What Is Awakening? | Awakening, Explained Ep. 1 (w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo)

[@4kassis]

isn't it just delicious that an anesthesiologist is helping people wake up?

[@chrisdelaplante5515]

Lol !

[@rachell783]

If you’re listening to this, you realize you were meant to listen to this 🌌

[@ABDra2]

Agreed! I listened to the first 30min, set it aside, and now back to listening it. It's gravitating.

[@michellew3932]

Oh completely! Woke up this am feeling anxiety for no reason, decided to take some deep breathes and listen to Dr. Zdogg. Here I am.

[@lewis2553]

Yeah, some people are meant to be deceived.

[@stacielivinthedream8510]

​@@lewis2553 😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

[@lewis2553]

​@@stacielivinthedream8510 God makes some "vessels unto honor" and some "vessels unto dishonor". This guy is one of the latter.

[@Lulubear0304]

From one exhausted, tired, sad depleted ED doctor 👩🏻‍⚕️, thank you for this... been searching🙏🏽

[@macparker3549]

Bless you, Doc! Isn’t it lovely to find something that touches this deeply?

[@Lulubear0304]

So amazing… ❤

[@GRunner6S]

"You and I are not two..", and '..you don't have to get to where I am..'. WOW How liberating that is!

[@xvaltor]

10 to 20 years before the concept of awakening becomes mainstream. I never thought I could have the opportunity to still be here when that happens. Zubin, can you imagine what the next generations will be like after that? With children having been raised within an awakened society. Just wow!

[@TerryLightfoot]

Omg yes. That is what gives me hope for the future of mankind. We will get over our "selves"!

[@ZDoggMD]

Here's a link where you can grab the book and Angelo's free meditation app 🔥 books.simplyalwaysawake.com/ and here is the ENTIRE Awakening interview series: zdoggmd.com/awakening-explained/

[@ZDoggMD]

Key Topics: 0:00 Intro Why you should (or shouldn’t) watch this video about awakening 6:00 Introduction to Dr. Angelo DiLullo and his book Awake: It’s Your Turn 11:00 Who might be interested in awakening and why 15:23 True awakening vs. a mystical (or peak) experience 18:02 Suffering and anxiety as an impetus for Angelo’s awakening 25:40 Dr. Z’s brush with awakening (a peak experience) 30:12 Disclaimers and warnings, with consciousness expansion can come contraction (temporarily) 35:23 About resistance 45:00 More about the unique aspects of Angelo’s book 52:40 First stage of awakening/barrier to entry: realizing it’s possible 1:00:00 Mechanics of awakening /what is awakening 1:10:00 Post awakening process and deepening of realization 1:14:30 Dr. Z’s first post-pandemic in-person talk: anger, shame, and handling emotion 1:20:50 Children and emotion 1:24:00 Story of a recent awakening 1:30:50 Enlightening, THEN going to medical school 1:32:47 Spirituality and burnout in medicine 1:38:00 Working with strong emotion

[@deannab56]

I am BEYOND grateful that you decided to do this video series. The timing couldn't be more fitting for me, and after dabbling in awakening for years, I feel ready to take the deep dive in. THANK YOU

[@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496]

Interesting talk. I’ve been reading, studying and following Ramana, Nisagardatta, Fred Davis, Gangaji, Tony Parsons, Rupert etc for 10 years. Angelo recently came suggested to me and I’m so grateful. My search has had some fruits, peak experiences etc but mostly it’s been fraught with 44 years of suicidality, depression, anxiety and fear. Doing this by myself has been treacherous when KZbin and books are the non engaging teachers. I’ve given up a few times but once you’re on this path there’s no turning back. I’d be back watching videos, practicing etc the very next morning. Buddha said death is a heavenly messenger. I concur. I’m so over it all. 52 years old, 10 years sober using 12 step method for that and joy, happiness and most any good feelings elude me. Add to the Catholic school which programmed severe fear of god, horrendous guilt and unbearable shame that follows me everywhere. Dear god help me because I can’t seem to help myself, especially since there isn’t one anyway and all my suffering is imaginary anyway, although it doesn’t f**king feel imaginary.

[@lgottuso1949]

This is amazing, I’m a nurse, burnout, krispy and I adore the part of feeling your feelings in your body not your head… I felt movement…and I’ve been stuck for a bit … thank you… more please

[@techguy651]

I am not “awake” by this definition (and anytime I get a touch of it I start having panic attacks), but the last time I was tuned to it I got this sense that the isolated consciousness we experience was a total accident of evolution. We are supposed to be open to the “now” experience but early modern humans were so driven by isolation and fear that we miraculously changed the planet to expand our survival and that part of us continued to evolve. Now that we’re reaching peak survival, we are coming back around to the now experience since it’s the last bit of suffering in our existence.

