Nondual awakening meditation - letting go, acceptance, surrender

Nondual awakening meditation on surrender, acceptance and letting go. Attention to, accepting and letting go of tensions and blockages in the body. Saying "yes" to whatever arises. Accepting and letting go of fear and anger. Letting go of core beliefs and storylines in difficult relationships.
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[@michaelmcfarlane8714]

I was present to someone I am deeply in love with and cried when I tried to let go. I found saying yes to be helpful in releasing body tension but letting go of my lover will take more work. Very interesting meditation. Thank you.

[@christopherlangley8441]

Thank you deeply 🙏🏽this came at a time of great turmoil. I will revisit as many times as is needed. Thank you for making these available, wishing you well and that I too will gradually steep myself in stillness.

[@carolinegregory3976]

Hi Gary, just want to thankyou again for this powerful meditation. I had a break from it, following some new teachings and felt a calling back to it as I embark on some deeper layers. It's just so simple and helpful! All the best to you..

[@GaryWeber]

caroline gregory Hi. Great that you came back to it, and also that you found it useful, simple and helpful. All the best to you as well. Gratitude for taking the time for the feedback. stillness

[@christinaguimond1706]

Thanks for this meditation. It's been a challenging day, and this was incredibly helpful.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Chris. Great that it was so useful for you. That is why we do this work day after day...for the "challenging" days. stillness

[@simplycece9160]

What a blessing of presence. I love the essence of surrender. Once I experienced not as a desperation but rather freedom from all of me that had brought me to my knees..again..and again. What bliss to know I was not my false conditioned identification. Thank you

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Cecelia. Yes, it is all about surrender. In Ramana Maharshi's "Talks", a record of what he said every day which was recorded in English and then checked every night by him, there is this on "surrender": She knows what is best and when and how to do it. Leave everything entirely to Her. Hers is the burden: you have no longer any cares. All your cares are Hers. Such is surrender. Ramana did it with "He", but i gender-modified it to match my experience. It is powerful to use it during the day whenever you find yourself trying to "do" something but "failing". stillness

[@simplycece9160]

@@GaryWeber how beautiful. I quoted you from your book Evolving Beyond Thought, ( excuse me if i paraphrase it now) 'When I surrendered, I found I was fully held and all my needs met'. That resonated with me as I found when i fully surrendered, I had no more wants or needs. How could I want for anything other than what was? I laughed remembering how all my life I had tried to dictate what I needed. How grateful I am that I didn't get most of those needs and the ones I got, were my most skillful teachers in that they brought me the most suffering and from that, my illusions were dispelled. I am enjoying continuing with the book and look forward to your othet offerings.

[@Workdove]

I had a good cry, and a release. Thank you

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Workdove. Great that you found it so useful. If you look under "Show More" above, or in any of my vids, you'll see links to all of my work, all free in some format. stillness

[@deejayintheuk2657]

Iv been listening tonthis for years, thank you 👍

[@GaryWeber]

Hi DEEJAY in the UK. Great that it has been so useful for you. BTW, if you look under "Show More" in any of my videos, you'll see links to all of my "stuff"...books, blog, website, interviews, etc....all free in some format. stillness

[@donnellallan]

This is extremely helpful for me as I heal from emotional abuse. Thank you very much for providing this.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Donnell Allan. Great that you found it so helpful for your healing from abuse, such a critical issue in our society today. BTW, if you look under "Show More" above, you'll see links to all of my stuff, all free in some format. stillness

[@donnellallan]

Gary Weber, I am investigating it all and it is much appreciated. Thank you again!

[@callistomoon461]

Gary you are a wonderful teacher. Thank you so much!

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Callisto Moon. Great that you found the work so useful. stillness

[@jaijaiseetaram]

Wow! I can feel this meditation helping me in real time.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Ravilochana Dasa. Great that you found it so useful. If you are interested in the work, if you look under "Show More" in this video and any of my videos, you'll see links to all of my work, all free in some format. stillness

[@jaijaiseetaram]

Gary Weber - O okay, thank you very much.

