"I've Been Trying for Ten Years... and No Awakening!"

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About my videos: These videos are a resource for anyone wishing to wake up from the dream of separation. Awakening, enlightenment, and liberation are becoming far more mainstream possibilities than they once were. There are many good teachers out there, and if you resonate with the teachings of Eckhart Tolle, Rupert Spira, or Sadhguru, you might find resources here that address these deeper promptings to investigate your true nature.
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[@JuniMandala]

Gratitude all day long. Keep pulling yourself back to gratitude. Eventually, that perspective becomes your reality.

[@VeritableVagabond]

Your commitment to helping people wake up on the daily floors me. I’ll sing your name until the day I die.

[@krishnapartha]

Amen brother. ❤

[@krishnapartha]

I heard Jesus said we enter 2 by 2.

[@BrennanRoberts-sg2ob]

That's a wild thing to say tbh lol.

[@VeritableVagabond]

@@BrennanRoberts-sg2ob if expressing love is wild, then call me Tarzan

[@ukaszdorocinski9492]

I feel like trauma/cptsd or shadow, whatever you want to call it is a huuuuuuge deal that would be worth elaborating on in you channel. I don't know, it's just like an intuition but I've been living for a long time with a question "what's wrong with me?" and after a long time I did a retreat by myself. After three days of intense crying I was like "... wait a second, these are thoughts, just thought, EVERYTHING IS ALLRIGHT!" I felt like my addictions fell away, I felt energetic yet calm, I didn't even know about this whole awakening thing. In the past I had this feeling that I am in everything but this time, well, I was just happy the way I always wanted to. It lasted 24h xd Then came the shift to fear, anxiety, and panic. Well... I don't recommend that xd It's like realizing the state you've been in for a loooooong time but this time you have the comparison of happiness. It's been awful. And after a few dreadful months I finally get the first laughs. What am I trying to say? Oh, I know. If you "can't wake up" then maybe it's also a gift. Maybe it will be much easier if you start with taking care of yourself, being kind to yourself, following your heart and hugging people. Not to wake up, just to be happy. I wish you all the best.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@ukaszdorocinski9492 check the playlist emotion and shadow work . Check out inside circle with Rick Meissner

[@The_LE_Crooner]

Keep going, friend. It’s all part of it.

[@sherrijones6605]

I can relate to that so very much

[@lynlavalight]

The most important thing anyone said to me when I was younger and told them I believed something was wrong with me was, "The only thing wrong with you is that you believe their is something wrong with you." Original family trauma, the gift that keeps on giving 😅. Much love.

[@ukaszdorocinski9492]

@@lynlavalight

[@facsimile-io3dd]

It's never been about learning, it's always been about emptying out the trash in our head.

[@JMBProductionsYT]

🤯

[@ravenwild5184]

This lands beautifully here. Thank you. Recognizing I've heard all this before in bits and pieces but all together so directly feels like finally looking past the pointing finger and seeing the moon. An abundance of Gratitude 🎉❤🤗🙏

[@wladicus1]

A different way to "look" at this question. _ The identity "I", "me", "you" cannot wake up. _ It is an identity constructed of thoughts, of concepts. It is a story. _ A story does not wake up. What is awake is not an identity. _ There is "no one" there, no identity to awake. _ Conceptual constructs do not awaken, other than in story form, and stories are just movements of thought. _ Movements of thought might be considered as the substance of the dream. _ As long as there is a "you" identity of any sort, then the story is sustaining the dream. _ Who awakens? _ "No one" awakens. _ The finite mind can never comprehend what is awake, what is the ineffable.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Indeed , and if that becomes another set of thoughts with no real transformation….

[@sharper12341]

Well said and all true if I may just make a few comments….the thoughts we all have are objects within consciousness, it’s what hears the thoughts that is our true essence. Once we are able to distance ourselves from thoughts regardless if they are good or bad and live in the open, silent, stillness that we all are already the suffering will not end 🙏

[@wladicus1]

@@sharper12341 _ Duly noted. ❤

[@patrickdegroot3692]

