This Short Conversation Led to Awakening

No really, it happened. I will release an interview with this lovely human next week describing what happened to her after we had this chat :)
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[@VeritableVagabond]

This format should be a whole new segment: Chats with Angelo

[@macparker3549]

I agree! Another tilt of the chain saw. This cuts through in a very helpful way… 💥🪓

[@sophieoliver2715]

Brilliant! The ego is like our own personal paparazzi! Taking snap shots of a moment and turning it into whatever story best feeds the viewer 😄

[@harjotmahal8985]

I liked how u put it

[@annieb9620]

Yes - very clever way to word it, the ego is it's own biggest fan.

[@lynlavalight]

Love it!

[@Jacklloydmusic]

Loved that

[@danielmaina4942]

She spoke for me when she said if she had existencial fear she'd at least know something was happening 🙂

[@Design111]

Existential fear triggered my awakening. It’s certainly one way, but I can’t say I recommend it.

[@mrraamsridhar]

This lady is probably the person I relate most with, and what you've pointed to her applies so much to me. Angelo, you are a rockstar. I hope one of these days it happens to me as well. Looking at how well your pointing is, I'm sure it's just around the corner. Thanks again, Angelo!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You're welcome

[@mrraamsridhar]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake :)

[@Summersolstice0621]

Me too! Totally relate!

[@GetMeThere1]

A few things said by Alfred, Lord Tennyson about his spiritual experiences. Being born in 1809 he probably knew nothing of "non-duality" and its role in eastern philosophy/religion. “More than once when I Sat all alone, revolving in myself The word that is the symbol of myself, The mortal limit of the Self was loosed, And passed into the nameless, as a cloud Melts into heaven. I touch’d my limbs, the limbs Were strange, not mine - and yet no shade of doubt, But utter clearness, and thro’ loss of Self The gain of such large life as matched with ours Were sun to spark - unshadowable in words, Themselves but shadows of a shadow-world …” “A kind of walking trance I have frequently had, quite up from boyhood, when I have been all alone. This has often come upon me through repeating my own name to myself silently till, all at once, as it were, out of the intensity of the consciousness of individuality, the individuality itself seemed to dissolve and fade away into boundless being; and this not a confused state, but the clearest of the clearest, the surest of the surest, the weirdest of the weirdest, utterly beyond words, where death was an almost laughable impossibility, the loss of personality (if so it were) seeming no extinction, but the only true life…” “Yes, it is true there are moments when the flesh is nothing to me, when I feel and know the flesh to be the vision, God and the spiritual - the only real and true. Depend upon it, the spiritual is the real; it belongs to one more than the hand and the foot. You may tell me that my hand and my foot are only imaginary symbols of my existence. I could believe you, but you never, never can convince me that the I is not an eternal reality, and that the spiritual is not the true and real part of me.” Tennyson said of his mystical experience (in a letter to the prominent 19th century physicist Professor John Tyndall), “By God Almighty! there is no delusion in the matter! It is no nebulous ecstasy, but a state of transcendent wonder, associated with absolute clearness of mind.”

[@humanbeing4995]

tired of lying in the sunshine, staying home to watch the rain - Pink Floyd

[@ronjenks4133]

Yes, that's it! ....'the divine accident.' ...being it..the One without a second.

[@YouAreLight]

Thank you for sharing this!

[@keesblokorg]

"I" had an awakening listening to this video 🙏

[@VioletSynergy]

Kimora is a star. Loved this session, so good.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

[@benoitbousquet7917]

Angelo is so skilled! Not every teacher are good like him to guide and to say exactly the right thing to the seeker at that specific time.

[@omarmiz]

Wow. Thanks for the shining the light on her thought-pattern. I relate so much to it! Nothing could be more encouraging than these kinds of videos and your comments under the video. I can’t wait to see the interview.

[@ThommyB]

It was very pleasant to watch. Yeah our mind is the perfect politician : "I promise you change except for the things that you don't want to change."

