Is Your Own Mind FOOLING You?? 

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Thank you for saying that! I totally hear where you're coming from, but I don't think that anything anyone can say (words are dualistic and conceptual) can transmit directly to what's being pointed to. All they can do is point and it's up to you to somehow bridge the gap between the pointing and the realization (which only you can verify). It's like that old analogy of using words to describe the experience of tasting an apple. Unless you directly somehow experience this for yourself, all you will ever know is a second-hand account of the description of that. I think that words are great pointers/clues but they can never come close to even convincing you at an intellectual level that what's being spoken of is accurate or true. In the analogy Angelo spoke of with seeing the 3-D image pop out, I get what he means too. It's like we're staring at this all the time, and it's already the case that's there's only ever been this Oneness but we're viewing it through the filtered perceptions of the mind, and all its conditioned programming. So, I think what this is all about is a simple, clear seeing. Awakening will not change physical reality. Nothing to gain, but the loss of illusory constructs and recognition of the Natural State of being. It's like suddenly seeing the 3-D image for the first time, you know in those magic posters as a kid. Once it pops, you wonder how you didn't see it before. Shift in perceiving. I remember hearing Jeff Foster speak about his realization and it was as blindingly obvious in that moment to him that's it has always been the case, he just overlooked it. He described seeing a chair, a simple chair, for the very first time. Adya says something very similar about his awakening that I heard in the ConsciousTv interview with Renate (I think that's the lady's name). That interview is here on RU-vid. He describes walking his first step ever. So this shift is radical and perceptual. It's sudden and only happens immediately. You'll know it when it happens and apparently it can't be spoken about with language - which reifies the subject-object split, and we're immediately back into mind/illusory time-based self again when we activate thinking mind to try encapsulate what isn't an experiencee (based in time/space) , into a theoretical framework. I think they speak of paradox quite a bit as far as trying to spread this message. There are many ways of talking about it. You just have to suss it out and try some different things, and play around and see what resonates. :) I've read accounts from people, who I believe have undergone radical awakening (you can never know just by listening to them or looking at them). I'm thinking of "Perfect Brilliant Stillness" (David Carse) which is a very interesting book, "Collision with the Infinite" (Suzanne Segal), and the Bernadette Robert's trilogy. Greg Goode wrote a few good books which I listened to on audiobook ("Standing As Awareness - The Direct Path"). It's practical which I like. There are so many more, but these people have realized 'no self' /anatta directly, and try to put it into words. From what I've read, it's very difficult to try to do this. So, my hunch is that this IS a _perceptual shift_ where the sense of personal self completely falls away. Life looks exactly the same as it always has, seemingly. There's still a reality with sights and sounds. There still awareness that this body-mind is experiencing this reality, so its not like you suddenly assume the infinite consciousness of every single body-mind, or the trees, and become some free-floating non-entity. The shift is a fundamental knowing in who/what you take yourself to be (perceptual shift). Life will still go on same as before for the character self that's been seen through. There's a fabulous vid which really gives a concise explanation for what this realization fundamentally comes down to. The channel is: Christopher Wallis, and the title is: "Nonduality explained in four ways" (its from about 2 months ago). He's so eloquent and he really cuts to the chase in a concise way. I'm listening to his Recognition Sutras on audiobook every evening and enjoying. I think also that it's great to broaden your scope by hearing this type of transmission in as many types of formats/ways possible. I love the clarity of Spira, and Adyashanti. GP Walsh is another. Robert Wolfe. Francis Lucille. All very clear. I read "Already Awake" by Nathan Gill which is straight to the point. I read Jeff Foster's "Deepest Acceptance" which I thought was quite good. I enjoy Angelo's channel because he is coming from a zen background, and at first I didn't get these vids. I don't know anything about zen. I don't have a religious background, but I don't think awakening is only for devotees of certain practices (but I know why they are more inclined to this path because of their teachings). Western culture is very unconscious in general. I think all these things point to the same path. There are so many expression. Different modalities for the same thing. Who am I? Self-seeking and returning. What's my nature? Where did I come from, as essence? I love the exploratory direct experience vids Angelo does. He leaves out spirital jargon and emphasizes direct experience always. He is quite unique in his approach in that sense. He's consistent and transparent in his message. There's a beautiful vid here called "Radiant Emptiness -- Let me show you". I really like that one, but I like a lot of them here. I read his book (the chapter on "Inquiry" is brilliant), and this was at first wildly confusing for my mind. Now I hear his vids and I hear things or get it in ways I didn't before. Not sure why. Since listening to Adya for a year straight, things weirdly seem to be clarifying and sinking in. I have a few audio courses (art of meditation, experience of no-self, and some others) and got a few of his audios on audible with my credits (he has a 30 day awakening course which is great, a guided meditation series and a the most important thing which I'm currently listening to) and I listen to his longer RU-vid talks, which I love, and his guided meditations are very good too. There's another beautifully clear, and sincere teacher I trust here on RU-vid and his name is Tom Das - but he's coming from Advaita Vedanta teachings, but he's so clear. I just gravitate to him without understanding the spiritual jargon of the different religions. So, my best advice is take what you can get and what resonates but also expand your horizons until you find something that sinks you in. Ultimately, you are the only one who can verify this for yourself. Use what others say as a guiding light but try to remember that everything said will be on one level conceptual in its pointing. There is truth but the mind will clutch onto what's said and this is also natural. Also check out the Samadhi series by Daniel Schmidt, here on RU-vid (if you haven't already). All the very best! :))

