How to Become Enlightened Ultra-Fast

A very quick explanation of the most effective technique to realize your true spiritual nature.
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[@tattarrrrattat]

Love this. It's like Akilesh is on a break at work and goes up on the roof to explain the ultra-direct path to enlightenment :)

[@yiranimal]

Why has nobody explained self-inquiry to me like this before? I started out questioning and reasoning, and this was useful, but no one ever suggested my dialogue should then stop as there was this "inversion" and then a sort of feeling inquiry would take over. I understood inner-silence was the end goal, if you will, but I didn't understand that inquiry was the tool to bring me there in this fashion. I believe I thought I needed to have a large number of insights through reasoning and this would, many years from now, somehow deliver the goods. Yet this puts me into the right state so quickly when I feel my way into it. I really appreciate your clarity and practicality. And I'm grateful for your secular approach, if that's a fair way to put it. I've had my fill of mystical riddles, descriptions of God, flawed philosophizing, etc over the last few years I've been looking into this stuff, to the point that I was becoming quite turned off. Simplifying the process and allowing people to discover their own metaphysics is beautiful. Thanks so much.

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Thanks for these kind comments. You're quite welcome.

[@PreetomSarker]

Hello Mr. Winterknight, It's a joy watching you talk! Thanks for clarifying this technique. Hope you continue to make videos/casual talks on youtube :)

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Thank you. My pleasure.

[@PrecioustheMovie1]

I teach this stuff and I could easily just memorize this speech and repeat it. It’s that good. Thank you.

[@ianmarconi]

That explanation was surprisingly good, very clear and direct indeed. Thanks for it, i will meditate on it!

[@vvv2k12]

Who will meditate on it?

[@veronicaspendlove]

I didn't know how much I needed this. Thank you, algorithms ❤ Sincerely appreciate these tools.

[@wolflarsen3447]

This is a great video man, Ive been watching it everyday for the past week.

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Excellent, I'm glad to hear it

[@SirVon2018]

Great job! It’s very clear now :)

[@CactusLand]

Great explanation, super clear, thank you!

[@apurvanandan6334]

Very accurate and beautifully explained.

[@simonfilemon1066]

Excellent question!

[@richmac6345]

Yes! A quiet mind is a gift. Most of the time its very difficult to have a quiet calm mind and body... I know this because today my mind and body got calm and I was finally able to easily meditate

[@healthyhottubproducts8436]

Thank you, Very Helpful, Very Good : )

[@dianas3889]

Thank you for this i will practice what you say i really hope I can do it

[@Your_Entire_Reality_Is_A_Lie]

Thank you

[@claudelebel49]

Coffee break satsang,,👍

[@garrettnadeau2255]

Thank you for the video! It’s super helpful and clarifying. what do you think about Eckhart Tolle?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Garrett Nadeau I’m not a huge fan, but he has introduced a lot of people to spirituality.

[@garrettnadeau2255]

Sifting to the Truth may I ask who you are a fan of if you don’t mind?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Garrett Nadeau well I have a whole website full of spiritual teachings - siftingtothetruth.com . My main influence is the great Indian sage Ramana Maharshi. I have a reading list on my website of other ancient scriptures that are helpful.

[@carvtube]

Hey man I liked your video , can you make more videos about this with everyday examples so that I can apply this easily in my daily life? One more thinh can you give your opinion on Osho? Thanks for you time and love to share this information with the rest of the world.

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Can you give an example of what you mean by everyday examples? And have you taken a look at my other videos or read my books? I would advise that if you haven’t.

[@carvtube]

@@SiftingtotheTruth thanks for answering man! I am looking at your other videos and its getting clearer to me that self-enquiry is about non identifying with whatever the situation is, isn't it? And if you ask for an everyday example , imagine you invest all your lifesavings into a piece of land and 16 years have past and you are not able to sell it, you start feeling frustration. So according with this tecnique how should I proceed to think in order to erase the frustration or better yet to manifest the selling of this property and feel relief?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

@@carvtube you would examine WHO it is that has this problem. Self inquiry is about relentlessly chasing the I at every waking moment - every time any thought occurs, you attempt to find to whom it occurs. You chase the sense of your own existence, trying to focus on it. And you will instead land on other thoughts, perceptions, feelings. And you divert from them back to the attempt to find the I. Over and over.

[@carvtube]

@@SiftingtotheTruth thanks dear sir for your answer I will keep watching your videos to see what else I learn from you, thank you!

[@DeeQu8nT81]

Thank you Akilesh. I have hearing problems. I often rely on English captions. I could not make it what you were saying after 6:01 'hold and follow it', I missed the following three repeated phrases, ? ? ?

[@wavynavy5624]

ULTRA FAST

[@busyhero]

This is really concise and helpful! Thanks! Using this technique, how long did it take you to become enlightened?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

A year of intense self-inquiry, and 19 years of intense searching before that :-).

[@busyhero]

@@SiftingtotheTruth Whoa! And... I'm guessing it was worth it in your opinion? :)

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

@@busyhero Of course -- it is the supreme goal. Luckily you have already attained it, you just need to open your eyes to that truth...

[@wolflarsen3447]

@@SiftingtotheTruth By intense self inquiry do you mean just trying to do it at every available moment?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

@@wolflarsen3447 Yup. Every waking moment.

[@luistirado6305]

I watched your video and, as someone who has been trying to apply the self inquiry teachings of Adyashanti, I am highly curious. Do you know if it's necessary for someone to have retained their "ojas" for a long period of time in order to reach enlightenment? This is the view of a lot of Hindu teachings, but does your experience corroborate this?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

If ojas is viewed as some kind of quasi-biological entity connected to sex... then it is not necessary. If ojas is viewed more metaphorically as your energy, your attention, then yes -- because you have to focus on self-inquiry or surrender every waking moment over all else if you want to be established in the Self. That requires a concentration, a focusing...

