Hi Angelo, I wanted to double check I understood the message about self inquiry. As I sit and stop after asking "Who am I?" ...some thoughts come and I identify that it is self referential..pretty much always ...then I look for that "me". The part I'm unclear about it...I first come upon a sense of "me" which is a sensation of my whole body. I know this to be the false self. My identification with my body. Do I rest here and watch it till the delusion gives up? Or do I treat that as "feeling" and just know that it is like thought..just passing by? I've re-read this part in your book several times but can't tell what approach you're pointing at. Thanks !
Notice the thought that says, "The body isn't it that's a false self." That thought is what is catching you in that moment. Release it and see what comes next
I'm so happy to have discovered your channel. Your teachings respond in very concrete ways are very helpful. It's always a pleasure when the little bell tells me that you have just added another video. Have a nice day.🙏
I love this question. I experienced it this morning during meditation. I felt the tightening in my chest with inquiry and it immediately gets me in my mind again "thinking" I've tapped into something and it's "happening." I'll bring more inquiry to this.
What an incredible video. Thank you so much. Somehow the way you made sense of what’s going on and what to do is in alignment with the way I make sense of it and try to inquire. That made your instructions just so clear, and the pointing made sense. It was a “pointing out” how something is. I’ve always taken the word “pointing” either to be like a direction, finger to the moon type of intention, or like a description of a landmark to be in the lookout for.But just following your words is was more like a pointing out, like “hey, check this out, see how it is?” I also sense that the alignment of your framing with mine gives me confidence in your instruction. It’s a little surprising to find someone else that uses the same logic and framing to what’s going on. It is really helpful that you have more clarity on this and can clarify the direction in which to go by pointing out what makes it so. I’ll be returning to this video, it just came at the perfect time. Thank you.
Why not "push away thoughts or try to be a watcher"? Recognizing Awareness as always fundamentally present has been my practice.If this has me stuck I'd be happy to work along this line.
When I’m doing self inquiry, no thought is coming up whatsoever… what I am feeling is a thin veil separating me . It feels like that red hot iron ball I can neither spit out or swallow. Any suggestions or comments, please
Nothing specific, but investigate in that moment if the "thin veil separating" isn't also a thought. Because in direct experience there is nothing separating anything :)
Really helpful video, thank you! And thank you for the consistency with which you post these videos (as well as the interviews/discussions). It assists a lot with motivation to inquire and practice and keeping a fresh approach. The idea that after inquiring and then feeling the tightness in your chest or head or wherever and noticing that sensation as separate, that that noticing itself being a thought rings true. It seems like more and more of what I thought of as a “direct”experience is just more thought.
What are fantasies, Angelo? What is imagination? Is there any place for these during or after awakening? Asking partly as a creative/artist and partly as a "seeker" often falling prey to daydreaming
Hi, your so many words here are so useless, are you really asking a Self-Inquiry to your own self ? It looks like you do not feeling inside, just imagining all these pictures. For me a seeing Who I am is a wordless, nothing to tell about 🤷♂️
'Dont entertain another thought?....Thats like saying dont think about pink elephants....The first thing your your gonna think is another thought telling yourself not to entertain another thought and so on ad infinitum.I'm coming round to the idea that pure awareness is not for human beings with worldly responsabilities.Monks and nuns maybe.But you cant servive and function in the world without slipping into some kind of ego structure.Anyway whats the rush?....Plenty of time to merge with beyond when your dead ✌️
Angelo, thank you for your clear and direct pointing. As I see that everything is a thought, I wonder if the act of watching youtube videos is creating thoughts and distracting from presence. Is intent listening to words also a form of thinking? I have noticed that I frequently distract myself from doing the internal work by filling myself with information from videos and books. Maybe another trick of the mind to perpetuate mind-identification?! I don’t feel one way or the other about this realization, just having a lot of curiosity about what is and what is not thought. When I look closely it seems that my entire reality is thought- aside from sensory experience and that which is aware
My whole body tenses up. I don’t feel fear but can’t help but think this must be resistance, like my body is bracing for something that I’m anticipating. Seems impossible not to notice the full body tension. This is a helpful explanation, as it’s true that along with the noticing of the body tension, the subtler almost implicit thoughts that accompany this have to do with my mind generating an idea about where the body is located in space, thoughts about how I should try to relax, thoughts about if and when I’ll suddenly hit a fear barrier, etc etc etc. So easy for the mind to spin out from there. This is a great reminder that all of this is thought.
you have pretty eyes. What after effect did you experience from that? warm feelz? Seems like a good side effect to be. I really liked the background air vibrations in this one :D