[@jonathanaviss6742]

I resonate so much with this conversation. My mind seems to aways have exactly the right button to push to start off another identy train!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

the ego is the ultimate opportunist, always uses what works

[@bm4680]

Looking forward to the next book

[@pchabanowich]

Angelo, I love how you 'are' with the gift.💐

[@dhammaboy1203]

I can relate so much! On my last retreat I realised I was making up stories about what the meaning or insight of each retreat was but that thought was pulling me out of awareness and the natural state over and over. I see you now story maker!

[@humanbeing4995]

😃🤗 The body conversation is telling, isn't it?

[@trevgrooves]

Thanks for sharing. I look forward to listening to the interview next week. Good on ya mate.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Thanks for listening

[@Jacob-Vivimord]

This is really great and highly relatable.

[@GetMeThere1]

Brilliant! My experience is identical to hers -- in fact, it's a bit beyond because I realize all that was said here, and the outcome is just to go to further and subtler versions of the same problem. Recently -- in an effort to "sweep away" all this nonsense I've been asking myself: What is here which never changes? I'm doing this because -- when you confront these situations you realize that it's still just levels of "thinking," because the phenomenon appears and disappears in exactly the same way as thoughts and "feelings" do -- and what I'm "seeking" (lol) is that which is always here and never goes. AND I DO SEE IT...well, I...sort of see it "askance," but it's not something which comes into full focus. AND THEN, I realize that the entire thing is a duality because I'm set up as a "seer" which sees a thing. It's maddening...because it's ALL just subtle thinking and structuring of objects seen by a seer....and of course, when I look for who is aware of all this it's "nothing," but THAT doesn't seem like an answer either. I know when I had my experience years ago I instantly said "Everything is full of nothing! And it's so simple and obvious! Now....I'm left with only the thought of that. So....the problem is a deep belief that there must be one who sees. THAT is the fundamental framework of an ego.

[@smileyjones730]

SO relatable! And a genuinely lovely exchange. Such a timely, helpful conversation - got right in there. Thank you both so much. Angelo, it was beautiful to watch and listen to your deceptively casual, skilfully incisive, pointing. Highly appreciated and sure I will enjoy the 'after' video :) Warm wishes

[@n-xsta]

Bro I’m making my way through your book, pg 252, and just wanted to say thank you. I don’t know what else to say but I want to 🫠😶🤎

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Welcome!

[@seancasey98]

I keep dipping into chapters. I'm currently rereading the chapter on inquiry, realising that I read books and watch KZbin around this subject. I do everything other than practise! Lol, if I spent as much time applying myself rather than faffing around, I'm sure 'I' would get somewhere...or is this just a thought lol. Enjoy the book Niki, lots of good gems and subtle pointing. Best of luck 😊

[@billromas]

Great pointing..so beneficial to so many..letting go into the unknown is the greatest gift we can give yo ourselves and the world..the Death of the one who cares is truly the ultimate Compassion/LOVE

[@lukystaify]

ah such a beautiful conversation :) thank you for sharing this.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@dipdip2481]

This video is an absolute gem……..realised I’m so guilty of all that selfing …….wow, thank you 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻 💎🌟❤

[@ineffableepochsonder5360]

I had a mini tiny awakening for some seconds it felt like no one was there and it made me laugh. It was like a cosmic joke that there really was no one there, but everything was the same expect that realization .Then i started believing i was going to lose this and i did I wanna go back it was amazing 😢

[@mahmoodabdulbaqi824]

you cant go back

[@nicbarth3838]

Look into who was holding that experience and who is it thats trying to get this. At looking into the sense that you will never get there again is a good place to start

[@nicbarth3838]

Become comftorable or familiar with that feeling of frustration use the experience of frustration as the object so that you can anchor in to that place that you were at and look at what you think that place looks like while then switching back to experiencing your frustration and looking at the paterns of thoughts it generates

[@ineffableepochsonder5360]

@mahmoodabdulbaqi824 probably not my ego, but the real me i think can go back. Why do you say that ?

