Non Duality | The Sound of Silence

Hearing without thinking? Is it possible? Is it possible for you? This is a follow up video that goes into more nuanced detail about discerning sound from thoughts about sound. Steep yourself in undivided sound and you will soon find sound is all there is.

[@the_sleepy_engineer]

I miss videos like this. They were so potent

[@sharen2498]

Excellent, this is kind of all one needs. Right here in this video. The rest just falls into place❤️

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

yes!!

[@bouke7525]

I hear you, Angelo! I hear you. Great one, Thank you.

[@mattspy4316]

Everything is better than 100,000 neo advaita videos. 😆

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

😂😂🚀

[@macparker3549]

I love this! Oh, wait, I forgot, there’s no one here to love anything… 🤨🤬😁😂💜🌎

[@jaytruther1908]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake There are no thoughts, when "doing this practice" Letting go, just hearing. Intense sensation in tailbone, very powerful and heat in spine. Did anything like this happen to you? This is a regular thing, when only "hearing"

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@jaytruther1908 Totally fine. You can begin to practice in the visual field if you feel so inclined.

[@_PL_]

Love the Douglas Adams shirt 👍😎

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

“Time is an illusion. Lunchtime doubly so.”

[@_PL_]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 🤣

[@cps_Zen_Run]

As a scientist I understand that sounds, colors, and even solid objects are illusions of our mind interpreting our sensory inputs. And my intellect is amused by how easily our minds are deceived. At times I think this knowledge is more of an impedance to meditation. LOL.

[@_kirbis_2721]

Finnaly decided to watch ur video and it was goood.

[@alfreddifeo9642]

Thanks for sharing this. 🎯♥😶🙏

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You are so welcome

[@Crash-Rest-Yummy]

I have mild tinitus, so my sound teacher is always with me lol

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Indeed!

[@KK-qd6ro]

Disturbed do the best version of "The Sound of Silence"🙃🎶

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Yes! Love it

[@stillpoint6478]

I start to panic when there's only sound, this happens with sight as well. My heart starts to race and there's a felt need to 'know' what is happening. Like, without a story it's scary. I know there is no personal I. That's been seen a number of times...I'm starting to cry, like I'm morning my own death, while I''m still alive. It's the fear though...it catapults me back to needing a story, a felt need to know what is happening. This fear, terror has been happening for some years, I can't seem to get past it. The only thing I know to do is to keep trying, keep facing the fear, keep looking

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

🤗

[@adabialynicka9188]

This was great! I love meditating on sound.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Me too!

[@str82stars]

Thank you and thank you to whomever wrote that question :)

[@angelinadancer]

Perfect , thank you so much 😊😊

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You're welcome 😊

[@StephenAndersonSACreate]

This is really good. Thank you.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Welcome :)

[@georgeshepherd3381]

This is great! Thanks!

[@andrewhussey8702]

Here Hear Here Hear etc etc . Brilliant.

[@georgeshepherd3381]

The "sound of science" :)

[@10MillionChristsProject]

Pure Gold 😇

[@blipcollective]

❤

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Vibrations (sonic) only exist with intervals of silence!

[@carlavela7106]

Please activate the subtitles button for better understanding. Saludos 🇲🇽😍💐👍

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Ok, had never thought of it.

[@carlavela7106]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Oh thank you. But I can understand better if I can read it while listening. I didn't study english I learn it by watching movies and reading the subtitles, it really helps me a lot.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Done! Didn't realize how simple it is. :)

[@cps_Zen_Run]

The Listener can turn on Captions from settings. As well as playback speed.

[@AlexeyChe17]

I like how you mock neo-advaita! too relatable 😅

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Well maybe "tease" a little. I'll make a video about it. I've had more than one person tell me I teach neo-advaita lol. I've also had people tell me what I say sounds like Dzogchen. Honestly I just speak from immediate experience. The concern I have with the Tony Parsons way of speaking isn't that it doesn't work for many (it does), nor is it that he's not liberated (I think he is although he wouldn't say it that way :0) My concern is simply that if you speak a certain way consistently then the collective social ego-matrix tends to get ahold of it and turn it into a script or stereotyped way of speaking. Then it can both be misunderstood and also people who don't have deep insight (but may have had an awakening) can walk around speaking that way, totally missing the point. Tony himself has said this more than once, something to the effect of, "I know people who can say the open secret message in five sentences and they just understand it, it is not experiential." This ability to mix things up but keep the core pointing intact is reasonably rare among teachers I think, but it is very important and a powerful way to transmit IMO. Adyashanti does this very very well. I also think Gangaji is very good. Mooji as well. When it comes to step wise approach from a deeply realized person who knows the nuances of each movement of realization, that's very hard to do without a lot of ambiguity but I think with very good pointing and through the method of effective inquiry it's possible to do it reasonably consistently. Kevin Shanilec comes to mind Simplytheseen.com

