How to Find Release Right Now (Non-Duality)

[@RosentwigMusic]

It's really interesting to look at this now from the "perspective" of non-duality. Music, my whole life, has been doing this for me. I've had several "experiences" when I was younger where I "became" the sound (especially when I had my eyes closed), even to an extent where the idea of space completely collapsed and I felt like I was one with everything. A bit later in life, I struggled a lot with panic attacks and episodes of depersonalization (which Shinzen Young puts as "Enlightenments Evil Twin", and I totally agree, it's like a periodic glimpse into no self, and you can't seem to escape it, and the mind starts being so scared). This was also one of the biggest fears or fixations for me: the fear of disappearing or waking up from the matrix. But there was always something in me that, when I experienced this in a meditation, etc., wondered what was "behind" it. Well I can tell you now it's everything and no thing.

[@karenwood8423]

The path has long seemed a journey to acceptance. This video leads deeper, to awareness of beauty/joy/peace/effortlessness. Very appreciative!

[@rulamazigi5839]

“The sense of Being someone…can be dropped right now completely and the sound remains. The sound is freedom, absolute freedom, because it’s not contingent upon anything at all. It’s not contingent on an ear or hearing or a hearer or a sound maker…it’s pure, simple, innocent…can you hear…the whole universe (buzzing…humming…ringing)?…And that one sound is every sound in the environment because it doesn’t filter, it doesn’t hold back, it doesn’t hesitate, it obliterates everything, endlessly letting go…so what’s left? Just the sound. Couldn’t get any closer…intimate…empty…full…Infinite contact, Infinite release…your constant lover…constant reminder of formlessness, peace and freedom…Infinite contact, Infinite release. Just that sound.” 🙏🏼🤯💥 🐇 🕳🙏🏼

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

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[@deborah41541]

Your book is sooo good ❤

[@VioletSynergy]

Perfect guidance into the direct experience- thank you

[@simonganley9963]

who does the background audio-visual effects? Assuming its you, I have to say how oddly useful they are in bringing the mind to calmness and focused attention. Compliments to the chef! 🍳

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Glad you like, fun to make :)

[@toddf910]

The unstruck sound 🙏🕉

[@meditationamsterdam]

Your videos are priceless Angelo. Letting go feels almost exactly as it did the first time you ride a bike, it's that childish fascination of novelty and freedom. You think you'll fall and yet balance and gravity somehow carry you as if magically. It's awesome that reality does exactly the same if held in open attention! :0)

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Well said

[@thewayofnoway]

Wow! I guess this explains why my head has been ringing like a gong since delving into the awakening process! 😂

[@zoyaskir]

when you finally answer the ringing in your ears - We've been trying to reach you concerning your vehicle's extended warranty. =^.*=

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

😂😂😂. Yes!!!

[@macaroon147]

🤣🤣🤣

[@baronbullshyster2996]

You’ve made a really sound video. Thanks

[@myrealnameisawareness]

The importance of using sound as a gateway to awareness is beautiful. Just a snippet from my life: I started college 5 months ago and right now I’m at home for a break with the worst and longest cold that’s heavy on my sinus, for the SECOND time. And I’ve never had a cold in the past 2 years. And only during this time I was exposed to sooo many chaotic sounds and endless conversations that I did not put my full attention and wasnt fully present in with all kinds of people because I live on campus in a hostel. And no matter how aware I would be, I would automatically approach any situation that involved a person through my solid identity. I listened and listened and listened. And all that got saved up in my sinuses because I wasnt used to so many conversations in the past few months before college. I can’t explain but the feeling is instinctual. And bringing my attention on it without thought is definitely very very helpful. I feel like I’m actually truly listening to all those conversations saved up in my sinuses… and they are not unconscious anymore. I should probably go back to that.

[@manoasky]

This cosmic sound definitely helped me feel shifts. Thank you! 🤙🙏

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

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[@MrChesterification]

Love this! Kind of hard to over-complicate sound!!! Thank you! Also ... how did you know I have ringing in my ears?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I have it to, but no ears just Universe Ringing 😃

[@MrChesterification]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 💗💓🎵

[@TheEvaluna1975]

Among all the sense gates, hearing (sound) seems to be the easiest for me to melt into and experience non-duality ( for intermittent moments, at least) and the vision field being the most challenging one... why is that?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I tho k it’s bc the visual field requires so much brain processing. Also it is really where the dualistic construct is maintained.

[@TheEvaluna1975]

@Simply Always Awake so the visual field is like the headquarters of the matrix, huh? 🤔

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@TheEvaluna1975 it sort of is 😂

[@mariannesteiner7693]

Soooo good😊

[@mlok2300]

Hi angelo, do you do any live meditations and dialogues where one can ask questions?

[@HiluT]

❤

[@tamaracrawford9703]

Pure hearing (is that what it's called?) has been such a mystery to me, I've been having more luck with seeing. Then, maybe 3 days ago, I was waiting for my little boy to come out of his classroom, and everything got incredibly still... I was transfixed on a spiderweb and the patterns of moss and bark on a tree. Suddenly a dog barked. Just once. There was no 'dog', there was no 'bark', there was no 'where'. Just the sound. Whoah. Almost immediately started taking notes! 😂😂😂

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

That’s it… WOOF!

