Non-Duality | Why Can't I Wake Up?

Awakening can be such a daunting barrier... and yet it's becoming more and more clear that it is quite possible for people of all walks of life to wake up from the illusion of separation. There is a lot of good guidance out there now and many stories of those who have had awakenings. So if you feel frustrated, confused or think maybe awakening just isn't in the cards for you, this video may be of help :)

[@lyrosepl]

Your words are so well stated, your thinking so clear and methodical that it reaches me right to the heart. You are an immense help on this road that has often plunged into loneliness. Thank you for lighting the way, for giving courage, for helping me to stay on the hardest and simplest path. There is no word for what you are describing, yet you seem to find them all. 🙏

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You’re welcome friend. Thank you for your efforts, they are never in vain when your heart is the rudder.

[@carynroll4725]

Dear Angelo, It always feels like you are speaking directly to me. It's so weird and cool at the same time. Does getting kensho/waking up have to be so dramatic? Can it be subtle and gradual without the bliss/honeymoon that you often describe? Lately, everything just is how it is. There are stories, the seeking is upping its ante, yet there is awareness of all this. Seeking is noticed as the mega distraction the mind uses to pull out of the moment. Seeking is the addiction. Warmly, Caryn

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Definitely not always dramatic , indeed it’s surprising in its naturalness and “not mystical-ness” often (see interview with Chris). However in my experience with working with people, at some point a distinct shift in identity seems to occur. But there is no reason to expect or anticipate “an event” bc indeed there is no event, the mental construct of time is where seeming events live and seeing clearly that construct as only thought is really what awakening is. It’s all quite paradoxical :))))

[@carynroll4725]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake It feels like there is someone behind my eyes watching what is happening but also a second watcher watching the me behind the eyes looking out. I notice this a lot when driving the car.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@carynroll4725 can you find a thought component to that when it occurs, like actually picturing your eyes, head, body etc? Only reason I ask is that is one way of avoiding the awareness trap (reifying awareness and this missing non-dual). It’s almost universally experienced for a time by practitioners.

[@carynroll4725]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Yes there is a visual overlay and it's clear it's a thought.

[@birgit8996]

Great speaking !!!! It's like speaking to myself, to remember what I am❤

[@Loganworthw]

That's exactly what's happening

[@johnmedina9086]

Is there a change in your relationships with friends and family after awakening? If your reality is a direct reflection of your inner world then does this mean that everyone you come across going forward will reflect what you are feeling inside? Is everyone all of a sudden nice to you once you awaken or is it more of a gradual process? Or do relationships even change at all?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Relationships can certainly change but not always in predictable ways. You will feel far more than you did before and communicate differently at times. There can be quite a bit of adjustment and it is usually a gradual process.

[@geoffreylevens9045]

Get his book. It will answer all those questions and give much more, a road map to investigate The Mystery.

[@johnmedina9086]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you for always giving the best advice. You are still the greatest at explaining how to get the most out of life. Please keep the videos coming.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@johnmedina9086 welcome!

[@johnmedina9086]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Do we ever reach a point after awakening in which thinking becomes completely unnecessary? I’ve experienced being awake for about a day and a half a few months back and everything that I seemed to be interested in studying and researching went out of the window. I had zero interest in anything I thought I wanted to learn about. That overwhelming sense of okayness took over and I felt what it was like to have absolutely no fears. Does the notion of wanting to keep learning new “material” things such as science or technology ever come back to where we would have to then consciously think about a certain subject to know more about it or does this sort of fade away and wanting to go deeper into the nature of reality become the only thing we care about which requires no thinking at all?

[@mrraamsridhar]

Thank you so much for this. I have had no experience of oneness, no samadhi, nothing at all, and cannot explain how "left out" I've felt, even that I probably don't deserve awakening. This was strangely reassuring, and I believe, someone to come back to whenever I feel that way, just to remind myself that such a feeling is just a thought. A huge thanks!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You’re very welcome

[@nat998]

"I" can't wake up, because the "I" that's asks for awakening is not the real Being, which is eternal presence - permeating through everything in this consciousness field. It powers up the reality "we" see, as well as this "I" thinking it's asleep and needs to wake up. Awakening already is here right now. It's us. It's nature. We are of it, we're in it, as is everything else. There is nothing to wake up to, only a remembrance of what you are: not the body, not the mind. Pure awareness that which you are. Close the eyes and the world disappears, open them and an entire reality is created. This is it and it's right here.

[@leealexander3507]

What I wonder is why I can't seem to stay awake at all times.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

It’s very common to experience a lot of fluctuation after awakening , going from feel quite present to feel more unenlightened than you were before 😂. One way of explaining is that the body mind needs that contrast to continue to integrate, dissolve fixating beliefs and resistance patterns etc

[@s5saweig]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake So logical, thanks.