[@AlexeyChe17]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Totally agree! At some point I was quickly “hooked” on the way TP and the rest of the team talk. So clear, so direct, so consistent. But then, as quickly as I was hooked, I could only pass through first 10 pages of Open Secret. It felt just odd and mechanical so to say. My brain learned very quickly what exactly he is going to answer to whatever typical question. And I don’t want to blame TP for that, I think it’s rather the problem of a medium. His message, I guess, better to be heard and discussed live with him, not through the books or even videos. Ability to mix things up, or I’d phrase it, to not hold to any concept too heavily, this is something that I totally needed I think. It makes things real and honest. Anyway, I'm happy I’ve stumbled upon you, you’re doing great work!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@AlexeyChe17 thanks :)… yeah everything has its place … there’s something so enticing about indeterminacy… it is the underlying engine that drives the appearance of reality. The key to that is dissolving inherent view as well as clear nondual. It’s like winning the lottery every second in a sense. It’s also nothing at all, unfindable, unlocatable, not apart, not absent…. Heart Sutra really points to this nicely No withering, no death, no end of them. Not is there pain or cause of pain or cease in pain, Not even wisdom to attain ☄️🌈❤️

[@s5saweig]

I understand that this type of practice becomes easier after first awakeing. But would you say that it also helps/propels first awakening to some degree, or is it something else entirely?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Yes for sure! If you feel genuinely moved to practice in this way then do it! Ultimately your liberation will not look like anyone else's :)))

[@s5saweig]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thanks!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@s5saweig welcome :)

[@blizzified9223]

Angelo, can you cover the topic of death maybe? What is death? And what is life? I think it will be interesting if you could explain it.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

ok i will in future video

[@alexost8824]

When you talk about the 'first awakening' and the big shift that's connected to that... my question is: Does the awakening have to be permanent from that point on? Because in my case after having a short but crystal clear awakening it felt like it went away... and I was back to "normal". I'm asking because I don't consider myself enlightened or awake or anything. But when that happened the first thing I remember noticing was "OHHH I am ALREADY enlightened!!" It was easy to see. Easy to understand that I'm not the person. And I didn't care that I'm not the person. Does this understanding have to become permanent? Glad if you answer and as always thank you for the work you do!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

This is pretty typical yes. If you suddenly took it upon yourself to teach everyone in the world to be enlightened after awakening I would be concerned lol. From here there are sjust some subtle refinements in experience that clarify things further,. no need to look for some big event because there wont be any 😋

[@karsjegs999]

If "just listening" without thoughts is happening, can meaning still be understood in the moment ? As I am listening to this video, there seems to be short periods with no thoughts. But at the same time the meannig of the words are understood. I am trying to see then, if that understanding is subtle thoughts i dont see, or not thoughts at all. if that understanding is subtle thoughts, i dont see it as I see normal thoughts, which are either seen, recognixed and then gone, or i take a ride on that thought train. thx for great video :)

[@AlexanderSamarth]

In listening to sound purely, without thought, can language be understood?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Yes

[@swhite8381]

Does anyone ever notice that loud silence that comes up sometimes ? It’s something that comes in even when there’s noise in the room . It doesn’t happen to me often but when it does I like to stop and just sit with it. It comes with a cozy , content feeling . What IS THAT?

[@trinidiana]

Yes. Me too. There is always a 'sound' to the silence, it’s always there and can be tuned into. What is that? And you’re right it’s nice!

[@golgipogo]

Yes. For decades. It is continuous 7.5 mega hertz. In 1972 my teacher, Rudi, told me it was the Om Sound. Ajahn Sumedho calls it the sound of silence, others speak of Nada Yoga

[@LeftTheMatrix]

“If a tree falls in the woods, and there is no animal to hear it, does it make a sound?”🤔

[@mementomori5374]

Bro listening happens by itself no one is doing it if you try to listen its hard dont try anything at all its easy

[@thegoblonoid]

where can I find the music you have in these videos? They're great for meditation!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Well I mixed most of it

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

It’s here and and also with the guided meditation app “Simply Awake”

[@thegoblonoid]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Brilliant, well done!

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Hmmm .. The Sound of Science...

[@nbenda]

come on, you did not take musicians into consideration...