Imagine waking up and finding that the world you'd always considered to be external to yourself, no longer feels like it is. It's all there like some intuitive image in the back of your mind. It's all there and it's so clear. Uncertainty and insecurity fades in the blink of an eye and all of a sudden, the world turns soft, loving, so vibrant, feels like it is covered by an all-encompassing velvet blanket of sorts. You have no idea what is happening and weirdly, looking in the mirror you no longer recognize yourself. "Who is this?" Both terrifying and exhilarating an experience. That is the best way I could explain my experience. I had a very emotional night the day before, where I just let everything out. I think it was music that allowed me to break through in a sense. I woke up the next morning and it hit me just like that. Everything suddenly became so effortless, and it really didn't matter what I would be doing. I found myself doing things I had never dared to before, without even giving it a thought. It did not last though. I've tried to explain and define it over the years and the best way I can is that I simply lost my sense of self or so. I think we're just wired to then automatically try and build a new limited identity for ourselves over time, which then takes us away from that state, and so it all started slipping away from me, causing me to turn to spirituality and spiritual practise more and more over time. Why and how could something so amazing and life-changing slip away from me like this? I found it required a lot of effort to even try to retain or (later-on) find my way back to something that resembled that initial level of "intensity" I had experienced, even losing my mind and going through psychosis in the process. The latter seemingly being the experience that has helped me most since but had also made me suffer most. It might compare to the suffering I'd endured in my younger years in the sense that both experiences gave or grew within me a sense of compassion that no longer excluded myself, which helped to come to terms with everything that had happened, and all the haunting memories just seemingly faded away once they stopped having a negative emotional impact on me. I guess suffering, pain and shame are the fastest ways to "awaken," but only once you make the conscious choice to feel them and not try and run away from it all. Seems I've finally come to the point where I've been able to break that inner boundary yet again, although it still feels like I'm not fully there yet. Perhaps I can never get back to that level of intensity as it is no longer new and as impactful to me as it was back then and all things you do get used to over time. Besides, we can never truly free ourselves from our memories and nor should we wish to. I think losing my mind, or myself, through psychosis was similar to my first experience except this time I was put in a state of uncertainty, fear and (dis)belief which I needed to overcome somehow by applying what I had learned before, through and afterwards, which allowed me to shape my identity in such a way that it could include both my internal and external world and unify them within my experience once more. If I look at this from this point of view, perhaps I've grown more than I might think. I really don't know how to show people how to get to such a point seeing as I was lucky to be able to experience this spontaneously to begin with. In a sense this showed me what I was looking for as I had already experienced it. How to show others the way and how to find further progress though? These are probably the only real questions I ask myself and it seems to me these have to go hand in hand.

[@ktor538]

Deep, this clicked'

[@kathleenwharton2139]

God is in Control! You will awake when God awakens you. Until then Just Be! 😊❤

[@carp7697]

You are God. You will awaken when you realize that.

[@kathleenwharton2139]

@@carp7697 God is Love 💕 and I needed to learn to Love myself. Thank You!

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

Right on time. ❤ Thank you 🙏 You’re so committed to helping. It’s beautiful to see.

[@KelleyBell123]

I'm on this journey too. To Angelo's always excellent guidance, I'd like to add one more practice that really helps propel me forward: Be sure to recognize even the tiniest bit of progress and take a moment to feel gratitude for it. E.g., "I'm more patient with my partner than I was a year ago." Or, "When I'm caught up in a thought stream, I'm catching myself earlier these days." Or, "Instead of yelling at my kid today for something that used to trigger me, I caught myself and focused on breathing and listening." Or whatever. Take some time to let the gratitude for your progress truly sink in. It's possible to do so without letting egoic pride take over. Getting stuck in frustration that you haven't yet "awakened" is just another way of energizing the perceived "lack" in your life. As Angelo says, notice the thought, feel the feelings that arise with it, and let the whole energy system move on through you. Say to yourself, "Oh, that's just another thought of the 'I need XYZ to make me happy' variety." (I've found that thoughts nearly always fall into one of five or six categories.) Then go back to finding reasons for gratitude. I wish everyone well.

[@jdubluffy1959]

For me what helped to get past frustration is to literally just give up. I realized that my frustration literally just didn’t get me anywhere so I gave up on the concept of awakening that really helped me

[@bohemianasylum]

Waking up opens "powers" that if you don't understand and have prepped for (that means getting your shit together, emotional traumas, addictions, mental blocks, forgiveness, etc) could bring on a complete nervous breakdown or psychosis. I've gone through ten years of hell after my kundalini experience. First I didn't find it pleasant. It was a terrifying experience. The bliss overwhelmed me and was so intense that I started screaming. Then my new "powers" made me feel crazy, and alienated most of my friends and family. The power to manifest is much stronger after waking up. I still had PTSD and a really tough childhood to overcome. So every self doubt and negative belief I held became even more true and more difficult to face and overcome. TEN YEARS OF HELL. Be careful what you wish for, you will get it! I'm good now. I'm better able to direct my thoughts and I'm letting go of "beliefs" and living in the now a lot more often. I found peace boring at first but now I love it.

[@IdontCare479]

So are you awake?

[@bohemianasylum]

@@IdontCare479 I had the kundalini experience which many consider "awake" or enlightened. It just wasn't what I thought it was going to be. I was attempting spiritual bypassing when I made efforts (through hot yoga) to have a kundalini. Joke was on me :)

[@carp7697]

Kundalini awakening is completely unnecessary. I warn people to steer as far clear of it as possible.

[@darkcorner8605]

@@IdontCare479 what you had was a frontal lobe epileptic event which is what kundalini basically is. At least the experience where you wake it up and it hits you like a locomotive, as opposed to a gradual experience stretched over years. Did you put your tongue to the roof of your mouth to close the circuit, so that the energy would run all over your body and not get stuck in your head?

[@IdontCare479]

@@darkcorner8605 it's not me it was @bohemianasylum who woke up and reached the stars

[@julesh303]

Angelo! This is so clear, thank you so much ❤

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Glad it was helpful!

[@awakenotwoke7949]

I have found that waking up is like inhalation and exhalation. If you have been on this quest, you have awoken in a split second, and you know it, but we forget the next moment. Then we say I am not awake. You must come from the conviction ( as Ramana Maharshi states) that you Are Awake. Don't look up to that state. Look down from that state. It may seem like a false excercise, but it's not. You just stop averring: I am not awake ,which creates that experience. As all the great teachers claim: You are already Awake. Be that!