[@luistirado6305]

@@SiftingtotheTruth Yea, I was referring to the actual semen. Wow, that's crazy. I have one more question: is decision-making after enlightenment sorta taking place from a deeper part of oneself? For example, if I pursue a career path now, do I run the risk of later feeling like I made a superficial or silly decision if I become enlightened afterwards?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

@@luistirado6305 No. Enlightenment reveals that there is no one making decisions, either now or later. Certainly not an individual. The only real freedom at any time is to choose to turn inward.

[@luistirado6305]

@@SiftingtotheTruth Thank you, sir.

[@Workdove]

Talk more about this inversion. More details please.

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Workdove not much more to say. It cannot be described accurately, but you’ll know it without a doubt when you see it.

[@Workdove]

@@SiftingtotheTruth Not what I was looking for. I had the American dream, the house in the suburbs, the wife, the 2.5 kids, the dog, the minivan, the vacations, the career. Now it is all starting to fall away. The house went first, then the kids grew up and moved out, now it's a toss up between whether my marriage of 22 years will end or if I will lose my career first. As I'm getting older it is all falling away. All I've got left is searching for enlightenment on my way out

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Workdove Sounds complex and painful. contact me through my website and we can talk in more detail if you want. I work with seekers

[@alex-as-is]

Thank you for the explanation sir. One question: Would it help if a person is an addict?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

No harm in trying, and it probably would help. But likely the addict's mind is going to be too agitated to follow this consistently. Probably helpful to get some serious psychoanalytic psychotherapy (probably a good thing for MOST seekers actually).

[@alex-as-is]

​@@SiftingtotheTruth Thank you. Yeah, good point. :) So a buzzing mind should be calmed first, then the technic would work the best.

[@Gandalfsson1]

No english text ?

[@subarnasubedi7938]

Who is here after enlightment?

[@rihhard1072]

If theres someone after enlightenment, its not enlightenment

[@aleecew7570]

This thought-feeling-sensation of “I” is not what we are. It’s an object. How is this “I” seen or known? We are That in which this “I” appears. A thought of ourself as a person arises and disappears in this infinite Awareness, but we, as we truly are, Eternal Awareness , Pure Consciousness, Absolute Self, Is Always. Be willing to give up identifying as a person who is always going after things. With inquiry, you can stop identifying with thoughts and live as the Beingness being happy, content, fulfilled naturally from within. When the mind goes outward, the body, world and overlay of thoughts are created and therefore suffering. When the mind goes inward, the illusion of separation ceases, the identification with I, me, mine disappears and there is Eternal Peace. Inquiry is training the mind to go inward. Earnestly practice inquiry everyday and the thoughts and beliefs will recede in the light of consciousness. Only then will you have a direct knowing of who/what you are.

[@Lbpbest1]

Why did it take anamalai swami 30 yrs or so of self inquiry to realize the self? Was he just spiritually ungifted or smth? Also, do you think nisargadatta's "i am" practice is the same as ramana's self inquiry

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Because it's a different definition of enlightenment. In fact we are all already enlightened; there is only the mistaken belief that we are not. Only that has to be eliminated. That may have taken him some time. But even that is not true, if we understand enlightenment from the final viewpoint. Nisargadatta's I am practice if properly understood is the same as Ramana's self-inquiry technique. But both can be easily misunderstood. Watch my other videos and read my guide on self-inquiry if you want to do it properly. www.siftingtothetruth.com/blog/2019/6/7/the-ultimate-guide-to-spiritual-self-inquiry

[@Lbpbest1]

@@SiftingtotheTruth ok i watched your video.and yeah, i noticed that both are the same or similar, the point is just to turn the mind towards self-awareness. What do you think Leo Gura's "enlightenment"? Is he delusional?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

@@Lbpbest1 I'm not a fan of Leo Gura's ideas and experiences of enlightenment.

[@Lbpbest1]

@@SiftingtotheTruth last question (sorry).do you think concentration practices/meditation is necessary? For example japa or samatha? Or is self inquiry amd resting as awareness and letting go/sirrender enough?

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

@@Lbpbest1 I don't recommend "resting as awareness." Self-inquiry or surrender are enough if the mind is sufficiently quiet and. concentrated to pursue them with intensity. I recommend a) an intellectual framework for the search, b) emotional work on yourself to deal with your psychological baggage and become honest about what you want, and c) self-inquiry/surrender.

[@donsoley746]

I don’t understand. If I think that the real me is behind my eyes - why does that stop me having such an awareness!.. ? I don’t see the problem with I being aware of me.

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Because you cannot be that which you are aware of. If you were aware of it, there would not be any distance -- any boundary -- between you and it to distinguish it as a separate thing. If you were a table, you would not be able to be aware OF the table as separate from you. So what you are aware of cannot, obviously, be the one that is aware of the thing. Of course you can call any object whatever you want. You can say "the table is me, why can't it be me?" But that doesn't get at the point, which is -- where and what is the observer? The observer cannot be the observed.

[@slimmofat9115]

Is it possible to loose one's enlightenment??

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Nope

[@garrettnadeau2255]

Have you gotten it before?

[@garrettnadeau2255]

I just want to know

[@SiftingtotheTruth]

Garrett Nadeau Until “you” “get there” yourself no answer I give will make sense.

[@garrettnadeau2255]

Sifting to the Truth it still felt good to read that so thank you

[@tolgakalavak]

I did not understand

[@dameerdj5403]

That’s bollocks, sorry. “Me” or the “I” don’t exist for real, the identity is an illusion, so therefore there’s actually no one to be enlightened.