Waking Up: What Does It Really Mean? - Adyashanti on Insights at the Edge

[@giulias.5104]

Adyashanti was the first teacher I listened to when my first awakening happened, the honeymoon period as Adya's called it. And after 10 years, he is still be able to shine a light on my path. Thank you is not enough.

[@tamarbatyehudit1314]

Me too. Just so

[@ariadna2018]

❤

[@laurelbp9971]

So true.

[@margueritecurtis2168]

I relate ❤

[@Islaras]

same same.

[@Susan-ol4ys]

"Let go of what has passed Let go of what may come Let go of what is happening now Don’t try to figure anything out Don’t try to make anything happen Relax, right now, and rest" Tilopa

[@zillahmills6549]

SO TRUE SUSAN SENDING LOVE, LIGHT, FREEDOM, PEACE 🤝💎🌈💫

[@lucyliverpool3861]

Hi

[@timbaker266]

Well said 👏

[@claudelebel49]

Stop wanting, Stop trying, Stop expecting anything from the world of people places and things. Barry Long

[@tootoofalse2625]

Stop everything and watch the video ❤️

[@ellensee4660]

this is one of the very best conversations I have enjoyed , where the questions and answers are all so fulll of depth and richness. What a treasure.

[@MsMikeytt]

First time I've heard Adya describe his experiences with such emotion...really touching and beautiful

[@ryanpalma5947]

I agree! Blessings to you my friend 🦋!

[@alanarcher]

Those emotional moments when recalling his awakening experiences... That's what makes Adya so real to so many of us. I'm a novice in this world, and I had my own spontaneous awakening in March 2, 2022, almost precisely at midnight. And I wept for weeks after that. Sometimes I would remember the things I saw and start sobbing like a child.

[@GumbyTheGreen1]

I’d also love to hear more about what happened for you and what led to it. Would you mind sharing?

[@Vlad.o]

"Now, obviously people do not want to think that they have no purpose, so they invent various purposes for themselves. Eventually, their real purpose will have the possibility of emerging and when it begins to emerge, they will realize that they have a responsibility to accept change that is necessary and to instigate change that is necessary. They will also realize that they have a responsibility to maintain themselves in good health, to become aware of their strengths and weaknesses and their favorable and unfavorable tendencies, and so forth. The emergence of purpose will require change in their thinking, behavior and perception and in their relationships with others as well. Often people become very lazy here because they are waiting for something to change them. Then if it goes wrong, they have someone else to blame. “Hey, I was just there and it changed! Don’t blame me!” But to take full responsibility means that you are cooperating with life in bringing about the necessary adjustments as you proceed." ~Wisdom From The Greater Community Book 1~Provoking Change~

[@julieann1975]

Thank you Vlad

[@thecitizenfarmer7700]

Thank you!

[@johnchapman5125]

Thanks!

[@aurelienyonrac]

Cooperation with change or fight. Cooperation with whats is

[@laurat6580]

Adya is a light in this world ✨☁️

[@wombtang20]

Ms. Simon, what an extraordinary conversation you facilitated. What a gift! Adyashanti, thank you beyond words!

[@polarbear1433]

Deep gratitude for this offering. Adya speaks so succinctly to what I could never put into words. Beyond gratitude to Life. ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@maryammajdiyazdi2344]

This video was by far one of the most eye opening experience that I ever had. It put things in a different level for me! Thank you!

[@SisterMaji]

WOW Adya love… Jesus Tami that was awesome Bring it on

[@martinst8764]

Brilliant questions and space provided by Tami. I already, greatly appreciated Adya's teaching but his responses here were just breathtaking. This interview does what it sets out to do. Thank you both.

