts. Everyday acts and bodily movements however, seem pretty easy to just dump to autopilot. Yet still, this is the phase I'm stuck with. Am I even on the right track? Are all the answers just supposed to come to me? Is there supposed to be some jolt of recognition at some point? I feel lost.

[@jonahbranch5625]

Angelo could you do a video on how to bypass emotion work? Haha

[@silverhandle]

FR lol

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

😂😂😂

[@stargirl9551]

best comment 😂

[@AlastairGames]

Just feel the body? Sometimes it feels like bypassing to not think things through.

[@jasondeardorff]

That tongue in cheek video could be really helpful to a lot of people.

[@arturwarzecha5664]

Can you talk about long-term promises? For example in relationship - how can I promise to always want to be with someone/marry them when deep uncertainty about anything is so obvious? When even preferences of this body are so subject to change. Such promises/marriage seem like a lie. Always by anyone, not only by "awakened" - but "unawakened" don't know they are lying. And post shift it seems ingenuine to even play thay relative game/cosplay of "promise".

[@johnpienta4200]

I think commitment is an interesting and important topic. You can't ever commit to knowing the future. But you can commit to something that is meaningful to you now, and you can relate to that commitment very differently through time. The shape of a commitment can change through time. My marriage is no less committed, almost 15 years in, but what that commitment means, and what it looks like is very different today from the day after my wedding.

[@foolishwatcher]

It would seem that you already answered that question yourself. When you know that you actually can't promise anything, why would you want to make a promise, especially one of such magnitude? When a question like this comes up, it may be something to aaddress with emotion and shadow work. Why does this question come up? What am I seeking in that relationship? What situation am I trying to bring about or avoid by making a promise?

[@arturwarzecha5664]

@@foolishwatcher I am fine by not making any promises, but in a relative world it can be perceived as lack of commitment. It can be sad to the other partner. So the question is, just like you dont say to normal people that there is no me and no you, you just play the relative game - should you also play the relative game of promises even though you see them as constructs and feel ingenuine?

[@foolishwatcher]

@@arturwarzecha5664 The word "ingenuine" is the key here. Is it not also sad to the other when you act ingenuine? When the process of awakening has truly begun, it may be confusing at times to "navigate" in the relative "environment". Trust your intuition and be genuine and serious about the path to liberation and you will act in the way that the situation calls for. Indeed, I don't walk around and tell anyone "out of the blue" that there is no me and no you. There is no need for it and it serves no purpose. However, when the situation obviously requires it and not saying it feels ingenuine, I might explain that I perceive the world in a different way. The process of awakening can have significant effects on your "life in the relative", yet for others, it may not change that much. Let it unfold as it will, don't try to force anything in any direction. The funny part is: it has always unfolded as it will, only before awakening, you thought you were in control.

[@norfolkyeti]

Hi Angelo. Is it possible that behaviours around subtle beliefs could change for the better during awakening without really knowing those beliefs or approaching them? I feel more present and almost without reactivity as far as I can observe/feel but, haven’t really done any work so to speak on beliefs just letting the narration drop away.

[@georgesonm1774]

Hey re "carrot on a stick" - so not only enlightenment but also validation, love, money, safety, security etc. can also be at the end of that stick? Ok but how do I stop playing that game and give myself the carrot..? Or perhaps 'stop playing that game' means 'forget the carrot/accept you won't get it and be free'?

[@XxRavenx]

I don't know what "I am" is anymore. "am" seems to be there withought the "I".

[@firstloggerz6013]

Who is the "you" there, the one who does the knowing?

[@cps_Zen_Run]

@Xx… I Am That. I Am NOT That. I Am NOT. Am NOT . NOT. NOT is Everything and Nothing. Rest in NOT.

[@XxRavenx]

@@firstloggerz6013 I don't know

[@zzzzzzzzz-111]

So when you say, "Keep looking" can you go more into that? I've gotten a lot better at looking, but some times I get stuck in notcing the VERB that is awareness, being aware. I'm noticing it more as a verb now vs. searching for a Noun that is awareness (a thing I can point to.) But I'm not sure how to go beyond noticing it.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@zzzzzzzzz-111 I would suggest neither orienting to a noun nor a verb.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Dont assume anything at all.

[@zzzzzzzzz-111]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Okay, will do. I'm working on letting go of being able to even identify it and instead just observe it. I think that's helping.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@ yes no need to identify. Nor need to hold back from to identify … bc well that can’t actually occur

[@YinYangUnity]

Hi Angelo (and everyone else), I just did a video with the title "Duality And Nonduality: Two Sides Of The Same Coin". I would be thrilled if you'd check it out and leave some feedback! Btw, I absolutely love your channel. Your teachings offer some of the most clear, direct and useful pointers out there and have been instrumental on my own journey, so thank you for all you're doing my friend. 🙏🙏🙏

[@kazuno1774]

I want my mind back