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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.
Disclaimer: The information presented in these videos is not meant to diagnose or treat any psychiatric or medical illness. The inquiries presented herein are potent and can have powerful effects on the way you experience yourself and reality. If you feel you are at risk of harming yourself or others, these videos and practices may not be the best thing for you at the moment. Seek help wherever necessary which might include a hospital emergency department, a suicide helpline etc.

[@josephmitchell6796]

Just casually watching your video when i heard my name and got star struck for a moment lol. Thank you for your response Angelo and yes i am here for the deepest truth my friend!

[@vanleen]

The deepest truth is, that theres no Angelo... so no star, no pedestal, no throne. All equal.

[@lynnhunter4493]

🙏🙏🙏

[@ChrisTina-yc5fh]

Got a really absurd thought today: what if it doesnt make click for me because l am already awake? 😳 no idea if this is a realistic possibility...l need to reflect on that. This is undermined by my doubt that I might have had a kundalini awakening 15 years ago, with unexplainable large periods of bliss, insights and energy. No idea how to explore this, but l try with my intuition.

[@ChrisTina-yc5fh]

I cannot be awake! But l am confident...getting short glimpses of the realization that the voice in my head is not me.

[@japan6012]

If you're searching for a path to a better world, you're just going to get this ordinary world, in all its tacky glory.

[@macaroon147]

NOOOO

[@Halcy0nSky]

I know where I must go now and it is terrifying. I feel a sinking in my chest at the mere thought of it. The only word I can muster is "Oh". A hollow sound that rings in the vacant abyss from where I peer into it. For it is the death of everything I know. Neither my nihilism or optimism will survive the plunge, shed like the husks they are. I grieve for them while I still clutch at their wholly unsatisfying comfort. I grieve for myself. What lies beyond me, is utterly unknowable. No amount of pointing or practice is adequate. None of it comes with, I see this is the only way it can be. I cannot go and I cannot stay. The ego screams incoherent slights and narratives from every corner of memory, a co-worker's jibe from yesterday, an argument with a friend from twenty years ago. It is absurd to the point of utter incredulity. I said I was "okay" to my family today, and I honesty don't even know if I was lying or not. What even is "okay"? I have no idea.

[@Schneebs]

Angelo I started to doubt my memories and it's become a bit of a fixation now. I feel like my memory is ruined or not as good as it used to be or very unreliable.

[@BruFlow]

had some of that on the peak of the awakening and for some months. but not having any way to prove is the same. If you get overly disfunctional, go to MD.

[@craig01001]

Ya, I notice the same things. Without a feeling of 'trueness' to the images, there comes that doubt.

[@FromRuinRise]

It’s seems the more I embrace this way of being the more I find myself feeling very melancholy, and my life situation seems to be becoming more riddled with turmoil.

[@ryanturner6920]

I experienced the same. What kind of turmoil? Is it with other people? Or are more "events" seeming to occur?

[@GoldfingerXXX]

Hang in there buddy... I've been there myself. Not that I am completely "out of the woods" yet, but life is a blissful breeze now compared to what it used to be. There is _always_ a light at the end of the tunnel, even if it sometimes doesn't seem that way.

[@FromRuinRise]

@@ryanturner6920 I would say as far as the melancholy goes, that when I’m able to create some space, allow thoughts to subside and sit in a more genuine place of being everything is airy and light, although I cannot ( at least for now) maintain that space and I return to the world of thought it drags me into a dark sort of depressed state, mood, feeling that overshadows just about everything. As for the turmoil, It’s like life is throwing every hardball at me to either knock me off course or alternatively allow me to demonstrate the progress I’ve made. I’m not really sure which it is.

[@FromRuinRise]

@@GoldfingerXXX Oh I definitely see an improvement, I can see the light at the end of the tunnel, so to speak. But old habits die hard, I guess. There’s also a certain amount of exhaustion constantly monitoring, being aware, of the thoughts I used to cling to/ believe, identify with and remind myself that it’s simply a thought.

[@BruFlow]

@@FromRuinRise an improvement of what? 👀

[@Ryan-Dempsey]

Thank you. I'm so glad for these voices of reason in a soup of insanity. Cuts through all the bullshit, so beautifully!