[@mikeyfinn2]

idk, I had lingering doubt for a long while after first shift and working through most reactivity, which finally resolved when I investigated agency simply and directly: no discernible entity, process, or self is moving my finger back and forth, no matter what the thoughts are saying 🤷‍♂ ymmv

[@RamSamudrala]

For a nanosecond (which too long) I did have identity collapse. I've also had mystical experiences that hallucinated the nature of reality. I have a memory of that briefest of moment when the penny dropped. Yet Angelo says the shift is permanent, the penny REMAINS dropped. Has that occurred for you?

[@KelleyBell123]

Nisargadatta puts it this way (paraphrasing): "You are the Supreme Reality. Believe it. Live it."

[@awakenotwoke7949]

@@KelleyBell123 Yes. Ramana Maharshi states the same thing. Right now you've convinced yourself you are the limited ego that is seeking Liberation. Convince yourself that you are the infinite Self right now. Start living it. Be it.

[@GumbyTheGreen1]

@@KelleyBell123 If you just force yourself to believe it and live it without having actually realized it, before it’s really authentic, then how is this any different from a religion? Wouldn’t such a belief be a kind of bypassing that lulls you into no longer working towards actual realization? And what would it even mean to live it? Is there a nondual lifestyle?

[@3cats2fish84]

Thank you! I think this will be helpful. I seem to be stuck in a thought pattern of "I can't do this. This isn't for me. Awakening will never happen for someone like me." Etc. But I can see that's just a story. I've been recognizing a lot of my habitual patterns, and what I consider to be my self are just stories. But aside from a few powerful glimpses, that recognition remains intellectual.

[@littlegiddingful]

Would be great if you could do a similar video for people stuck post awakening. I’m doing your online retreat next week!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@littlegiddingful good idea

[@greensiblings9454]

Please do! I am stuck. :I

[@momentmal5248]

Yes! I found myself as the background of experience back in 2022. Spiritual seeking fell away. There’s no feeling of being stuck….just doing the laundry and excited to see what life is creating. What we do with that (if anything) would be interesting to hear about.

[@donnamcg]

So clear, Angelo, thank you! ❤Wonderful confirmation of how we can get so lost in that story! This was encountered on my own not long ago during inquiry, realized full awakening and shift of identity had occurred here years ago and was simply not recognized for a time because it didn’t seem the way I had been conditioned to believe it would appear, such as in Eckhart’s or Bryon Katie’s (or even Adya’s) experiences! (Of course not, it was specific to this body-mind construct but I didn’t know that at the time!) Went along doing retreats, reading, much deep emotional and shadow work over the years, mumbling about this lack of awakening when it had already occurred (my “life” had totally shifted but I had not recognized the core unfolding) and I was just doing the ensuing clean-up for a while. 😁. It was such a joy to acknowledge that yes, what I had been looking for was right here! Now I simply love the deepening and joy! I truly enjoyed hearing you express this so clearly, I experienced much of this at one point or another over many years as I fumbled around and I know this will help so many others who are stuck in that! Looking forward to retreat with you next week and in Boone in December! ❤

[@mikeyfinn2]

When you say "full awakening", do you mean the initial shift or no-self, or ... ?

[@rafreitas]

Hi Donna. If I may ask, did you experience the shift in identity when you had your awakening years ago? It’s not the first time I hear of people overlooking their own awakening and I fear this may happen to me, as in it may be so subtle that I will miss it when it happens and then I’ll keep pursuing something that’s already happened for god knows how many years. Thanks

[@donnamcg]

@@rafreitas Yes and it was somewhat subtle yet there. Expectations truly blinded awareness of the obvious. 😊 Everything shifted but I thought it was just normal “growth”. Wasn’t until later as the subtlety and simplicity were noticed and there was realization that layers come off in the process that it was truly recognized. Be gentle with it all! ❤️ I feel if we don’t notice, there’s a reason for it! There might have been deviation into a cul de sac (as Adya would say) if I had known at the time… resistance to the work that needed to be done! It all unfolds as it needs to! (As Angelo would say! 😊)

[@donnamcg]

@@mikeyfinn2 Initial shift and some identity “ lightening” too at the time. More as things went along and dropped away. All very organic and slow…had to be as there seemed to be so much here to be seen… and also so much that seemed to transmute alchemically too. I thought I was just stuck a lot… but so much was going on in the background. So interesting how it all varies perfectly from being to being.

[@rafreitas]

@@donnamcg that’s beautiful. I appreciate your answer. 😊

[@liviuclipa]

The very first video i watched on your channel made me become aware of self narrative thoughts. I immediately ordered your book and it helps a lot. Thank you.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@liviuclipa welcome

[@AshleyStuart]

Love the editing in the video today! And such good advice in this one. I especially want to echo the value of retreats.

[@oolala53]

Maybe for you. I’ve been on over 25 retreats. They’re pleasant while I’m there, but no big experiences and minimal results. Most of the results I feel have come because I was able to retire from an extremely stressful job and I’ve continued the teachings of non-dealership enough that there is a little bit of lightness, but it doesn’t come from a sense of the inside or experience. It’s more about applying a philosophy after the fact . But what’s the alternative?

[@thegringoscottproductions1699]

Oh oh Angelo is becoming a Guru. Look at that impressive beard. Dang 😮

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Not only gurus have beards these days ;) 😂😂

[@sanekabc]

As long as you don't define who you are.