[@jujubecarver3435]

This is the most amazing precious gift ever! Zdog's podcast with DiLullo fell into my lap "accidentally." I've been meditating for years but recently fell off some of my wellness practices into a sugar bender. I recognized this as potentially becoming a downward spiral and asked the universe for help to know what I needed to know. Boom. I receive the best possible answer. Thank you both for pushing awakening toward the tipping point!

[@TheJberrie]

Not sure how many times I’ve rewatched these Angelo videos now. This is more important to me than anything, and your perspective, Dr Z, and way of inquiring with such humanity and humour is unparalleled. So much love and gratitude for you. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@1freshperspective]

FYI: So glad you shared about your anger, I feel as if so many people don't understand or even get curious about the awakening process because they believe those feelings go away and you never have them again, when it really is a "perspective" shift. You will get angry or sad, you just feel, react and "see" it differently. It is a journey, constant process ! Love that you are doing this series !!!

[@breillard]

Watching you both again, this was my favorite from 2021! Everything…all of it flowing rapidly, unfiltered, spontaneous and gleefully! Thanks Zubin for posting all of your Angelo chats tonight. 😊

[@muscleNPmama]

I’m going through somewhat of a professional crisis at the moment, and this series couldn’t be better timed. I discovered eckart last year and sing his praises to everyone who will listen. Can’t wait to read your guests book.

[@Lo-px4ed]

I’ve been going through this and hearing you guys talk about how it’s normal to feel scared after having these experiences makes me feel better, I thought I was losing my mind. This video came at the right moment for me, thank you!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Yes completely normal ☺️

[@BandiGetOffTheRoof]

Yes, I had a very profound awakened experience when I was maybe 9 or 10. It freaked me out. I wanted to go back to the "normal" me. Not I want it, but it's hard to find that same feeling, but I'm trying

[@garypuckettmuse]

Well, hang on to your mind. You don't want to lose that! Then again . . .

[@eftixismeni2010]

Awesome. Thank you. We need more MDs talking about this and guiding people towards spirituality and not towards psychiatry. Thank you for your openness and courage to speak publicly about this beautiful gift.

[@joannw4469]

I remember listening to you during Covid and then listening to these interviews with Angelo. It was exactly what I needed to hear. No coincidences. Just meant to be.

[@hamaloy8686]

I have no words to describe how much this video resonates with me. The synchronicity of this video popping up at this time in my life is a sign that I'm on the right path. 💜

[@SamRoff]

This was an AMAZING listen. This sort of dialogue, of discussing awakening at the deepest level - with 2 grounded doctors who can clearly articulate and preface the airy-fairyness of the awakening endeavor.. I'm overwhelmed with happiness that this sort of dialogue exists. Thank you guys, I'm reading the book as we speak.

[@okieboy121]

I am definitely in the “post honeymoon” phase. When I first started this post honeymoon phase I was afraid I had lost it. I was really concerned because the world came back to me and I was not staying spiritually minded as much. As I make my way through this phase, I realize that this is what life is supposed to be. Live life, notice your ego doing something incongruent, think about the root cause, do better next time. Your comments about internal family structure, is gold. When I was in my honeymoon phase, hypnosis and internal family system(IFS) helped me heal a lot…. It’s got me to this point.

[@stephenvankleeck4801]

What practices do you feel were pivotal in your process?

[@saimayousuf]

Please would you give any further info on where you received the IFS help to heal?

[@justasimpleguy7211]

Swami Sarvapriyananda (Vedanta Society of New York). His lectures on non-duality are legendary. ;-)

[@macparker3549]

What a great introduction! How refreshing and inspiring to see an accomplished, influential person so delighted about doing something beyond what you are known for! I have been inhaling these interviews in some random sequence, and now I seem to have landed on the first one. Feel so blessed and grateful to you both. I really enjoy your free-wheeling camaraderie. Good on you for using your attainments and your influence to move into the truth that both allows and dissolves all that. Can’t wait to keep listening!

[@NeilWestbrook]

Thank you both. This is the best conversation about awakening I have watched on the internet.

[@EvinFox]

Eckhart Tolle said: "Awareness is alertness without thinking."

[@lewis2553]

That's why it results in so many errors.😂😂😂 One should think!

[@claudelebel49]

​@@lewis2553nothing wrong with thinking but most people are owned by their thoughts. Their thoughts (beliefs) have them by the balls and they don't even know it.