[@Naaxbeats]

This was amazing I love these q&as. Thanks Angelo!!🤗🥰🙏😇🐈😌

[@RZK33369]

I have been experiencing profound changes in my awareness which truly has shifted something. As I am skeptical about nearly everything, I start to think that these very same experiences are being synthetically implanted. Then, the mind pivots once again…

[@RZK33369]

Meant to post this on the chat for “intellectual confidence “

[@Big_Tough_Guy]

Me too man. I've had telepathic vision since I was 23, and I don't know if it's natural or technological. I suspect due to it's inhumaneness that this reality is a sort of prison. The way "it/they" can speak through people and even walls. I sound crazy... But that is due to it's reality. I'm essentially moving further from awakening, while being aware of shared consciousness.

[@msbevking]

@15:45 you said you didn’t get it. I got it straight away. Buddha was so sheltered, he couldn’t comprehend what we instinctively do

[@stevec8872]

My girlfriend asks me questions about this stuff and I find myself leading and making concessions and almost conceptually trying to explain the difference between the Absolute and the relative, even though I end up thinking that there isn't really a difference and I can't find one. Strange to use concepts that I don't believe in to try to lead someone to a place where there isn't concepts and beliefs. The whole thorn to remove a thorn deal does take immense tact and experience, so I have to applaud your ability to teach. I've heard that not everyone that understands can teach, and I have to admit this is very true. I'm only a mediocre pointer lol. You are a fantastic one.

[@corniedriedger5206]

Hi Angelo, Some time ago maybe a year I was feeling this intuitive sense to just lay down and meditate although I didn’t think about it like that and I can’t really explain it but after what might have been an hour everything became so calm to the point that there was no body or no one and I just sort of plunged into this fear and after it subsided it was amazing and blissful ever since then life became very weird the first 6 months where amazing I started a business and made quite a lot of money relatively speaking and then everything went south lol and now I have a lot of resistance to work and the business is hardly making enough money to sustain my family and all the savings are gone and I have no clue what to do. I’d appreciate it if you could give some insight, thanks!

[@shaunasmith7084]

Totally rearranging reflections, I BELIEVE in shared universes/simulations.

[@pchabanowich]

Bugs was not disappointed - he had arrived at the fact long ago. Contemplating carrots and Fudd, it wasn't difficult for him to reach limits - what can one do beyond Albuquerque? was his next big insight... I know...silly.🤗

[@renko9067]

What would Bugs Bunny say if he met Angelo? "What's up, doc? (Because Angelo is a doctor) I'll see myself out.

[@jdubluffy1959]

I’m searching for a solution for my unhappiness not the truth. I’m not worthy of these videos I can’t put down the burden of searching

[@ProfoundlyForlorn]

Nobody is worthy or unworthy. It doesn't have to be that serious, but it's also okay if it is. Sometimes picking at a wound only makes it worse. I wish you the best. Go easy on yourself.

[@brushstroke3733]

@@jdubluffy1959 Have you heard of Roger Castillo? You might benefit from his approach which focuses on happiness for the human rather than truth or an experience of oneness.

[@JaafarHaj]

Hi Angelo, thanks for your videos. It is difficult to identify the mechanismes that lead to the consciousness getting entangled in thoughts. Any pointings on that ?

[@AKA_SIMPLYHUMAN]

Too much thinking. You are chasing your tails. If you do not learn to quiet your mind. The door will not open. This is the heart of the teaching yet no one sees this through. Still chasing external goals.

[@Kellumination]

Who is it that is chasing the tail and who is the one trying to learn to quiet the mind? There is no door to open, and your right there is no one to see it through😂😂

[@AKA_SIMPLYHUMAN]

@@Kellumination The door is the gate less gate. You, cannot pass through the gate less gate. No one can pass through the gate less gate. Being no one instantaneously places you inside. Chasing one’s tail refers to doing. Doing things believing a you will be rewarded with the prize of enlightenment. My comments point to the reality of this teaching. I have no goal in this for there is no one here to gain anything. Sharing is a natural activity of this reality. Be still and know God. That is a reference to where the truth lies. This is not a gain. This is a dropping of everything you believe, love, hate and think you want. Don’t believe me. Go there and find yourself.

[@earth9544]

"Be still and know that I am God"

[@johnstewart1148]

I’ve meditated, self enquired etc for 15 years and my mind it as noisy as ever 😢

[@earth9544]

@@johnstewart1148 Are you consuming a lot of media?

[@danamarie7993]

Love the screen and images. God is technology and oh so effective helping while you point. Thx

[@louisevs9152]

I really enjoy these videos with you answering questions. Thanks Angelo

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

My pleasure!

[@alfreddifeo9642]

♾☮

[@jamestrover6851]

dude, you're awesome

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You are!