[@oneom8158]

💙🙏 So small is this blue heart, so small are these hands, so immense is my gratitude 😔

[@isabellamistretta-mp1kf]

I got tears on my face at the end of this video…it’s a clear sign Thank you❤

[@KaaLee8]

I think it's because you told about the letting go of the densities of the body and what a relieve this was ...this makes me believe I'm not there yet .. Thank you 💎

[@yasminel-hakim4348]

looking forward to your online retreat next week. It will be the second time and the first was awesome. Thanks for your great work Angelo 🙏❤️

[@jimvega4749]

In my understanding and experience, I think it's about facing or watching your inner world, learning to except and letting go. It's a constant effort not just during meditation, but throughout the day. Techniques like breathing exercises, or something that calms the mind and grounds you so that you can observe yourself really helps. This is different from self improvement which is ego driven, more like untangling or unfolding.

[@jdestiny10153]

Hello Angelo, I know you do not specifically focus on the energetics aspect of awakening but many experience Kundalini and are lost... It is a process with its evolution curve and pitfalls and I'm thinking it would be nice to share your understanding of it and how to go about it for it to lead to full awakening. Thank you for your help 😊

[@chrismahfouz7709]

I’ve been there. It’s hard to say how long I’ve been on this path because I was raised Christian so my “quest” began there in earnest 30 years ago but made a turn more “metaphysical” in 2011. I took classes, read books, listened to spiritual teachers via webinars, etc. I began a spiritual practice by making alter in my home, prayer and daily meditation. I listened to binaural beats, brain synchronization, etc. I found sitting for meditation challenging and sometimes very frustrating yet I was determined to do it so I continued. When I let go of the expectation of completely silencing my mind and having some kind of supernatural experience it became more pleasurable. I felt a new calm in my mind and body and that was enough along with simply the establishment of that daily habit. I tried listening to music, visualizations, binaural beats, chanting but found that just sitting still in silence worked for me but I always begin with deep breathing because it relaxes the body and the mind (but doesn’t necessarily stop thoughts which is probably impossible-that is an unrealistic Expectation). It took 4-5 years for that practice to get next level. This is a lifelong lifestyle. I’m getting too long winded here so….in a nutshell, the biggest stumbling blocks for me were: letting go of some of the dogma I learned at church; letting go of expectation (that was a hard one); letting go of comparing my so called progress-so called “spiritual gifts.” We are all different and each of our paths reflect that. It sounds cliche but enjoy the journey and stop judging yourself. You are absolutely on track and it’s not s race to the finish line. Your own judgement of yourself is probably your biggest stumbling block. Stopping judging yourself for being human is the beginning of self love. We are here to experience being human-having emotions and learning through life’s challenges. There are no rights/wrongs, good/bad and there’s NO RUSH. You are in the right place right now no matter your age (this was a hard lesson to learn for me). Trust the process. It’s different for everyone. It takes time and patience. Practice kindness daily beginning with yourself and everyone you come in contact with including on the road driving. Intend to send love to everyone-even those that wrong you. This kind of practice is transformative. Also, finding joy and beauty in the everyday things. It helps with being in the present and getting more satisfaction day to day. Forgive yourself and as much as possible extend that to everyone but don’t beat yourself up if you can’t because we are all just doing the best that we can in any moment-it’s not an absolute necessity for anything. I’m so glad to find this channel and have subscribed. I found that the channel Athena in Truth (Robin Jelinak) has helped me tremendously with self love which was always a mystery to me. My apologies for such a lengthy post(!). I hope this helps or encourages someone that is struggling. ☺️💖Much love…❤❤❤

[@PsalmsFiftyOne-10-12]

Nice, encouraging. Only 2 things missing, The Teacher (Matthew 23-8) and The Instructor (John 14-20).

[@consciousmob]

No one will study themselves into awakening. And the wrong books, or simply too many books piles on noise. What we mostly need are the predispositions at birth and a huge amount of experience in life and suffering. Much needs to align and most of it is out of our control. Seek, but don't try to skip the life experience and suffering required with academic input. Gathering experiences and growing awareness without the expectation of results are key imho.

[@siddharth9]

So true.

[@autumnpendergast9151]

100%. Life must be experienced deeply, wholly, to experience the excrutiating magnificence of what we are. No book or guru or pose will give you that. Look into the abyss without flinching!

[@karenjacobson3573]

Thank you for this! Needed to hear this right now.🙏

[@bethhayes1]

I first felt the stirrings of, There's something more here than meets the eye, in the early '70s. I was 16 and found some books on eastern mysticism and yoga. Bells went off in my head. I KNEW this was my path. 50 years, and MANY teachers, gurus, retreats and journeys later, I am still on the path. Do I feel I am enlightened or awakened? No. Do I have a choice to continue in this way? No. This is just what is set out for me to do. I have let go into the fact that Grace will guide the way and I don't have to push or seek. I relax and let go.

[@GumbyTheGreen1]

If I can ask, is the relaxing and letting go a new phase of your path or does it feel like that’s what you’ve been doing for 50 years?

[@carp7697]

It’s because most teachings are unnecessarily vague and ambiguous. People have no one who can personally help them on a path that will lead to an outcome. To some degree it is because a seeker is not entirely ready but mostly because teachings are not direct and understandable.