[@ineffableepochsonder5360]

@nicbarth3838 The nothingness i am wants to go back. Or at least not have the ego. It seems like when i look, if there is an ego, it appears because i automatically pay attention to it. Ima try the methods you recommend 👌 😌

[@timelessdreams5281]

Amazing Angelo. Glad you shared this!

[@ssstrong529]

Identical to my experience. Thank you so much. I've found my self inching closer to the "fuck it" phase. Why not just go there, the unknown, rather than my story. Why not side with "what if" rather than self doubt? It felt very freeing when I opened up that option. I haven't gone fully there but I'm curious about that path now that it opened.

[@nyingpo]

Wonderful!

[@Yourlovelyfriend23]

Hey Angelo, I’d love to see you do a bid on being with pain, especially when its the thing ‘pulling’ one out of presence or seemingly louder or stronger than presence. Thanks for all you do.

[@renko9067]

There is a book by a teacher named Steven Levine called Who Dies? I found it tremendously helpful as it touched on this.

[@rubyslippers9140]

That is awesome! Thank you so much for these examples of real life awakening :)

[@henrike34]

Exactly what I needed to hear today. Thank you 🙏

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You are so welcome

[@cosmogang]

Beautiful.

[@macaroon147]

😂 loved her. So relatable

[@GraceHappens]

Such a relatable conversation. Especially the ego says you’re not getting it but it’s not saying it to you it’s saying it to itself. Aha! Now to find out who that’s appearing to.

[@annsunderland4673]

I so resonate with her , so helpful to hear your interaction 👌just sticky stories /beliefs !! 😲💙🙏🦋💜

[@brownsuitcase]

Thanks a lot for the video Angelo! So what I'm hearing is, any thought that gets believed creates a false self (the one who believes), need to hone in on the one who believes and see there is nothing there. Haha. But I cannot see it cus there is nothing there , and that's the point

[@anthonyruscitelli8943]

Thanks, angelo. I can relate to the mind taking a snapshot, an image or a thought that it can most easily weave a story around. Like blowing up a balloon into various shapes, different for each of us depending on our triggers, but all just filled with the same hot air!

[@yasminel-hakim4348]

you’re a master to help her beyond her thoughts and believes. Great work Angelo.

[@kbshrink]

Love how you managed to get under her thought system so she could move past it. Masterful!

[@integralsonic]

just from the anecdotal observation that more female awakening videos seem to be posted than with men, just wondering if you generally see different kinds of stumbling blocks to awakening for men and women?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Interesting. Your comment caused me to look at the interviews on that playlist (awakening stories) and it is 11-8 in favor of women. Thinking back I would say that more men turned down offers for interviews, that might be part of it. I’m not sure, for a while I had the impression that women wake up a bit faster but I’m not so sure anymore because I see a lot of both.

[@Oversampled]

So a believer of a thought is just another thought that has a sense of self embedded in it that we get identified with?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You could say that. But understanding isn’t particularly helpful. Rather it’s important to really become curious and look.

[@humanbeing4995]

@@Oversampled And you know it ain't fiction, just a natural fact- Leiber

[@keena1487]

Holy shit. Wow.

[@Seriosheroofhaik-iy8bg]

This helped me so much!! ❤Thanks Angelo and Sacha. More of this would be SO helpful (but they’re often not this condesed probably)

[@ninaenger]

Oh, boy, have I been here many times - not seeing the belief in So What / What's next. Turning around opened a large space creating a subtle shift. This conversation enters a vast space inside. Thank you so much for sharing. I still notice a 'clinging' to the shift of perception - there is still an ownership to 'the shift' though - processing....patience....letting it do its work. THANK YOU!