I like how our conversation continues across Angelo's vids. Thank you for being so generous with those dualistic words :) We all love them! :) I understand what you are saying and love it. It's August here in Connecticut and cicadas tell me more than any spiritual teacher. But something very important needs to be clarified here. I'll come back to it in a few days when time allows (I wish could I could just sit and write tonight but, alas).

Of course!! Be lazy and selfish, just stop and rest in consciousness... it's the best thing you can do for yourself :)

Oh, I so love the "asking for a friend" part. I'm asking for a "friend" too. 💕

Beautiful! 🙏 There's a feeling I get when I look to the west, and my spirit is crying for leaving. 👌✨💛 The pain of war cannot exceed The woe of aftermath The drums will shake the castle wall The ring wraiths ride in black Ride on Sing as you raise your bow Shoot straighter than before No comfort has the fire at night That lights the face so cold Oh, dance in the dark of night Sing to the mornin' light The magic runes are writ in gold To bring the balance back Bring it back Oh, bring it back, bring it back.... 🌳🕯️🧙🏻‍♂️⛰️✨🌱🍃

Love it

Beautiful! ❤️✨🙏✨

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These videos are like transmissions, and seep through the cracks of mental firewalls.. especially with repeated listening. With deeper clarity comes deeper insight 👂✨

Glad you enjoyed it!

LYT 🌻

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It may help as a guide but you experientially have to go beyond the thought OF consciousness. Or perhaps before the thought…

Yes that’s correct :)

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Can't wait for that! My partner consumes books only via audio, and I really want him to consume yours.

Give it time to let it settle... you might be surprised when the fear of awakeing alchemically changes into the inevitability to awaken

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake yeah, I feel like I'm so close. The next day after that happened, I had a session with my therapist and I released so much fear and shame from my body and my body continues to release. It kind of feels inevitable that I will wake up, like it is only a matter of time and what I need to do is just not resist it. The layers keep getting peeled day by day and it feels like it's happening by itself.

I don't know if this is true

@@Jerry_064 I think you’re in a good place in this regard based on your messages above. It often feels this way, disorienting, shifting dynamically in the emotion spectrum etc.

it can definitely fluctuate. what tends to stabilize it is undermining more and more subtle perceptual filters :)

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake that is exactly what came to me after i wrote this. This has to go hand in hand with equanimity work. Thank you so much 🙏

What “I”?

but to say some thing “ has” thoughts suggests two parts. why can’t there just be thoughts? and when we say “ i’m aware of thoughts” that is just another thought……? i’m just not sold on conciousness anymore. 🤦‍♀️ i mean when someone says are you concious, how is that any different from an animal doing its thing but not able to express that due to no language? it seems like there are just living bodies ( human or otherwise ) doing, and humans have language that says “ i’m doing things”