[@amirgiles]

Thank you so much for this, I just did it three times in sequence and found it deeper each time. Gratitude.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Amir Giles. Great that you found it useful. It is often useful to go back over a practice that has proven useful, again, and again, as one discovers something different each time as it works its way deeper. i have chanted the famous "Nirvana Shatakam", one of the major teachings in nonduality, which is on my soundcloud channel and in my first book, Happiness Beyond Thought, literally thousands of times and each time, some new deepening occurs. The links to all of my work, all free in some format are under "Show More" in this, and all of my youTube videos. stillness

[@somethingness]

Thank you for this meditation.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi +somethingness. Great that you found it useful. JIC, links to my work (all free in some format) are under "show move" above. stillness

[@pranava-miryamleboffe7473]

Hello Gary thanks for your kind answer. I'm having a look at your work and website and it's all really inspiring and useful. I'm practicing some of your meditation on myself (I'm a Craniosacral Therapist) and I'm finding them useful for fascial release. Really amazing.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi mariacristina. As you progress with the work, and have any questions, don't hesitate to contact me. email address is under "About" on the website. stillness and continuing fascial releasing.

[@louieatkins-turkish1349]

that was beautiful, thank you

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Louie Atkins-Turkish. Great that you found it so useful. This work is really all about that, letting go, accepting and surrendering. All of the approaches, like self-inquiry, consciously letting go of attachments, realizing we are not these bodies, etc., is all leading to that. JIC, links to all of my work, all free in some format, are under "Show More" above. stillness

[@GaryWeber]

Hi beachandbluesky1. The biggest proponent of the "I Am" approach was Nisargadatta, a 20th century nondual master. His "I Am That" is a popular and powerful nondual book. Focusing on "I Am" can displace other concepts and one may abide in that. However, i did not find it useful. Ramana's self-inquiry process directly deconstructs the "I", which IME is a deeper, clearer place. Nis's later teachings are confused on the difference and show there is still an "I" remaining, IMHO.

[@pranava-miryamleboffe7473]

Thanks. It is really very helpful.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi mariacristina leboffe. Great that you found the video useful. If you look under "Show More" above, you'll find links to all of my work, all free in some format. stillness

[@outofthegoldfishbowletcete762]

thank you very much

[@GaryWeber]

Hi outofthegoldfishbowl etcetera. Great that you found the meditation useful. JIC, there is a "Guided Meditation" playlist on my youTube channel with other such meditations. If you look under "Show More" above, there are links to all of my work, all free in some format. stillness

[@outofthegoldfishbowletcete762]

Gary Weber thank you. the gift of an empty clear mind is so wonderful. I also find the ceramic bowl music very helpful..I'll check out more of your work. peace...

[@somethingness]

Thank you. Again.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi somethingness. you're welcome, again...i'll pass along your gratitude to the Universe/She who does it all, again...

[@christinaguimond1706]

Hi Gary,There was a clear seeing behind the veil about 6 months ago, that lasted about 24 hours. Could see how indescribably blissful it was to be utterly free of the sense of doer-ship. Realized that I had thought all along that I was a 'spiritual seeker', but that was only an appearance. The grace had been coming all along from the Oneness to provide the interest and drive. Could clearly see there never was a duality. Only the appearance of such. Since then, trying to figure out how to stabilize. There have been intermittent periods since where doer-ship again falls away. It feels like ' this is it', it's finished, but then after a few hours, the false sense of doer-ship returns. Doing about 3 hours of practices, plus inquiry throughout the day, but it feels pretty joyous and effortless. I noticed you said that surrender is a tactile process, so have been focusing in particular on this. A couple weeks ago, another sincere seeker said to me that the diaphragm is the last place the body holds onto old traumas, and also is the muscle of surrender, and I should focus on addressing this tension. Noticed in the last year that the diaphragm is in fact the only place in my body that I notice any tension whatsoever. On my own, I had started to suspect there was a relationship between the diaphragm and the ego. Do you have any thoughts about this ( diaphragm + ego) relationship? In the meantime doing some pranayama work on this and noticing improvement regarding tension - and consciously letting it go. Otherwise life has never been better!Many thanks,Chris