[@coenterhaar9183]

Very powerful account of awakening from Adya! Thank you! Great interview and questions too.. Awakening is something that's not easy to convey in words, but Adya does it beautifully and is very articulate in his explanation! Thank you both very much! Love this video! ♥️

[@Susan-ol4ys]

Tami thanks for everything you do for us x

[@claraclaraj]

The best interview of all time .❤

[@Phantom.1]

The teacher is less breathy than the interviewer. That’s rare… Adyashanti is awesome.

[@elonever.2.071]

For me the awakening process is realizing that I am not the Ego that has been running the show most of my life. That I am not this body that is living a pre-programmed existence according to the rules of the society I live in. Instead I am conscious awareness that is observing this body that is experiencing this life. I am learning to be the driver in place of the Ego. I am not always successful but I am getting there. I am learning to let the heart do the thinking instead of the reactionary Ego. I am not always successful there either but more and more I am aware of when I fall short. I am looking forward to when I can check the Ego in real time and live life through the heart.

[@danielganciar7193]

It's really amazing when you go through this process to freedom! The sensation is exactly that you don't need to buy things anymore.

[@yerberohamsa]

Beautiful description of realizing that we are already awaken beings. Very intense, explosive. Not everyone will experience it that way. It may be a gradual and mild process with soft realizations kissing our dreams.

[@susanleger303]

I have experienced moments of awakening……as Adyshanti shares about his own awakening experiences and weeps I can relate 🥲and weep when I share my experiences 🙏🏼❣️

[@EnlightenedCarnivore]

21:00 For your real being no competition is needed. You are already that. The highest. (Osho)

[@afsipena4138]

Thank you from the bottom of my heart Tami , for all these wonderful interviews 🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼you are an amazing, beautiful person inside and out and I had the honor to met you before and your energy is amazing 😍🙏🏼

[@eytschmaen]

I find it very astonishing that THIS still touches him on such a deep, emotional level after all these years. Must have been something significant, without putting a label to it.

[@py2706]

Thank you for this content! I watch many of your videos. The idea of having an initial 'gift' awakening resonates with me. I'm certainly 'paying it back' now. But after having had listened to this interview, I have reason to stay strong and not jump ship. I'll wait for my being to match my revelation. Thanks Tami and Adyashanti.

[@ToddSloanIAAN]

It's about waking up the world if you know that you are the world of your trueself identity and what that experience you are having actually means. That's your job, your goal... Your challenge!

[@ecemwashere.]

It's so wonderful to listen to him and how you lead the conversations Tami is inspiring. 🙌 Please consider including video formats to the conversations, that makes a big difference 🙏

[@bredaduffy810]

Thank you both for this talk. It was helpful and clear.

[@mtm105]

2003/4 I was sitting at a desk US Army Recruiting. I took Bhagwan Sanyass on the internet. I was given a name. My career nosedived, for inexplicable reasons. I could not recruit one individual. I was relieved. That was my awakening. Like a caterpillar to a butterfly. My next duty station for 5 years Nashville, TN. I lived 2 miles from work, had my own office, and on many occasions left and returned whenever I felt like it. Best job I had in my life.

[@lucievedomimkestesti]

I have had so many energetic shifts so i know what it feels like living like an energy. I know, inside me is something that can lead me to anything it wants...through this i manifested stuff in the most unusual ways. ❤️

[@siddhartha-1-4-u]

such a gift we have him available to us. Love to see you interview Joseph Goldstein also.

[@onreact]

Thank you Tami for asking the right questions and Adya for sharing your unique story with us. It was truly funny sometimes. I had to laugh out loud.

[@SherPunjabi86]

Thank you so, so much for this. So much love for all. Thank you thank you thank you

[@jcinaz]

Thank you, Tami, for making awareness available.

[@EvelynEinhaeuser]

Such a great interview. Thank you.