[@lucasmurphy740]

The mystery just leaves me incredibly unsatisfied and frustrated. There’s no clarity or release of suffering. There’s just a big fat “shit idk” and no clear path to figuring it out I feel like I’m trying to make 2+2=5

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

I recommend focusing on that first shift, with self inquiry and/or a one pointed approach. My book goes into great detail on this. After that first shift things change significantly in depth of experience and clarity. The awakening approaches playlist is the most direct here.

[@lucasmurphy740]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thank you I do have your book. I just never know if I’m actually accomplishing anything or just wasting my time

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@lucasmurphy740 you’re not wasting your time my friend, although I know it can feel like it for a while. Doubt mass is very heavy, but if you look close at it it’s always a thought.

[@mpavoreal]

Thank you!!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You’re welcome 🚀

[@JoSpring]

"I" can't hang on to "it". I've gotten "this" all so clearly since I was young but I just can't keep "it" and I even know my language is contributing to this feeling. I know it's futile. 😂 Sometimes it makes me laugh hysterically and sometimes it makes me cry.😂😭 Weeeeee!!!!!!!

[@stoicafanel]

Awakeness can wake up. The thought can not. If I have heared this before,,,,,!?Maybe I have and did no atention,,,,,It îs really just what arise ,

[@JoSpring]

The latest trip I'm pulling on myself is believing I don't want it bad enough because I don't wanna do Hallucinogenics. What a fucking story.😂😭

[@evian.]

I AM

[@nat998]

OM ♥️

[@gfaber99]

Nicely spoken Angelo! A thought can’t wake up! Spot on! The “I” thought can not wake up. Ramana is beaming with you speaking that which can not be spoken. Much peace!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Thanks for your comment :)

[@johnburman966]

Ah..........expansion. Every effort is a contraction. Ah.....the unknowing of it all......letting go all tightness, all words. Beautifully done.

[@mitrarashidi4945]

This was so profound and so well explained. I heard from other teachers but your words described it in a way that convinced me to stop trying to understand it. I always feel that I haven’t done enough ground work and meditation and that’s why I don’t wake up.. but maybe life wants to wake up through me by just those questions you mentioned? Is the ground work (like mantra/breath meditation) for couple of years is required before delving into this kind of inquiry? If we are not grounded enough can we hold the awakening after it happens? Deepest gratitude for your amazing service to humanity!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Nope, I've seen people wake up who don't meditate :))) Of course it doesn't hurt. But authentic inquiry is key :)

[@miket1591]

9:30

[@stoicafanel]

It îs much powerful then Samadhi. Just what it îs without ,,me,,

[@birgit8996]

To be, without thoughts, brings forth a pulsating, heat in the body, what is that?

[@nat998]

Is it vibrational?

[@birgit8996]

@Nat yes!

[@nat998]

boundless pure being ♥️

[@birgit8996]

😊❤

[@SommySeven]

Thank you. Again. Recognizing what is looking brings tears. Of joy, opening. Thank you for your dedication to this work. with love and gratitude.

[@sweeetly]

If you admit to being totally asleep, you can wake up. We are already That, the Son of God, or whatever way it can be said. We are the Love, and also the one that is loved. Just know this and accept.

[@eladleshem3790]

Is there any difference between a dream state and a waking state?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

From the standpoint of consciousness not much 😂

[@cartoonheart1111]

I've had many instances lately in the waking state that felt like I was in a dream. It seems to be happening more and more.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@cartoonheart1111 beautiful 💭🚪🚀

[@eladleshem3790]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake So God/Self/Awareness is One Dreamer and we are just appearances in Its dream? If so, How many dreams are there (Universes)?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@eladleshem3790 I think it’s reasonable to say Self/Awareness is the dreamer and in that way of speaking we are all the dream and the dreamer. This is a stage of realization I might call One Mind. Realization does go beyond this and it loses meaning to talk about dream, dreamer even. This is clear non-dual /Brahmin and beyond :)

[@dar_jada]

As always great clarity and simplicity. Thank you.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Thanks for watching!

[@JoSpring]

Arghhhhhhhhh!!!!!!!!!!!!😂😂😂😂

[@sudhanshusetia]

I understand that the person can't wake up but knowing the illusion of person itself is awakening. Despite this understanding, I can't spend much time with myself but gets attracted with the content of illusion, knowing this is an illusion. How do you resolve this?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Great question I’ll make a video about it :)

[@johanmparmpagiannis1645]

Very good!

[@eladleshem3790]

Great video btw super clarity, thank you :)

[@cocovee8131]

Blessings Angelo, glad to have found this message here. 🥰

[@premganga8822]

🌷

[@carlavela7106]

🙏💐

[@Cuzzasedso]

Why does awakening always sound like hell?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

lol... all I can say is I've never met anyone who would give it back :))))

[@Cuzzasedso]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Fair enough. :)

[@benkelley84]

Great vide perfect timing