[@alfreddifeo9642]

Thank you for this, need to do this

[@OnePercentBetter]

Great video. One of the biggest traps 'I' experienced was because there are so many practices, pointers, books, and videos on how to awaken - the assumption was that years had to be spent doing practices and consuming all this content to awaken. But awakening can happen right now, and what really helps is determination in truly listening to the pointers. A big one in this video being to recognize thoughts as merely thoughts (your life story = thoughts, I am Sally = thought etc.) and therefore not you. Another trap is 'getting it' for a brief moment, then forgetting or doubting the Truth that was experienced. Becuase there are no sparkling fireworks - you doubt. Or because it is so simple and ordinary - you doubt. Or because negative thoughts still arise (although less 'sticky') - you doubt. I realized there is a difference between awakening and still witnessing negative character traits arise, and awakening + complete dissolution of negative character traits. Negative character traits are thought structures that can continue to play out post-awakening, like getting angry or judging others. It can pull you back into illusion frequently. From what I understand (speculation moving forward, take with a grain of salt) - it requires further effort and understanding to dissipate them like the True Masters (Paramahansa Yogananda, Baba Neem Karoli etc, Anandamayi Ma) etc. True Selflessness is eventually realized (no attachment to sugar, sex, teaching, - literally anything, and the desires don't even arise unless conciously willed). Hope this helps someone 🕉️🙏🏼 -Brandon

[@nothenryporter81]

Koans like "Mu" don't work for me because I can't allow myself to ponder something that I know is a trick. Conceptually I know that the question "What is Mu?" has no logical answer and it just an attempt to trick the mind - so I can't take it seriously.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

It's not a trick. It is just that the mind isn't the tool to open the koan. If I hand you an ice cream and you say its a trick because you want to put it on your forehead instead of into your mouth, I'll just say you can try that all you want but at some point you'll realize that's just not where it belongs.

[@facsimile-io3dd]

You don't need any koans to get there, entirely unnecessary. If it does not do it for you, don't use it. Direct will catch you unaware, and only when you've ended the content of thought within you. You will not be expecting it.

[@siddharth9]

I agree with you. If the only engagement with Mu is through the mind then the mind is smart enough to know what the gameplan is. But the koan isn't meant to trick the mind. The mind doesn't try to argue logically at all with how a sour grape tastes. That experiential knowledge cuts through the mind so decisively that the mind doesn't even try to intervene because it knows it has nothing to say about it. If you can take Mu at the same place and try to know what Mu is without letting the mind touch it then it will achieve what it is meant to do. The prerequisite is curiosity, which is currently being killed by the mind.

[@malapropist]

It was my impression that it's not the person that awakens. I have had various awakenings, direct experiences, but I didn't recognize it at first, and it didn't solve all my emotional problems, although it did provide some relief. I'm not an expert on all the terminology or various schools or anything, but what my experience has been is that yes, I have had direct experiences, but then I came back down into the body/mind. The body/mind has its psyche and its various emotional issues and just the general experience of suffering. Having a direct experience beyond the body/mind is not the same as helping the body/mind to feel better. Right?

[@n-xsta]

Thanks for lighting the ‘me’ on fire Angelo 🔥 So interesting to see the concepts that were so strongly held, crumble to nothing and have no charge to them and to ‘see’ a bit more what’s happening there. Wow 🤣

[@lynnbuonomo7611]

I really needed to hear this, at times I THINK I have already had an awakening , just not how I had imagined the way it's supposed to happen.🙏💛 Lol you have given me more to think about! Retreats, Energy felicitator, and or Nature Teachers( mushrooms) This talk has helped me already. Blessing to you.

[@pkrey1]

My ego says I'm not awake because I am still driven to seek. So stop seeking?... Simple, but not easy. I am on the path and trying not to seek, which starts to feel very paradoxical. My tactic is to do as I have heard inside and out, "trust the process". I'm so grateful to be aware of the path. That gives me strength to continue on.

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

Ha! I know this one. Not seeking is, or at least feels and seems like, more small s self running the show, holding on, like grim death no doubt, and or otherwise calling attention to it. Admittedly I don’t know much of anything about awakening etc but I do identify with the mind f**ks such as what you’re describing. Seeking / not seeking. “Am I doing it “right?” And on and on it goes right?! Ad infinitum for real. So in this particular pickle when it came up for me I asked “who is it that is seeking or not seeking” and then I paid attention to what was there when no answer could be found. Don’t know if that’ll help or not but I hope it helps in some way. I totally get it tho. Best of wishes to you ❤

[@boinkboinkboink]

Trying to not seek can be a bit futile because that in itself is still seeking. Allow seeking to play itself out and see it as clearly as you can - Oh there's the mechanism. How does it function? Can I locate it? What does it feel like? Where exactly is the seeker? Can it be found? On top of that, if you see aspects of yourself still grasping onto material life ('if only i had this thing', or 'I need to accomplish more' etc.), allow that also to do its thing, go deep into the contraction of attachment/aversion, and again, just explore it completely. Allowance of the seeking is highly useful because the mechanism starts to tire itself out, (if understood correctly). It's kind of like an opportunity for our ignorance to burn up. Eventually you will get so tired of putting awakening onto a future moment, it will just happen. A now or never kind of feeling. ♥

[@pkrey1]

@@boinkboinkboink Thank you. I’m actually in a really good place now. I’m even learning how to extend my natural meditation for more of the day. Luckily I don't feel stuck or frustrated. It seems deep realization is a process, not an end. I know I'm on the path, I just don't know where exactly. It doesn’t matter as long as I am on the path. I only know that I’m not fully realized because I still seek, but I’m not worried about it. I’m enjoying the ride. I’ve been seeking all my life and now I can see the light at the end of the tunnel. I look forward to deeply realizing I am both the light, and the tunnel.