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Chris. On the "diaphragm + ego" relationship the Oneness has led you to the answer, i.e. "doing some pranayama work...noticing improvement regarding tension and consciously letting it go". The importance of pranayama is captured in the Zen classic teaching of "breath sweeps mind". It is all through "Happiness Beyond Thought" (HBT) and in Ramana's teaching discussed in the blogpost "The Essence of Awakening" @ happinessbeyondthought.blogspot.com/2018/09/the-essence-of-awakening.html with six verses specifically on pranayama including the classic "Control the breath and you control the mind, like throwing a net over a wild parrot". There are many different pranayamas as shown in HBT. IME, a particularly powerful one is alternate nostril breathing. If you "Google it", you'll see many videos demonstrating it. If you find the mind wandering and "doership returning", just do some alternate nostril breathing. Trust this is useful. stillness gary

[@christinaguimond1706]

Gary Weber Thanks Gary! I’ve been doing quite a bit of daily pranayama for about 18 months, including alternate nostril breathing. I’ll look at these and hopefully can resolve this on my own. If not, I think I can probably find someone in my city that can give me specific guidance.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi 9senapati. Great that you found them useful. If you have any videos that you would like to see, meditationally, or otherwise, let me know. stillness.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Rob. Tks for feedback. When do you see it? Haven't seen that myself, although did see a brief "catch" once in the first few seconds which youTube just went right over. Shouldn't be a PC/Mac compatibility issue as these are done on a Mac. Have had about 150 views on these two videos and no one has mentioned anything so far. Has anyone reading this had any problems? If there is an issue we can reprocess and resend them w/other titles. Tks Rob. stillness

[@dinadayalan9037]

Your commentary for was excellent and profound sir

[@GaryWeber]

Hi +Dina Dayalan. Great that you found it useful. you can find many links under "Show More" above to all of my work, all free in some format. stillness

[@AnaTa-zn5ek]

Trimah kasih

[@TerryLightfoot]

Hello Gary, thank you for the meditation! Just one question: what are the words you chant at the end? Thanks.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Terry Lightfoot. That is the famous "peace chant", called "Om Purnam". The chant goes: Om purnamadah Purnamidam Purnat purnamudachyate Purnasya purnamadaya Purnamevavashishyate. Translation is: Om That is the whole. This is the whole. From wholeness emerges wholeness. Wholeness coming from wholeness, wholeness still remains. There are lots of examples on line if you just Google "Om Purnam". It's a great chant. Trust this is useful. stillness gary

[@carolinegregory2803]

good morning Gary. i have downloaded your book and it's a delight, thank you so much! Is this chant in the book? Might you direct me to it? Namaste Gary.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi +caroline gregory. All of the chants in "Happiness Beyond Thought", and in my second book "Dancing Beyond Thought" are on youTube and on my soundcloud channel (links under "Show More" above). This one, which is not in either book, is from the introduction to the Isha Upanishad, and on the soundcloud channel is called "Fullness Everywhere". It is a very well-known, nondual chant. stillness

[@carolinegregory2803]

+Gary Weber Its good.Thanks again

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Rob. Yes, have lost the ability to see comments on blog w/the new "Dynamic" format. "Google Blogger" boards' Obi Wans suggest a temporary, probable, workaround which requires me to rewrite some limits in the HTML. i'm waiting for Google, which knows about the problem, to fix it. Best w/the iOS7 if that's the problem. Sometimes youTube gets "quirky", and then it's OK. Tks for the feedback. stillness.

[@timmcdonald2177]

Thank you Dr. Weber. I just discovered you (or did we discover each other?) and cannot wait to indulge myself in more. I was also wondering if there is a plan to bring more of your books to an electronic format and/or audio versions? Evolving Beyond Thought is an example of this. I can buy the paperback on Amazon but that is the only format. Thank you once again. Namaste! 🙏

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Tim. As far as "electronic format", if you look under "Show More" in any of my videos, you'll see links to all of my work...website, blog, videos, interviews, etc. all free in some format. The "Beyond Thought" books are all available on Scribd, including EBT. The content of the books is virtually all covered in the 117 videos. stillness

[@timmcdonald2177]

Thank you Dr. Weber. stillness

[@pranava-miryamleboffe7473]

Thanks!!!