[@injoyinmyself2018]

To be on stage and share this , is appreciated from both parties🙏💚 This reminds me of the " nothing sticks , purgatory phase" Impressive 2:04 straight for the jugular with the Byrone Kate pattern break question 4. 6:45 the question is sincere, the mind is trying to figure out the mechanism, so it can create a defense for it. 7:10 it's not telling "YOU" anything. (The YOU that's watching this KZbin video....)

[@TheNondual]

Thanks

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

🎸🎸🎸🎸

[@sabrinasandhu06]

❤

[@Knowingnesswish]

I remember her awakening story video. This is what she was talking about.

[@jann5006]

Yes!!

[@deanstrydom3937]

Brilliant

[@DPSAX95]

can definitely relate a LOT. Not sure what is the next step, cause it is to let go and stay in the now and stillness and see it but then nothing happens, there is no next step, and the constant monitoring of letting go is taking so much that at some point has to be left aside to be able to do work stuff..and back into the loop. Of course cannot compain, life is good and suffering is mostly seen through, gratidute as well is high but but but..

[@TomPrior16]

in my opinion the last step is to get rid of all of it. get rid of everything. its a really tough one actually because you can't intend it to happen. for me it was random encounters with realised people which only happened spontaneously. this is more about being lucky than following a method. the method just makes you more lucky. so what i would 'do' is live your truth now and be completely open and sincere - if it doesn't happen then that is ok.

[@TomPrior16]

even reading this back its all BS i have no fucking idea hahahah

[@TomPrior16]

who knows man what an amazing thing this is

[@DPSAX95]

@@TomPrior16 everything is okay haha my wishes friend

[@TomPrior16]

@@DPSAX95 haha nice one

[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

Fun, thanks!

[@Ballsmasher69420]

Less goo!

[@QueSeraSera-f3s]

Did you ever put out the follow up video on this Angelo? Sure would like to see it, thx!

[@geoffschmidt1944]

"reaction formation" wow that's good

[@korneliaheidegger3116]

❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️

[@nublar3356]

What a beautiful exchange! That's Sasha, aka Genevieve Davis, author of several books on manifesting and letting go! Coincidentally I've read almost all of her books and I found yours because some algorithm recommended it to me! ❤

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

did you watch my interview with her?

[@nublar3356]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake I'm watching it right now 😄. I have gained a valuable insight from this short video. I noticed a lie I have been telling myself, which is that I would change so much if I woke up that I would want to leave my current life behind. That was scary, but it's simply not true! It has always felt so true, up until yesterday 😁. Thank you Angelo and Sasha! oh btw, I love your t-shirts!

[@carolsimkins7942]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Is there a link to the follow up interview?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

@@carolsimkins7942 "Weird Stuff Started Happening..." -- (Awakening Story) kzbin.info/www/bejne/a2Kag5qdpJWkqqc

[@jewel2022now]

More practice, more stories. Eventually it will be easier

[@cspinks4336]

So helpful

[@mindyourstep1028]

Remarkable how this joke has to be recognized again and again and again...until it doesn’t. lol

[@That_Freedom_Guy]

We are Homo Fabulans. We are experts at creating stories spontaneously that justify everything we think, speak, and do. (We think we are always right!) Mind becomes immersed in the story as attention is captured by the narrative. That then feels like reality to us. But it is a reality that we have just authored. However, this is just another story.📚📖

[@snakedogman]