[@zillahmills6549]

It’s so hard to describe, but yes this is probably the best description Awakening. I have tried to talk about it but my partner thinks it is crazy. Or I’m crazy!! What I’ve realised is every trauma I’ve had has been a gift a blessing and I know what source is telling me I learnt something with every trauma! My appetite changed immediately I ate cereal for months then went back to ordinary eating but now again I’m eating wheat everyday so yes I agree it I must have had another or perhaps many over the last 8 yrs my mums passing was what brought my first awakening on it was like the icing on the cake I couldn’t take the hurt anymore! Yes you have to own everything the shadow work you have to be willing to face your fear your shame guilt and anger and have the dark night of the soul that was the night I cried i laughed it was almost like hysteria! I’ve not yet had another night like that. But I thank you both for your honesty it was from your heart I could tell. Much love to you from the UK Liverpool ❤️💎💡💡💡☄️💥🌟🌈🤝🌹💫

[@sam_cha]

I feel enlightened after watching all the ads on this video Ad after ad, letting the ads flow over you. Through you. Despite everything my mind was telling me, I didn't press the skip button. Aftee one hour, there was no longer any ads or any me. The ads were my awareness, and my awareness was ads.

[@thefunexaminedlife1145]

​@@sam_chai thought KZbin premium was I really worthwhile service because of the no ads. Now I see the ads are actually meant to be powerful tools for awakening. Namaste

[@Kimico57]

I started off reading your comment just fine. But, as I went on, I began to be confused about what you were saying. Then it hit me!! You don't use any punctuation!! If you want peop!e to read the thoughts your putting out there, use punctuation as otherwise its too distracting. I'm not trying to be judgemental, but I am trying to tell you how your written thoughts affected me....they didnt. 🙁

[@Aum_shantishantishanti111]

Great questions tami , this talk is mind blowing and very heart opening moments. And helpful as I meander my way towards everything he is describing I want .

[@RiverofSouls]

Wow. Incredible. Beautiful. Thank you both. 😊

[@jcinaz]

Some experiences described by Adyashanti are not unlike those described by a near death experience (NDE). But some NDE stories go way deeper into the nature of reality (Anita Moorjani, Francisco Valentín, Mellon-Thomas Benedict, and many others). My very brief NDE revealed to me that I am eternal, but I never gave much thought to it; it just seemed natural and normal to me. I have had a few "peak experiences" like those described by Adyashanti. I never gave much weight to them and I don't have any major urge to recreate them; they can't be "recreated" or re-lived, and there's certainly no need to attach any emotional value to them. I live in the reality that "miracles" are natural and happen all the time.

[@yogiearth]

I simply love this dialog

[@clinttoner6239]

Yes, and the key is in the word itself....dialogue.

[@MangalSinghDhami]

Sounds True is ❤

[@renakmans3521]

An amazing person and teacher! 🙏

[@kimtaylor4480]

Thank you 🙏 Beautiful transmission. ❤️

[@Nothingness000]

Such a beautiful sharing. Thank you🙏🏼

[@stephanieclark14]

So helpful, beyond thanks to both of you!

[@anybody606]

That was very very beautiful. It's a crazy game, honestly. Yikes!!!

[@justinearnest2141]

Such a wonderful gift.

[@md1m3]

Adya is the top g

[@korneliaheidegger3116]

Thank you very much for this beautiful interview! ❤

[@skittles2055]

This was lovely. Enjoyed it very much. Thank you. Looking forward to watching more of these!

[@sandrag8656]

And this still small voice was so right. ❤

[@gavinspeaks]

You will face many defeats, but never let yourself be defeated. Much Love from a Law Of Attraction KZbinr 💜

[@onreact]

“You will face many defeats in life, but never let yourself be defeated.” - Maya Angelou

[@lizzie1848]

Beautiful thank you

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Thanks so much!

[@digitalbrand2930]

Greetings from Taos, NM from Brigitte and Mark!