[@gman064]

I’m very excited about this. I was exposed to meditation at age 18, it just felt right quitting your mind. On the road to enlightenment, i have read countless books inc three pillars of zen. I went to a Buddhist monastery outside of Washington DC. I had resigned myself to the belief I would never attain enlightenment. Now i am thinking i can. Thank you ZDoggMD. Oh by the way I’m a family doctor and love your videos.

[@TerryLightfoot]

The fact that you are seeing this information means you are ready! It will happen sooner or later.

[@eric.ko.]

I have never truly had anything speak so directly to me as this book did. Thank you for promoting the existence of it.

[@claudelebel49]

A great intro. I am just gobbling all of this up as challenging and wonderful as it all is. The time has come !! 🙏

[@thecrazyandthewild]

It is the ego's death, the ego is the only software in us that it is afraid of die because it really dissolves in the awakening, so ego put strong resistance and use all kind of tricks to keep us in the illusion of plurality.

[@ayoubzahiri1918]

Existence goal is plurality.of course the ego is so strong, imagine being the only 'one' in the universe, you end up creating multiplicity , that's the insight i had during my ego death, i felt the terror of being alone in the universe...not very pleasant

[@goych]

If you don’t know that you don’t know much ​@@TheWorldTeacher

[@TRINITY687]

I’ve been on the path of awakening since September 2017. I find this more important than the medical sciences. This process alone (for “me”) healed me from autoimmune diseases. I had so much resistance in my energy body And it overwhelmed my physical body and nerves for years before getting triggered to wake up. The person that triggered my awakening was Amanda Flaker. After that I went through many teachers and gurus until I found my intense Hindu guru in November 2017. Where I stayed and was raised to the next “level” with manifesting shaktis, unclutching, & completion process with emotion.

[@spaceghost8995]

You are so full of self deception and woo woo crap it's laughable.

[@Chris_P_]

LOL! 25 minutes in and I paused the video to buy the book! This conversation is so insightful. Thank you. :)

[@evaandrianos7805]

Where to find the book?

[@8bajwa8]

Same here

[@8bajwa8]

@@evaandrianos7805 Amazon got hard copy so I can gave it away to someone

[@razorfingers]

Funny but I'm 35 minutes into the video but not much of any substance yet. I get the feeling I'll be disappointed if I buy the book. If the point is to avoid caring about things mehhh.... I don't think that's very enlightened when there are huge sections of America that are pushing pedophilia on our kids. To watch the left destroy our society from the sidelines is not something I'm interested in

[@ravenofthewild]

You might like this saying..."It's Not WooWoo, It's True, True” Jamie Butler. Angelo, I think you should do a video on parenting... Your description of teaching a child how to feel their feelings without acting out and then sitting with them as they feel their feeling and regulate their nervous system. This is beautiful and needed. Bless you both for this.❤

[@sandraellis3878]

Fabulous watch! Looking forwards to the next 3 too! 😊

[@AscensionTheWay]

It's prime time for this. Thank you

[@Darksagan]

This is going to be my go to video for when I'm trying to explain this to people. Wonderful conversation that really needs to be heard by way more people. Everyone is searching for the answer outside when it was inside of you the whole time.

[@Debra11]

We are the Dreamer and the Dream.

[@flyprincess69]

The Power of Now was life changing for me.

[@magicisreal111]

I already followed you because of your excellent, reasonable COVID insights and then a follower of my own KZbin spiritual podcast (which focuses on proof of afterlife/metaphysical topics), who has now become a good friend, send me this video today and I was so happy!

[@hollishartley1125]

Thank you for this. I felt an overwhelming sense of peace several times watching this video. Like others I've been trying to wake up for 20 years. I could get there but then would have overwhelming anxiety and I would suppress it. I was scared to actually feel. I think just hearing that it is ok to feel these feelings and work through them. And it may be uncomfortable at times but it's not going to kill you. Thank you for this. I can't wait to get the book.

[@hsuds1908]

Psalm 34.8 Taste and see that the LORD is good. Oh, the joys of those who take refuge in him!

[@elenaivanova5029]

I am so glad you are talking about this. It happened to me and feels sooo real

[@Susan-ol4ys]

Thank you both, what a great way to start the day. I am you, you are me :-)

[@suzannem5674]

Thank you for the Woo. I have had brief moments of awakening, never able to recreate. Burned out nurse. I have been saying to myself daily that I just want to go "home". Will check out book. Can't wait for next video.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Home is closer than you think 🦋

[@tmalloy9]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake perfection🌸

[@windowcleaningalchemy2853]

Its so weird how we all have the same story about finding consciousness. I found consciousness healing my schizophrenia just like someone else might find consciousness by meditating. I wonder what it means that we end up on this same journey.