[@patrickdegroot3692]

You have to seek in order to find that what you're looking for is nowhere to be found or perhaps even everywhere you look. You won't find a drop of water when submerged in it.

[@ecologiesofmindfulness564]

Is there a list of people you’d recommend as a teacher or coach in dual awareness?? Everyone I know is too busy and are not taking students. Part of the concern is not being sure who really knows how to do this but claim they do. Referrals are helpful. And agree- psychedelics can pry open the door.

[@tbaggin7432]

papaji

[@michaelthemind]

This video is very helpful for me . Thank you.

[@arunbear]

Hello, where can I find a one to one facilitator? Thanks

[@chenath9582]

Liberation unlesshed

[@steviebecoming850]

Thank You Angelo - Love You Man ☺❤☺

[@MsVisualss]

Thank you so much angelo, I this video was so clear that I just realized that I'm not the body or the mind

[@marianneperrier]

And yet we know each person is truely on their own awakening .... Nothing Can Be Forced ........ or fast-tracked or piggy backed. Patience. Every moment you ARE awakening. Just the fact that you are aware of your awakening. We also know its in no way the same, or even similar from one person to the next.

[@BarbaraJ1111]

Paul Selig's books are very helpful... he channels the Melchizedek priesthood.... he's the real thing. Ive listened to many of his interviews... he's made a huge dent in my spiritual journey of 30 plus years. When the student is ready the teacher will come. ❤❤🎉🎉

[@ikraamsg]

It just hit me why you are so sure it's possible for everyone! I don't know if we share the same experience of what we may call "awake," but it feels like the most obvious thing. I know that when I say it is obvious, the mind will look for the obvious thing that it is missing, but this is the exact thing to see! It is like, ahhhh, I can't tell you what it is, and it is nothing I say or you think. But it is everything everyone has been saying and thinking and what they are! And yet, anyone getting it is just a story. "I" getting it is a story, and so is "I." There is no one here anyway. I feel compassion or heart openness. Okay, now it's time to wrap up my workday, go see my family, and get something to eat.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Excellent!

[@weitingl]

Thank you Angelo! I’m grateful to have you in my life 🙏

[@Aidataba]

I'm kinda new to this but I see that everything goes back to trust and allowing. Everybody is talking about allowing feelings to be; to me, this word is still confusing. Does this person have the will to allow/resist ? Am really missing the feminine aspect of the way to truth

[@mtotheptothed]

I’ve always felt a disconnect/I’m missing something when you say ‘when you have that shift you’ll know it’ and ‘how do to know you’re not awake?’ Are we differentiating between ‘having had a shift’ and ‘awake’? Cause I think the person is trying to say ‘I haven’t had a shift.’ In which case I’m not clear how you can say ‘you’ll know when you’ve had a shift’ and ‘how do you know you haven’t?’ I’m currently taking it as a pointer - which are often paradoxical - but I don’t feel like you’ve presented it that way. I’m feeling like it’s an unacknowledged contradiction which would be better to be acknowledged or I feel like I’m getting something twisted. Not that I’m not seeing the crucial value in that line of questioning- -

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I think you are overthinking it, over analyzing. Don't think of this in generalities, other people, other situations, why I say what I say and when. Understanding all of that won't help. Rather what is your situation/experience right mow? This is what matters.

[@facsimile-io3dd]

Nothing that is said is correct. Every word is based on the illusion that finite stuff exists. Every defined word is based on that illusion. No words are ever true. It's very easy to understand the objective premise of that, but until you see it directly, how it occurs, you won't understand why nothing said can ever be correct, can ever produce nothing but an illusion. So don't take any word literally, they are all wrong, all copied of the real thing, a facsimile, all missing real 'meaning'. Direct occurs as that illusion ends.

[@AlastairGames]

This video is so good. Great aesthetics and great message! I also found that an online meditation course was extremely transformative for me. I would shake with nervousness during the group chats and such, I had so much anxiety back then. It was uncomfortable, but I was willing to give it an honest shot. We did a whole bunch of different techniques, and there was discomfort with many of them, but just committing to it and seeing it through really paid off.

[@neilskufis1494]

No thought could hold the answer. You would have found it by now.

[@tonytryon]

Thanks for this!

[@soma-soma-soma-soma]

Thank you for this. A followup question is for people who have been on the path for years, and have had many direct experiences, but no stabilization. My friend is a teacher who has, for the last 40+ years, dedicated his life to teaching self inquiry and holds retreats where many many people have direct experiences. I know because I'm one of them and I've witnessed many others. He is in his mid 70s now and resigning himself that he probably won't go any further in his journey in this lifetime. He has loved and cared for so many of us, and if anyone 'deserves' it, he does. Do you have any pointers for him?

[@chenath9582]

Fetterwork guided by pernille on youtube

[@dreamclaw00]

Thank you for this. Spot on! 💜 🫂🙏🕉💚

[@shushumna6]

Surrender, surrender, surrender…let go of every identity.