[@slowwco]

Adyashanti quote highlights from this video: “To qualify as a spiritual awakening, it has to involve some some type of revelation which has the effect of shifting your identity, your your sense of what you are, from a sort of mind-based or ego-based identification where we to an identity that's more based in our fundamental nature, something that's certainly transcendent of the mind and the ordinary identifications we have … It's very life transforming because you're looking at life then from an awareness point of view rather than a egoic or a mind-based point of view.” “Truth is not paradoxical in experience, but it's paradoxical as soon as I even think about it to myself, much less describe it.” “Awakening has to do with our true identity … It's all about moving your base point of identity.” “What is it that's looking through my eyes?”

[@eleanorbertuch135]

So refreshing👍👍

[@KARIS1961]

Just an amazing video! ❤

[@ArchaeusAzoth]

Adya is amazing. Sounds True needs to back off on the ads. How much money do you need to make from ads? Ridiculous amount of ads.

[@hangbrand8199]

Imagine: this episode is where he found himself deeper than he had ponder through out his journey

[@mokuho]

What is noticing this emotion, what is noticing this thoughts...? Dont answer , just let the question evoke...

[@jasondelay2931]

Making the distinction between the noun and verb form of awaken, you could use “waking” when referring to the verb form.

[@meteversegamernews8448]

Amazing Interview!

[@eleanorbertuch135]

Informative and interesting thank you🙏

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

Liquid insight 19:40 Ive had those moments.

[@harameeha1360]

Om Shanti om

[@malaselvarajah5398]

Thankyou

[@yishaishasha8690]

Awakening involves the colapse of the mind created virtual world , I'd say . That colapse can be followed by a strong sense of loss (often tefered to as the dark night of the soul ) that is a result of losing the identificación with the ego .

[@reveal4527]

What is the music at the end?

[@carolinegregory947]

Why don't Sounds True TURN OFF the constant incessant ads...it's literally ridiculous how often they interupt?

[@MyEverydayGarden]

Wow!

[@simonrice7137]

🙏🏼🙏🏼🙏🏼

[@Evansforrest]

The question about what awakening does and doesn’t do. I studied with sasaki roshi who was renowned and considered an awakened master. Yet he was outed towards the end of his life for preying on young women students (students in their twenties and thirties while he was in his eighties). Does that discount his awakened nature? How to hold both his human weakness and awakened nature?

[@Evansforrest]

It is answered here somewhat but still puzzling.

[@teahermankova5131]

Would be pls possible to activate the auto subtitles? Somehow they don’t turn on here. Its very interesting and beautiful. Thank you

[@Jade-ms2ys]

You can hit the CC button they ought to show up. Namaste.

[@galah771]

At the end of the recording Tami mentions a transcript of the conversation online - is that still available? I couldn't find it. Thanks very much for this profound interview.

[@kurdogalali3471]

love you

[@caleblaughlin8351]

❤️🙏

[@malaselvarajah5398]

❤❤❤❤❤

[@midplanewanderer9507]