[@TerryLightfoot]

Reality is reality. Life is meant to lead you there no matter what the path. It's weird but suffering is definitely a path. I came to it because I was trying to get clear of constant decades long depression. Now I see it was wonderful gift that made me look inside and understand the pain. Then.. I got happy, then I woke up! ..lol it's so strange!

[@stacielivinthedream8510]

We all have the same story because we are ONE

[@user-fg3fv9hl3b]

Interviewer said "i have been meditating for 9 years," dear interviewer if you read this, i have been meditating for 14 years and the past two years blow the previous 12 out of the water. Keep going! Never know when suddenly transformation gets going strongly, just put in that effort into meditation in sitting, walking, and daily life, and do lots of loving-kindness and morality practice and see where it goes.

[@chewyjello1]

I had an awaking experience after listening to a meditation by Ekhart Tolle a few years back...the kind where you are able to connect with inner stillness and allow the narrative self to dissolve. I had never meditated. I was just having a stressful day at work and decided to try to listen to something at my desk that might calm me down. Man was I suprised when suddenly the "self" dissolved! I felt like a newborn for a few weeks after. Everything felt light and new. Colors were brighter and more vibrant. I felt a sense of love and connectedness with every one and every thing (especially plants for some strange reason lol). But it eventually faded and the narrative self came back online. The meditation that triggered the disillusion was taken down from KZbin unfortunately. I would love to be able to listen to it again! I wrote about the experience in a few comment sections online. I should have journaled about it also. At the time I thought these new insights would never fade...but now it's fuzzy. Like a dream you can try to retell but no longer REALLY remember. I should of continued on the path while I was primed...but life got in the way like it does. I'm looking forward to listening to this! If I find insights, hopefully I'll know better what to do with them this time. :)

[@TerryLightfoot]

Don't worry, that's a common thing, for the mind to come back in and take over. You are still awakened, you just need to do more self-inquiry. You will get there. You've cracked open and now the light will start pouring in. Keep abiding in the present with awareness. Dillulo talks about things to do after awakening. There is an integration process, more "work" lol, to get rid of mental conditioning. Keep going!

[@TPot1222]

2 years later…. Any “progress”?! ♥️

[@maureen-paulbarnes-vonkulm480]

There are many, many of us who relate to this.

[@the_spiritual_librarian153]

ME TOO! The POWER OF NOW saved my life and changed me forever

[@davidalaine3101]

Absolutely loving these series of discussions. We have seen the first 2 now quickly on to 3. Engaging, insightful, deep and also humourous; resonates on every level. Many thanks and keep them coming- David & Alaine

[@jan_woodland]

Loved this....thank you. I do not work in the medical field, but I have been going through my awakening for the last 2 years, so I enjoyed this. ❤

[@Larcey]

Thank you for this video, I'm really looking forward to the rest of the series.

[@jankuchel7]

I needed to hear this guy so big time. This is so wild; the timing. Going thru the ending of a marriage with my aspergers husband - the feeling of no longer being strangled with an unfortunate matching but knowing it’s time for embracing transformation even tho the thoughts of “wow I’m too old to be on my own” when that kind of thinking is just tragically repressive. Time be willing to crack open the chest and expose the heart to what is … I know it’s fear.

[@TerryLightfoot]

You can get there even though there no-one to get there and nowhere to get to! 🙏💙🙏

[@veicrabajales3855]

Thanks for this Dr. Dilullo and Dr. Z! I really need to keep on repeating some parts to fully grasp what you guys are talking about. This will be really helpful in helping our patient address their self inflicted injury.

[@damnyankee2137]

To me some key words to this is surrender, innocence and acceptance.

[@Ficccs]

Wow, your story when doing the talk, truly inspiring! I have had some issues with rage as well but that just gave me more confidence to look into it more when it happens, thanks.

[@javadivawithdog]

Grace. Yes. I think I am here for the flow.

[@MadhawaBandaraisHere]

Imagine how lucky we are to be born during a period of big human evolution, out of thousands of years of humanity!

[@c5jp904]

So, my wife and I were driving home from an nice few days getaway in northern Wisconsin. Five hour drive so I said Zdogg has a new pod. She lights up a says “let’s listen”. After about 20 minutes of intense listening in silence I look at her and she asks with a quizzical look “are you getting any of this?” I reply, “I’ve been lost since 5 minutes in, I don’t think I’m smart enough”. She says, “I agree…or maybe not dumb enough”. Forty three years together and she still makes me roar with laughter…almost drove off the road. Love your show Z!