[@shafigh8683]

Thank you for this, how/where do I find someone liberated that I can have 1:1 with?

[@eoghain5021]

If you go to Angelo's website and send an email, someone he trusts will get back to you in time

[@chenath9582]

Liberation unleashed

[@mvondoom]

anybody who's struggling with this: I wish you the greatest success in your search. you can do it

[@danielu1763]

No “you” can’t…

[@the1972bulldog]

Yeah Same but I have heard from So Many that Some of Us just aren't meant to wake up into full consciousness and get some but stay here in 3D/4D and Aide the Others through. It's Great there's so Many Many More Trying to but some need to stay and help right ?

[@iamthefiremanjj]

I woke up this morning ! Quiet mind and open heart

[@joeread1060]

I'm delighted you're addressing this Angelo as it describes my situation well. I can tick the boxes for the recommendations you suggest. How can I determine whether I've awoken already? I've certainly had more than glimpses but may well be looking for something based on what I've heard or read about awakening....

[@lordganesha7084]

isn't it all ultimately about letting go of the need to judge and accepting everything as it is in the NOW

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Yes, though there are some strong forces at play that are not so interested in that happening 😋

[@tonyd4151]

Awakening is not always the mystical experience people assume it to be. It is merely the act of allowing yourself to utilize certain abilities you've always had in order to become aware of your reality and the crushing obstacles that threaten that reality. Fix the problems or perish. It is natural evolution testing your abilities to conquer self induced suffering. It's kind of a shit deal sometimes, but it is what it is.

[@rozzgrey801]

I can only dream of waking up. I watch videos on waking up and fantasise about it.

[@ronjohnson4566]

yeah, sometimes it's just better to stay in the driveway. have you been on the highways lately? driving around in your brand-new Mazda Awake is the dream, i.e., what you thought you needed. when in fact, what you need is to empty the vessel of drive-thru clutter; gooey paper towels, and the receipts from last winter's shopping list. the bits and bobbles of black Friday, the neighbor's borrowed rake, the chew toy that bruno didn't finish, a styrofoam ice chest with no lid, the half-empty windex bottle with no spray attachment, the flat tire repair kit that didn't work in below-zero conditions, and that funky smell that lingers when you get into lizzy. in other words, clean the car it's a brand new day. like my old zen teacher said, it's better to start clean and collect trash than to start with tin cords, iron wire, junk of life.* and then toss it on the highway for others to pick up. * duchamp, from the green box.

[@hrtbeat7]

Real talk.

[@nightlily3855]

Thank you, Angelo! Re retreats- wanted to share that Lisa Cairns has a retreat coming in October in the south of Spain.

[@ravenwild5184]

Again, so well done, thank you. I was wondering if you could do a similar video as this on embodiment and awakening. Where my "thinking" often gets caught is in this felt sense of a "me" even after clearly not finding a person or a me. I have a spinal injury and fibromyalgia and it seems so difficult to not feel the physical pain and other sensations are happening to a me. Even using TREnand other exercises just trying to allow whatever arises to be without a label, etc. So grateful for your ongoing commitment. ❤

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Coming up

[@ravenwild5184]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Your seemingly endless willingness to give here brings me to tears. You seem to be the definition of a Bhakti Yogi. Endless Blessings 🙏💖

[@gloriaklobuchar]

You must have your heart open to awaken, then you work thru your issues and keep opening your heart over and over

[@patrickdegroot3692]

Probably the best and most practical advice. That, Spiritual practise and the lack of any type of rigid belief. An open mind is an open heart.

[@tim2269]

6:45

[@particleconfig.8935]

meditation happened compuslively out from the early death (suicide) of my father when I was sixteen, the process to nondual kind of thing came naturally. From “everything I can think of is “something”, now I want to go beyond”, to the absolute unveiling of nondualistic existence or nature.

[@juliesheard2122]

The fact is YOU cannot wake up. Awakening is letting go of YOU, your ego identity, your sense of a separate individual self. Gentle meditation, allowing each thought to pass, as it arises and liv8ng a simple daily life, may help. You also need a good teacher.

[@mathieutremblay8907]

Angelo suggest finding a non dual therapist, any recommandation on this? Or maybe he is doing it himself?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Chelsea's Website www.invisibleawakenings.com/

[@mathieutremblay8907]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks a lot Angelo ☺️

[@emma_and_a_horse]

I remember so clearly being in that place where I couldn't even see the thoughts. I think maybe body scans and counting breaths really helped? It was like looking at something else made me realise that there's something else to pay attention to.

[@gregivanov]

any suggestions on non-duality teachers for private sessions? thanks in advance

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

www.invisibleawakenings.com/

[@gregivanov]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you 🫶

[@jdubluffy1959]

18:10 bros calling out my insecurities 😂

[@fireside9503]

Maybe dmt?

[@rodrigoamado8]

One thing that helped here was to understand that there is no one to awaken, the ego is not becoming something else, it is by diminishing the ego that awakening happens because it's already there. There is no need to do anything. It's actually funny how simple it is.

[@siddharth9]

Thank you for bringing even scientifically backed beliefs into the fold of all that needs to be challenged. Those beliefs usually get a free pass.