[@tamaracrawford9703]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I've heard you say that dogs can be teachers! 🤣

[@thepeacefulway]

Would love to hear more about dogs being our teacher?

[@SwiffyBear21]

Angelo. I was wondering your name. Thank you for your content!! I keep trying to experience oneness and was brought to your channel. Trying not to try so I know I’m off. Ugg lol

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Welcome. Take your time, there are very powerful transformations at hand. Forces beyond you and me both moving all of this.

[@wanderingmoon1383]

When you’re awake, it is easier for the brain to be overstimulated and overwhelmed by stimuli in the environment?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Interesting question perhaps I’ll make a video about that.

[@amandatrouette8455]

To me I feel the more I wake up the more sensitive I am to other people and their energy. I get very overwhelmed with love or compassion in big groups especially. Also I do feel that my body sensations are very distracting. Just feeling like a big cloud of sensations all the time is sooooo cool. It’s just soooo soooo interesting at times I get sucked into it.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@amandatrouette8455 I think it’s quite typical after awakening to go through what you are describing. I’ll be brief but ultimately the solution is to go in deeper and without reservation. The sense forked will overtake you at sone point and then overwhelm is impossible bc there’s nothing apart anymore. There is a different kind of adjustment at that point. You might wish you could still have overwhelm but it’s no longer available so the only way forward is fully dying into the experience again and again. Might sound bad but only to the degree that we try to fight it. It becomes quite ecstatically ordinary at some point 😍

[@soma-soma-soma-soma]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake When I moved from the country to the city, I had a terrible time adapting to all the noise and sights. I had migraines for weeks because I was overstimulated. Sirens felt like a mild electric shock and used to make me cry. I've adapted of course. Now, when someone makes a normal sound in the meditation hall I jump because it seems so loud when I'm relaxed -- like it's right beside me. I've discovered that aside from when I'm meditating I'm constantly braced against sound and other sensory stimuli. When I relax it's way too loud and overwhelming... it hurts Not sure what to do about this. I've had very bad tinnitus since I was a kid and I'm very good at ignoring it too. I've been in sound baths with crystal bowls that were unbearable. It wasn't the sound it was the vibrations they caused in my body. It felt like an electric shock. I couldn't stay.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@soma-soma-soma-soma are you autistic by chance? Either way I think really grounding yourself in the body sense and a somatic practice like TRE maybe really helpful for energy management. I did an interview with someone today I will post at sone point soon I think you’ll get a lot out of it actually and her channel. Her name is Pernille (I think I spelled that right).

[@VeritableVagabond]

Is there a way to know when you’re doing inquiry correctly?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Good question maybe I make a video about this

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Simple answer : Is it working? Is something loosening up, opening etc etcc

[@VeritableVagabond]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you. I feel like some people like myself, may get mixed up between inquiring effectively and ineffectively.

[@macaroon147]

Is this to get you into a state of presence or is this for releasing pain bodies?

[@gulumayroz]

🙏❤️🌈👍 Hearing without listening... without the intention to listen... because any intention is this extra..."you"...this false continuity... appearing as "you"...

[@discardmyfriends]

You say "the more we wake up..." but I thought awakening is supposed to be instantaneous, that once you see it you can't unsee it. There's also reports of people awakening then going back to before and re-seeking the awakening they had. A lot of contradictions

[@philipp176]

Yesterday I also thought about this issue. It’s indeed paradoxical. The recognition of the non-dual nature is timeless, now - And complete in itself, because it is seen that there is nothing else. However, simultaneously the body-mind-conditioning has a momentum that tends to make us identify with beliefs again. So while the non-Dual recognition is timeless, it appears to be that simultaneously there is a deepening through inquiring into believes, contractions and repressions 😶‍🌫️🤯

[@cps_Zen_Run]

Ian, it is definitely progressive, IMHO. As are most endeavors in life. Winning your first game of chess doesn’t make one a grandmaster, but it is a requirement. Lol. Don’t expect to “get there or arrive.” Allow it to unfold on its own. Peace.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Initial awakening is often experienced as a sudden shift. Beyond that there is work to do to clarify the initial insight. Takes some time.

[@louthefou4052]

Man.. i dont get it.. im too stupidnfor this stuff

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You're not too stupid, it's actually stupid simple, the thoughts just spin their wheels trying to see what they are a reflection of :) It will click at some point, I promise

[@cps_Zen_Run]

Lou, knowing that you don’t know is preferable to knowing that you know, but don’t. Let it come, let it be, let it go. Peace

[@louthefou4052]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake im 26 years old now and am trying tonget this stuff for like 8 years and didnt get it, ive had lots of glimpses, in my childhood too but it never stayed..

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@louthefou4052 keep at it. The part of you that wants to keep, Hold, understand, you can let go of. Drop fully into presence but letting go of all concepts, memories, memories, intentions. You got this ;)

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@louthefou4052

[@jimmierodgers1597]

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