[@ZDoggMD]

Hahahahaha omg I love this! ❤️❤️❤️

[@bbearsmama]

I tried to read "A New Earth" years ago and was like, "What the heck is he even talking about?" Then I awakened in 2017. I read the book again in 2020 (during the pandemic) and it was AMAZINGLY CLEAR! When you're ready, you're ready. Something happens that just triggers a realization that you are more than this physical body. I'm not talking about just being told by your church that you're a soul and you just believe it because you've always been told that. When you awaken, you KNOW you always have been more than this physical body and you always will be. Important loved ones' deaths have been the catalysts for my awakening.

[@c5jp904]

@@bbearsmama Hi Pammy, I think the problem my wife and I have with this “awakening” thing is, it’s the thought process of those of us with the privilege. I’m pretty sure those that lived 100 years ago or those in our current day in extreme poverty don’t have the time to even contemplate “awakening”. Not that long ago most of our energy we expended was just trying to get light. Now we walk in a room and flick a switch or turn on our phone flash light. Please don’t take this personally.😀

[@bbearsmama]

@@c5jp904 -I completely agree! A person needs a sort of “lull” in life to even have a few minutes to reflect on anything. I think that may be why it often happens when someone is in the midst of suffering. Something may have occurred that throws one’s life out of balance and you just start questioning everything. When I was younger and raising little kids and working full-time-I barely had time to contemplate what was for dinner, much less the nature of reality. My mom has been awakened since I was 9 or 10. I always knew her belief about us being eternal and reincarnating but I never thought much or even cared much about it all. Life experiences and age has been a part of the process for me. I can now look back on how my life has unfolded and see that God had a hand in all of it. There have been so many “coincidences” that have occurred. It’s funny because I’ve been to listen to a few spiritual people speak and the crowd is overwhelmingly middle-aged or older. However, there’s something unique about kids in their twenties right now. They seem more aware of our true nature. So much of my generation has been indoctrinated with the rules of religion.

[@raulomshankar]

@@bbearsmama I can understand why this is true for western societies because from a very long time the key focus has been material improvement in life. However, it's quite the opposite in India (or at least used to be). Irrespective of your quality of life, achieving 'awakening' has always been discussed /taught /understood as the main goal for any human. And I also agree to your last point that there have been a few generations that focused more on well-being rather than spiritual pursuit and younger people are moving back in that direction, and most likely foreign invasions eroded the culture to some extent and that's the reason why it happened. But, in all generations, there have been 'awake' people, or people who went much beyond that and they didn't necessarily come from a position of privilege. Some were poor and still pursued spiritual path. And the reasons relate to a lot of things are already described in several scriptures, whether it's karma, rebirth, yugas, etc. But that will be a different discussion altogether. ☺️

[@Jonny-eu7le]

Not only is this interesting, its the most fascinating and important topic in life.....what else is there?

[@rubyslippers9140]

this is amazing. i just bought the book. thanks

[@kathleencochrane9698]

Am so touched by this, thank you! Especially because I had the same experience. When my life fell apart to the extreme, it was Eckhart Tolle who showed up and totally woke me up. I wondered why I have felt so drawn to you, you radiate that same wisdom.

[@vipcheekymarie]

I think this will help myself and my husband who is mentally suffering. Just ordered the book do on future episodes I’ll be able to follow along. Thank you Dr. ZDogg

[@johnnycakeslim]

From an island in the Pacific. We're getting ready to rent a concrete tin roof fixer house in a coconut grove over looking the sea. Perfect timing for deep healing, transformation. I just subscribed as the data signal is very strong. so Ill will be back to check out your program.🎉

[@ej_8888]

I'm so glad your chatting about this because its something I am going through and its beautiful. Blessings from the UK

[@scottkoshland2475]

I appreciate that you are now speaking on this most timely subject. This is a time of transition in the human consciousness. In the yugas cycle we are transitioning from the lower Kali Yuga into the higher satya yugaor if you prefer the zodiac age of Aquarius or the Mayan calendar also marks this time as well as many others all related to the cyclical 26000 year precession of the equinoxes. Literally our world is changing and it will cause our consciousness to change as well into a higher state of consciousness. We must understand that consciousness is fundamental. Consciousness is defined in terms of information in the same way matter is defined in mass and energy in joules. It is the spiritual understanding that consciousness creates the universe not the other way around of the materialist view of the universe creating consciousness. We are in a lower state of materialistic consciousness of the kali yugas but will ascend to a higher state of consciousness into the new age. It is fine and well to say that one is just a detached viewer of the world or maybe connected into a collective consciousness, but I think many enlightened teachers speak of the non dualistic middle way merging the self with the collective consciousness as one. I don’t think that this awakening you discuss is actually awakening I think a better way to look at all of this is to look at this in terms of the kundalini energy or spirit and the various chakras representing different states of consciousness and energy flow from the root up to the ascendant crown chakras. it is hard for some to consider us as spiritual beings but when you think of the fundamental nature of consciousness then really there is no other way. As Neils Bohr said everything that we call real is made of things that cannot be regarded as real.