Man, as a (way too) rational person all my life, feeling "stuck" for a long time (I'm 43), always seeking fulfillment outside of myself (substances, relationships, experiences) but never feeling at peace, truly... I've come across "spirituality" even though before I used to think it was all wishy washy bs to con people. But I'm starting to get glimpses of what it's really about. I've been reading Power of Now and came across this channel recently. I (or should I say "I") am fascinated by the subject but I'm totally unsure how to "get there". I know some people have a sudden awakening (like Eckhart Tolle) and others meditate their whole life and only just feel a bit more relaxed but never have an "insight". I think I understand at least conceptually that "I" am not my thoughts, because really they just seem to generate by themselves inside my consciousness. So "I" am consciousness, awareness... I guess. I realise just sort of recognising this conceptually is not awakening (I don't feel any different). Just wondering what is the next step for a "beginner". Do I start meditating a lot? Do I go on a retreat? Do I travel to India? I want to find the peace and wholeness inside of "me", I want to feel it. I find you video's... comforting I guess. Like, reassuring that it is possible to find this. There's a Zen organisation in the city where I live and they organise retreats so maybe I'll try that sometime.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Welcome to the channel. Those retreats may be very helpful. It’s absolutely available to you. You might try reading my book as well

[@snakedogman]

Thank you! I've bought your book and reading it! Very cool. Also going through all the ZdoggMD videos you did. I guess it's just a matter of keep trying various ways and see where it takes me. Will definitely also look into the retreat. Keep up the good work!

[@tougue]

Anybody has the link to the video of the exchange with the gentleman that Angelo talks about at 4'53''?

[@Maskkulin]

Something is wrong with the sound

[@doc2590]

Every thought is a story, a fantasy fairytale. Every single thought. The dolphins play in the oceans, and the birds play in the sky. So without thought, we can simply play in this world.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

And when the play consumes the player, then the birds fly in the ocean and the dolphins swim on the sky.

[@doc2590]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake ☺

[@chamarigangoda2196]

🙏🙏🙏

[@alfreddifeo9642]

❤🙏☮🕉💎

[@Ballsmasher69420]

This stuff gets so tricky, damn

[@humanbeing4995]

Hats off to a wonderful illusionist. 💛

[@Ballsmasher69420]

One year brody, you're getting this now 👌👌

[@MajorCulturalDivide]

He said the mind tells the story that will work for you. What is it working to do?

[@Nadidudida]

it feeds on your attention.

[@sarahsims315]

Angelo, is there a link to the interview you did with her after this? Thank you!

[@danielmaina4942]

Wait, it actually happened? Lemme go check how much a US visa costs😜

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

😆... there's always online ;)

[@danielmaina4942]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 💯very true

[@vicino.]

Where are the fireworks at the end?

[@Mykiller333]

Can I share this?

[@tala1802]

thank you!! question- listening to your talks, i get the impression that so many people have fear and doubts and limiting beliefs around awakening... so am i the only one who is actually afraid of not waking up? i got nothing left to lose in this weird existence, don't care about how my life looks afterwards or stuff like that, don't have anything important that i don't want to let go of, this personality is too awkward anyway so what if it goes, not afraid of "changing" (who cares it's not like there's anything worthwhile enough to keep) so the only thing i actually fear is what happens if i don't go all the way? can't see any real meaning to life here without realization so do you have anything to say to someone who's not afraid to wake up but the other way around? is it too weird? what am i missing? how do i manage to mess up even the one thing that's not based on "succeeding". thank you so much 💗

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

That's a good place to be :)

[@macparker3549]

🪓🌻🫥

[@JoeyKastelic777]

love the thumbnail

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

🥰

[@RamSamudrala]

The you is not the mind. This video describes my situation. It is MY situation, is it not? Not the mind's or ego's or whatever, but belongs to the I. Hmm. I''m still saying it as though the I is an object. So subject I is thinking/writing about object I. But it is all I. The mind cannot be I, so all situations are "my" situations. Even if the mind tries to inject doubt into it now. So this is it right? Maybe not, the doubtful skeptical mind arises again. But that is again I. All that said, I do believe this brought me closer. So the question is, who is this "I"? It can only be Nondual right? It can't be mind? Both the identification and misidentification are being made by Nondual aka me/I!

[@melishek0001]

Angelo? What is this person's full name?

[@bobnegri6098]

Who is the one who believes there is an 'I'? If there is no 'I', then who am I? 🤔

[@pchabanowich]

Angelo, I love how you 'are' with the gift.💐