(Note: I am not 'enlightened.' I am not yet Real): So it appears there is some merit in the initial seeking...to allow for a little bit (or a lot) of fundamentalism. Even go bat-shit crazy-radical in your Inquiry, embrace your lust for transcendence and never mind that there is an 'ego,' a "little me" that is seeking. Just do it. Push: "Who is Witnessing This Thought/Sensation?" There will be no intellectual answer for that. Then push harder: "Who Is Witnessing This?" This question (without expectation of an answer) when asked in earnest, will likely cause your monkey-mind to slow-down, stare back at you curious, then slowly begin swelling with smouldering pent-up energy, instead of swinging from branch-to-branch, thought-to-thought. Focus upon whatever it is within you that seems aware of Awareness. Is it a memory? A memory of a memory? What the hell _is_ that weird feed-back-loop that gives you the impression of being...a conscious entity? Push some more. Watch the Watcher Within with all your might and fight every moment, especially when you just want to slide a little into a pleasing masturbatory trance; beware any blissful wisp of opium-smoke sent to steal you from your original intention: to find The Truth At All Costs. No mercy, stay as cold as a rock. Just keep pushing with absolute maniacal intensity to _not fall asleep into any day-dream or 'thought-play' of any sort,_ and retain absolute vigilance ("Who Is Witnessing This Thought?") as best you can, whenever you realize you've lost the thread of your Prime Intention and attend once more to the false, smouldering silence the proceeding question (Who Is Witnessing?) creates. Metaphorically-speaking, the ground of your Being may (or may not) begin to belch smoke, crack and heave ominous, unsteady. Keep pushing as the shore of genuine peaceful tranquility recedes in the psychic undertow you have generated with your Inquiry. ...then stop. Total stop. Walk away. Embrace your defeat. You failed. Do a 180 degree turn and reject your need for 'enlightenment' as just another bad idea. Drop it, even with a guttural curse and just walk away in contempt for your stupidity, _the_ stupidity of it all. Go back to sleep. Sleep now. Get ready for the voltage-spike across your brain when you do this. Depending on how much energy you put into the First Phase, you may not survive this, the Second Phase (as is the intent). I know I won't. I was able to halt the process in my first go (years ago), because I am chicken-shit. Second time I will not try to halt and I'll totally let-go. Be warned: This is all _extremely_ dangerous. No Warranties Expressed Or Implied. There are other ways to do this. It just seems this way may be _my_ way, but I don't like it much. I gotta work for a living...

[@robertleslie5741]

❤

[@matiastao831]

Looking for my path...ing

[@nutshell3299]

now I know i was the interviewer as well as the questioner.😂

[@colski3333]

Means it’s only a tiny beginning to never ending greater awakening. So you wake up then begin to feel the inheritance within,.. learn how to give it and most of all sustain the unbearable lightness of being you are by the act of giving it away.

[@JatinderSingh-oz1hx]

🙏🙏🙏🙏

[@white-samsara]

💗💗💗

[@Kalugala]

Like to listen to him. Is he the real deal I don’t know !

[@kurdogalali3471]

I love you

[@dlzzthefish]

♥️💕♥️

[@chitraisenlightened]

a description of waking up--> *But you should go even a step beyond the witness, to the ultimate Reality Itself - proving that there is nothing else to be witnessed and that you are all alone: the Absolute. * sri atmananada the world will vanish when you realize the Self. i'm not chatting about sleeping nor nirvana, the Self isnt realized in those states..the Self is realized in the beyond the beyond..there is nothing to witness..

[@JenNagleInk]

I hope that we in America will still be able to study your work if Trump gets to be President but I'm fearful he will put a ban on it.

[@curtisnowitzky3344]

IF one’s an atheist , do they become spiritual (when there’s awakening) ?

[@DaveIrish66]

What's an atheist?

[@eg1art4life]

Belief systems will be challenged in all cases. Religion and atheism are 2 examples, like self and other, etc.

[@GumbyTheGreen1]

They’re probably already spiritual to some extent if they’re having an awakening. There’s no contradiction between atheism and spirituality (unless you misunderstand one or both of the terms).

[@sarahhayes2566]

Atheist is still a belief system... I do believe its letting go of all you beliefs/programmes

[@ayk9937]

When was this recorded?

[@onreact]

It seems it was recorded 7 years ago. Adya says he's 52 but according to Wikipedia he's now 59.

[@BobIan-q5y]

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[@lunkerjunkie]

the U-turn

[@ulianavankovych9561]

keeping in silence how you Turn beings into ‘angels’ for confronting you, don’t you?

[@waldek32]

Too emotional for spiritual awakening.

[@sourcetext]

Waking up is just returning back to your original state as pure Consciousness Spirit not identified with the body and its brain bio computer . WWWGuardiantextOrg❤ You are not the body and mind you are eternal spirit trapped inside ....

[@eg1art4life]

Who is perceiving the body and spirit ?

[@lioninvesting4676]

Scammer lol

[@tracyingold5303]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️