[@pettiprue]

Fantastic. Thank you.

[@Golgibaby]

Thank you for carrying the conversations to new territory. Eckhart's A New Earth kept me sane in 2008 during podiatry school. Cheers to plotting a new course in the discourse. I trust ya, and I am interested and curious about how you navigate the topic. Mahalo.For.Your.Work.

[@mazda309]

I like the idea of being able to respond in a way that allows for no obstacles... Losing yourself to ego feels like your coming out of the 98.6 degree nest to a cold ass reality... Makes me shiver just thinking about it!

[@yvonnelawrekjk167]

I'm so glad you talked about this....

[@donniedarkko1917]

My interpretation of it when i quit all medications.... Nothing outside of my own consiousness can bring me happiness. Only by understanding my own consiousness do i have clarity on the reality in front of my eyes. Since it is "just in front of my eyes" and nothing more.

[@brendanmclaughlin9702]

Amazing guys. Thankyou

[@georgeshepherd3381]

Listening again... Love this!

[@teresamckernan9419]

Thank you! I have the book, reading it (slowly in chunks) and listening to the Simply Awake app. Thank you.

[@bloodyfinger0072]

Is there someone whom I can speak to about all this stuff? I want to be able to have deep discussions like this and yet I feel like I’m the only person around me that cares about these topics. I try to meditate and be silent and I’m questioned like I’m crazy, I dive into deep topics and I am looked at like idk what I’m talking about. I’ve been interested in these topics for as long as I can remember, ive always questioned the world around me because it felt fake. I mean I’m only 20 I’ve never even done psychedelics only smoked weed, and I feel like there’s this deep insight and either no one cares about it or they don’t understand it. So it’s really a dime a dozen trying to find those who are truly awake and don’t just brush off the issues around us. It is an eye opener with these videos for sure and i deeply can appreciate that there are people out there like you guys that can talk about all of this. I was told I was “intellectually gifted” as a child and I’m realizing maybe I was just awake.

[@ToddSloanIAAN]

16:45 I describe the reality now as things float and also that everything is the same like we already own everything because it's all experience in a now Everlasting to share with awareness itself.

[@ericdetert9913]

Does anyone know who the enlightened Catholic nun is that Angelo mentioned at 46:30 and what book she wrote?

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Bernadette Roberts

[@jayashreeacharia6782]

“The Power of Now” did change my perspective towards life as well...now I know why I love listening to your content...

[@johnphillips7230]

ZDoggMD MD, are you familiar with Sadhguru the Indian Mystic intelligent very wise and also very humorous!

[@lindarothera7838]

I've had an unexpected experience during a Hatha yoga & breathing class ,melded into a altered state of awareness for a short time

[@valeriesmith3388]

I awakened through the pandemic because i had time. I also learned Reiki and realized the programming. I was a medical assistant I retired in 2019. Found the anger in me I didnt know was there. I found that to question these emotions, the origin of why was very helpful. The best mental therapy and connection with my higher concious and God❤

[@sherimedford4106]

I loved the Donald Hoffman video on consciousness.

[@TheJwebb7]

Thank you for this portion of Truth, now on to experience it.

[@LolaSmollz126]

Once you wake up, you’ll never be able to go back to who you were before. That can be scary, especially when you wake up earlier than others and also when you have dedicated years of your life in the healthcare industry. It’s the most bizarre feeling I have ever experienced. It has changed my life as a RN. I am so excited to hear more professionals are waking up.

[@robinhood4640]

How do you cope with nonsense, stupidity and craziness surrounding the health service, now that you are awake enough to see it all?

[@lizzettorres1111]

@@robinhood4640 It's more about waking up to the truth about the universe, God, us, higher densities and dimensions...

[@LolaSmollz126]

@@robinhood4640 (cue eye roll for woo woo answers) Astrology. It has helped on so many levels to peel back the onion layers of ego. Finding compassion and patience with those who disagree/dismiss the whole idea of an awakening is imperative. You cannot shake anyone else awake. They will do it on their own when their soul is ready or they may never wake up. It’s not our job to wake them up. BUT, I would say, it is our duty to meet them with empathy and compassion when they do. That is why some wake up earlier than others. It’s like a relay race and we pass the baton to the next person.