[@pignut9361]

For those with a literary inclination, do you believe it’s possible to achieve awakening through the contemplation of book passages? Perhaps dedicating half an hour to quietly reflect on sentences like "form is emptiness and the very emptiness is form," "The Lord's Prayer," or even lines from your own writing. If this is feasible, how could one enhance this practice, deeply internalize such passages, and uncover the profound insights they hold? Thanks a bunch.

[@shekhinah5985]

I currently have the reverse problem where it all feels so quick and I sometimes find it hard to stay grounded.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

That happens as well 😀

[@ktor538]

We are the illusion, we are awareness of the infinite.

[@Ryan-Dempsey]

Forgiveness.

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Awake... It's my turn!!!

[@Magik1369]

I am a fully awakened Soul, having completed 30 agonizing years of this process. Authentic awakening does not come because one wills it or wants it. It comes when one is ready. It comes when one has developed a sufficiently strong ego that can endure the intense rigors and challenges of the process. Don't worry...awakening will come but you don't control it. Don't try to force it prematurely...you will deeply regret it. Get on a path of self healing and self development and awakening will come on its own. Peace.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I agree with done of this, other parts like trying to curve the process will result in you regretting it deeply is just not true. Indeed working on koan work in Rinzai Zen is exactly this approach and it does work. It’s just not the only way. Thanks for your comments.

[@user-sg5jf9cp4q]

Let go

[@theshift3607]

You wake up when you’re supposed to.

[@runordie2]

I woke up once everything popped I felt connected to ants trees I didn’t want to litter I felt free and like I was walking on clouds and than I fell back to old patterns and havnt gotten back since

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

awesome

[@invisiblevfx]

5 years ago I woke up ego death laughed cried every word was Buddha. The next day it was gone. When’s your next book coming out?

[@mikehamlet2385]

The thing is I think I been awake for a long time , struggling to move on from here

[@mikehamlet2385]

For a greater high

[@Figment4126]

🙏

[@flutefun999]

I needed this. I didn't understand it all but I am glad because I believe I have relied too much on learning but not KNOWING (experiencing). I have let go of concepts and am surrendering to experience. Whatever that "means". haha. I think ultimately people are looking for "proof" that they are awakening and it doesn't work like that. The mind wants to "do it" but it can't. It is organic and happens in its own "time" and way. Mostly, I figure if I am still here physically, I'm awakening. And just trust that.

[@Big_Tough_Guy]

An unthinkable thought. 🤔I need to think harder. In all seriousness... I experience synchronistic telepathy pretty much daily. I cannot fathom how people can be unaware of our connected mind. It takes a willful blindness... I don't know what "awakening" means though. I've had the mystical experiences, I've done the crying, I've been in the presence of God... I cannot escape thought.

[@ptanji]

Ooo. Hot topic apparently!

[@truethought369]

Awakening is not like turning on a switch. Many people seem to think they will wake up & everything will get better? I think it is an ongoing process. Sometimes you feel that very little happens, but this is where you are dealing with stuff, to make way for changes. Unless your Pineal Gland, suddenly opens! Then once you go through that fully, You will connect to the universal mind/God.

[@onepartyroule]

Is TRE "trauma and tension release exercises"? That's what I got when I Googled.

[@jonathanwoodvincent]

yes, that's TRE

[@onepartyroule]

Okay tyvm

[@Joseluis77..]

TRE helped me so much nothing else has had an impact on me than TRE I tried mediation but I can’t do it cause my body was so stiff been too multiple doctors physical therapist had multiple x rays and mri’s and nothing has healed me more than TRE

[@onepartyroule]

@@Joseluis77.. Thanks for sharing this with me. I plan to try it.

[@Joseluis77..]

@@onepartyroule just please please do you’re research on it and yourself much love hope all goes well

[@lgroves336]

Samadhi finds you. You do not find it. KARMA must be cleared to have it appear..... love and light to all that read this. Just BE in a state of "IS".

[@facsimile-io3dd]

There is no such thing as Karma, that's just another useless belief for you to toss out with the rest of the meaningless garbage that people stuffed into your head and came along for the ride. Don't believe any such things. There, it's 'cleared'.

[@deedubu1602]

The hardest path to self realization, certainly from my experience... is coming from a loving, Christian family... Know thyself 🎸🇨🇦🤪❤

[@Hereness]

Awakening is the death of I. Who, what is I? and who or what wants to destroy IT? Only ego I wants awakening, and strangely, it has to die! So is there a need to awaken? Let IT be. : )

[@frediwalker2381]

I'm afraid if I don't actively put attention in thought I will just zone out and lose myself into aimlessness and more thought... i guess.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You have to aty alert and set that doubt aside.

[@tbaggin7432]

then zone out see what happens?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@tbaggin7432 no that’s the opposite of staying alert 🚨

[@tbaggin7432]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake what is staying alert, how do you define it?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@tbaggin7432paying attention what is actually happening, not mind wandering, not disassociating into dualistic consciousness.

[@weitingl]

Angelo - since the project of awakening is all about not holding onto any beliefs, do you think self hypnosis would be helpful here? Just learn how to hypnotize myself to not believe I’m a human being moving through time. Sounds too simple?

[@SuperFrankieKimm]

does anyone here know a facilitator in or near portland, oregon?

[@geoffgriffiths8691]

Heart consciousness is already awakened, but people fear emotional openness and try to stop the mind, instead of opening the mind and the heart