[@Tee_youyou]

Thank you 🙏🏽

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Todd. Great that you found it useful. If you look under "Show More" in any of my vids, you'll see links to all of my "stuff", all free in some format. stillness

[@Tee_youyou]

It was incredibly useful and very much appreciated. I’ll definitely check out the other videos. Thank you again :)

[@nirvana7357]

Gary , can you do one for thoughts? i kept thinking throughout this meditation , i think i need to get a hold of my thoughts first because my constant overthinking does not let me meditate properly

[@JakeThisIsIt]

You can bring a troublesome thought to consciousness and ask " is it true?" " Can I absolutely know that it is true?" And then " how do I feel when I have this thought?" These questions come from Byron Katie's the work. Then get in touch with the feeling in the body and use the techniques in this video. This is a really powerful sequence.

[@GaryWeber]

Hi truthadept. IME, past lives, astral bodies, life after death, etc. are not useful in awakening; they are a great distraction. my sense is that what is left of "me' will just dissolve back into Universal Consciousness like a wave into the ocean to form other waves later, or not. Yes, IME, there is definitely consciousness independent of the body. The important "I am not this body" practices lead to a clear recognition of this. See blogpost "Working w/ 'I am not this body'". URL in "About".

[@kerem1002]

Hi Gary,I've been doing this kind of meditation for a while but didn't know it was "letting go" or acceptance. I screen all of my body and release if there's any conflict etc. I wonder if merely releasing muscles and tensions can be counted as letting go and does it work for awakening? I mean should "attachtments" come to the consciousness and I must be aware of them or just releasing muscles without this part works as well? Thanks

[@beachandbluesky1]

Hi Gary. Thanks for your videos. I have a general question regarding traditions that instruct to always stay focused on the "I AM." This sounds self-centered to me. Can you clarify?

[@vivekoswal]

Thank you! There is a beautiful pull towards the music. What is it?

[@GaryWeber]

Hi Vivek. Great that you find it so enjoyable. It is from "Symbiotic Simians" productions which is where many of these videos were filmed. The creator is a very talented Penn State professor. stillness

[@vivekoswal]

@@GaryWeber is there any way to get this music?

[@somedude1566]

This one and "where am I" are the ones that i usually do

[@GaryWeber]

Hi some dude. Excellent choices. Remember them throughout your day, for a few minutes, several times, in some shortened version focused on a previous area of difficulty. It will work deeper. stillness and letting go

[@somedude1566]

@@GaryWeber Hi Gary. i'm not new to this, we even skyped twice. These days a massive "wave" of suffering is passing. It's all about this enormously deep fear that seems to connect to everything else. The fear itself is quite abstract, but it connects to more concrete thoughts that can be phrased (e.g. "i'm a bad student"), and inquired with Byron Katie's technique. i usually don't ask Byron Katie's questions (only do it when i'm super-confused), just being with the phrase automatically feels useful, as in, i can usually feel it's not true. But the deep fear somehow remains. So i also try to feel into the abstract fear itself. It seems something is "moving" towards a "lightness", although slowly... There's a lot of tension in the body, in fact, this was always the case for me. "Yes, yes, ..." helps (a little bit).

[@GaryWeber]

@@somedude1566 Great that it helps. The more you do it the more it helps. Persevere, persevere, persevere. stillness

[@somedude1566]

Actually i'm not so much "lost" as it seems. Just discovered another identifiable attachment.

[@somedude1566]

Thanks, gary

[@beachandbluesky1]

Hi Gary, again. Meant to include this question: Since "god" is everywhere, isn't god just as present in noise as in silence? Why is silence "better"? Just wondering.

[@davidwinters1394]

hope you are well, please let me know , this stuff is good, but 8 yrs old now,

[@GaryWeber]

Hi David. Am fine, for a a 77 year old. Got my vaccine shots. Yes, "this stuff is good, but 8 yrs old now". The work was very controversial, but ultimately became "THE" work that defined a clear, direct, creation of a new genre for "spiritual" awakening. stillness