[@tmalloy9]

@@robinhood4640 I moved toward the distress to find my role in healing as an RN.

[@DarkKash]

Woohoo!!! Welcome!!!! Let's wake everyone up!!!

[@dapc777]

~amazing how an anesthesiologist doctor who puts you to sleep that can also awaken you as well~what a contrast indeed~I get every point Dr Angelo hits on as I had two as one was in the Navy during a Black Operation and the other was 10 years after that and knows what he is talking about that fear of the point of no return where he was teetering~as during my second awakening I felt that my third eye chakra was opening and a tremendous sense of balance was being achieved but I freaked out and at that time I "thought" I was going to levitate and aborted that episode in my life and for the next 3 days after I felt I was in a real weird reality horror show with my mind~after the third day it went a way but so was that awakened feeling~I do know something about this right before it happens~your whole being comes to a complete calm and feels like something is being lifted off you that now you can see better in awareness and you start living every single moment into the next intuitively and the direction you are heading is so deep within yourself and not out~the river is flowing back to its Source another words~good video and probably get his book as well~thanks for this video~_/|\_~Namaste~

[@Jack_Parsons-666]

Funny how ketamine was originally used as an anesthetic but is now being used for its psychedelic "awakening" properties.

[@EP61]

Fascinating exchange. I just downloaded Simply Awake. This came at the perfect time as I am awakening 👀 Thank you.

[@johnphillips7230]

Yes, isn’t it interesting how Spiritual shows up at the prom perfect time I got the information a couple of days ago and read the power of now and now I’m getting the book and chatting with the community thank you very much lots of love and blessings

[@johnphillips7230]

I apologize for the typos! And apparently doesn’t recognize my voice

[@cornelianicodemus4837]

Welcome on The Journey! Let's sort that old shit out and step into the blessing that we are!!!

[@willbrink]

It should be noted the father of Mindful meditation in the US making it "main stream" is Dr. Jon Kabat-Zinn, and I found his book "Wherever You Go, There You Are" the best thing I have read on pragmatic no hocus pocus approach to living in the now and highly recommended. Dr Z needs to have him on as a guest asap. I will look into Angelo's work for sure after viewing this.

[@divinemomentz_]

just ordered the book ;) thank you for this you two

[@alainacarroll1234]

Zdogg thank you for talking about this.. Throughout my life I remember having these random, quick experiences that I've tried asking people about that I didn't know what they were and being treated like a crazy person.. These were awakened experiences. Just random like out of body experiences that I feel so small, yet so big, so insignificant yet part of something gargantuan.. Until I found you and your channel and your show I didn't know what they were.. I thought I was like haven't mental episodes and that thought was scary.. I can't force myself into these mental experiences but they're so beautiful and I can't wait to read this book.

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Awesome! Somewhere in this series, I can’t remember whether it’s in this video or later, I talk about how I often just chat with people until they start to recognize that what I’m pointing to has already been showing itself in their life, they simply have had no context for what it was. Then I point to it and say,, “yes, that! You can orient to that, trust it and open to it, you won’t believe where it leads :)” I also address this in the book in several places. Happy Travels. 🦋

[@lisagoodman4345]

Really enjoyed this first video, of hopefully many, in your new serious on awakening. I’m genuinely glad, as an Orthodox Christian, I checked out Angelo’s book on Amazon. Seriously. I just want to say it here in the youtube-verse that this book can be utilized by anyone, without needing any kind of background in any religious, spiritual, or meditative studies/practices. I shared in Locals recently that reading this book, for me, has felt like having a conversation w/ an old friend in the corner of a coffee shop where everything else just kinda disappears, and you are totally engaged and captivated by what he is saying to you! I actually just finished reading the chapter on Attention today & wanted to share a quote towards the end of that chapter that really resonated with me today: “Moreover, if we don’t mindfully utilize this power we have to modulate our attention, our attention will, by default, remain in thought throughout most of our waking hours.” -Awake: It's Your Turn by Angelo Dilullo Duuuuuude... ☺️ I love that!

[@tmalloy9]

I am very excited to get into this book. We each have a piece of the bigger picture.

[@sad1th]

Stick to reading the Bible Lisa , these men are unsaved clowns

[@bbearsmama]

@@sad1th -I've been where you are. I spent so much of my life going from church to church and trying to find one that didn't feel like the opposite of what I intuitvely knew was God. Every church I tried gave me this "bad feeling" in my gut when they would start to preach what I perceived to be unloving toward people who are different (because of sexual orientation or religion). Have you read any accounts of people's near-death experiences? They are fascinating and are amazingly similar regardless of one's religious (or lack thereof) beliefs. I awakened in 2017. It's not "buying into" a theology. It literally is a *realization*. You look back on your life and see all of these little glimpses that God/the Universe/Source Energy has been trying to show you to get you to wake up to His true message: we are one and we are here to LOVE one another-not to tear each other down; not to tell everyone but our own little group that they're going to hell; not to buy into capitalism's mantra that there are "limited resources", etc. God does not want us to live our lives in fear. He does not want us to make decisions based on fear. He is pure love as are we. Humans have simply twisted the message. God was trying to show us His true essence with Jesus' example.

[@lisagoodman4345]

@@sad1th look bro, I don’t know you, and didn’t ask you so... in the words of the great Taylor Swift, “you need to calm down, you’re being too loud, you need to just stop.”

[@harrynac6017]

@@sad1th Ahhh, spreading the word of hell and doom, but claiming to be a Christian, how ironic.

[@jonhzc83]

I have read the book as well. Great book.

[@IntuitiveUS]

Love💕 so amazing that your doing this. Keep up the good work 👍

[@TrineWilhelmineRnnevig]

Thank you! Ordered the book in paperback ✌🇳🇴

[@spacevspitch4028]

I struggle so much with this idea that an emotion like sadness can just roll through and be gone in a relatively short time simply because one sits and "feels" it, or puts their pure awareness on it or whatever. I've done that SO much over many years. It just doesn't work that for me. I stare at the sadness, the deep, unbearable grief, the depression, I study it, I apply awareness to it, etc., etc. It doesn't go anywhere. It just hurts and hurts and I'm so f*g sick of it. Sometimes I cry and it lightens the load for a bit but mostly it just sits there being heavy and awful. It seems like pure awareness (like awareness watching awareness, attention on the void, that kind of thing) is separate from emotional states. Like, if you're _already_ in a good mood, great, putting attention on awareness will feel great. If you are overcome by deep, heavy grief, putting attention on awareness can be done but it doesn't do much to lighten the grief.

[@Erik-gf3rp]

How long have you been practicing? Sometimes it's wise to seek therapy while practicing meditation techniques. This process is way more difficult than some make it out to be, but that being said it has validity. For me personally it took almost 30 years. My understanding is that it should not go too quickly. Slow and steady is much more sane.

[@EvinFox]

Mooji has a great meditation: "Pure Awareness, I Am." (referring to your comment at minute mark 1:01:38)

[@discoveringthei]

I remember on my pathless path learning how to experience my emotions fully, and just making sure every week to give myself time to do just that, cry, smile, laugh, sit in fear. I learned very quickly that the anger I felt was never anger, it was always fear, sadness, or pain (which often leads to fear or sadness as chronic emotional states). The person who cut me off and caused me to slam on my brakes. I wasn't angry, I was fearful and I was resentful of the fear that I felt created by this person so I responded with anger. The man who murdered my cousin created sadness in me that became easier to handle as anger because we're rarely taught that anger isn't a core emotion. In fact every list of core emotions has anger front and center. But anger can only exist with other emotions, you cannot just be angry. You can be happy, you can be sad, with no other emotion involved, you can be fearful, you can experience disgust, but you can't experience anger separate from other emotions.

[@cseale61]

As a Buddhist and someone who meditates regularly, all I can say is welcome to the real journey. Not to sound trivial, but you have taken the red pill. You can't have a real understanding of anything without first understanding (or at least striving to understand) your own mind. You are NOT your thoughts. You are much more than that.

[@alainacarroll1234]

I had so many glimpses of enlightenment during this video.. 😍

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

You’re gonna love the rest of the series then... we started a bit on a slow roll bc we are talking to a wide audience and didn’t want to be too direct right off. Thanks for coming along on the ride :)

[@alainacarroll1234]

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake thanks for the reply!! I'm excited to listen to the rest of the series and read your book!! Thank you for sharing!

[@SimplyAlwaysAwake]

Welcome ☺️

[@maybe3566]

Just spoke about the experience of fear and unbound consciousness. I got tingles because I had that experience and it's what stopped me meditated 5 years ago

[@leahsmee592]

This is not"woo" lol.. absolutely love it,as said before, when the student is ready the teacher appears...my teachers have been in the form of many books by Eckhart, Deepak,Adyashanti and many others,, when you're truly ready to awaken you'll have lots of guidance along the way and you'll know on a very deep level that it resonates with you, it'll be disorienting and you'll wonder what tf is happening to you, but know that it's all the falseness/illusion / untruths of you being completely blown apart, and from this emerges the true you,who has always been there underneath and behind everything else... Namaste