Books: Adyashanti ("End of Your World", "Emptiness Dancing", "Falling Into Grace") "Glamour" by Alice Bailey Rob Burbea's "Seeing That Frees" Jeff Foster's "The Deepest Acceptance" and anything else Anything by Gilbert Schultz "Homecoming" as well as, "Healing the Shame That Binds You" by John Bradshaw "Already Awake" by Nathan Gill Greg Goode "Standing As Awareness", "After Awakening" "Collision with the Infinite" by Suzanne Segal "You Are the Unborn" by Charlie Hayes "In An Unspoken Voice", by Peter Levine "The Voice of the Body", "Fear Of Life", "Betrayal of the Body" as well as, "Love Sex and Your Heart" by Alexander Lowen (read everything by this author) "Silence of the Heart" by Robert Adams. His talks are brilliant. "Brave New Earth" by Tolle "Letting Go", "Transcending the Maps of Consciousness" by David R. Hawkins Huang Po's "The Zen Teaching of Huang Po: On the Transmission of Mind" Anything by Gary Zukav "Transpersonal Psychology" by Stanislav Grof, and "Holotropic Breathwork " "The Road Less Travelled" by M. Scott Peck Shunryu Suzuki "Zen Mind, Beginner's Mind" "Trauma and the Soul" by Donald Kalsched "Faces of the Enemy" by Sam Keen Rupert Spira "The Transparency of Things". His channel is gold. His latest book is good. Same for Francis Lucille. Pure gold. "Tao Te Ching" by Lao Tzu "Internal Family Systems Therapy" by Richard Schwartz "I Am That" Nisargadatta Maharaj Anything relating to Ramana Maharshi ("The Path of Sri Ramana" by his devotee, Sri Sadhu Om) Alan Watts "The Book : on the Taboo..." His lectures are brilliant If you want a reading list into specific schools/teachings... Jason Gregory has an excellent list on his website of the essentials.

Websites: Kevin Shanilec "Simply the Seen" Peter Cutler: "N-lightenment" See his tabs "Journey to Awakening" and "The Enlightenment Experience" There's a channel I like called "Actuality of Being". He has an interesting website too. Theae are just a few off the top of my head... 😜

Movies: just a few off the top of my head... In addition the ones you listed: Samadhi (3 part series, by Dan Schmidt) There's a good 2.5 hr doco on The Buddha, narrated by Richard Gere, which I dug, here on RU-vid. Gregg Braden's "Missing Links" series was great. "The Work" (2017) "American History X" "Vanilla Sky" "Fight Club" "The Usual Suspects" "American Beauty" "Donnie Darko" "Primal Fear" (Ed Norton, Richard Gere) "Jacob's Ladder" (1990) "Fearless" (1993) "The Doctor" (1991, w William Hurt) "Hook" (Spielberg) "They Live" ( John Carpenter 80s sci-fi) "Altered States" (old William Hurt? movie I watched as a kid, dad was obsessed w this film) "Close Encounters of the Third Kind" "The Butterfly Effect" "My Life" (Nicole Kidman, Michael Keaton) "Mr Nobody" (Jared Leto) "Mulholland Drive" (anything by David Lynch) "One Flew Over the Cukoos Nest" (one of my all time faves) "The Machinist" (Christian Bale) "Memento" (Christopher Nolan) "Inception" "Ghost" (Patrick Swayze, Demi Moore) "Blade Runner" "The Life of David Gale" "Into the Void" (Gaspar Noe) "Tree of Life" (2011) "Everything Everywhere all at Once" (2022) "The Fountain" (Darren Aronofsky film, w Hugh Jackman) "Arrival" (2016) "Her" (2013) "Century of the Self" (BBC documentary) "Gravity" (w Sandra Bullock, love her) "Moon" (sci-fi film w Sam Rockwell) "Annihilation" (2018) "The Cell" (Vincent Donofrio) "Dark City" (1999 scifi cult classic) "The Cube" (scifi cult classic) "Event Horizon" (90s scifi) "Angel Heart" (1987) "Yes Man" (w Jim Carrey) "Triangle" (Melissa George trippy film) "Eternal Sunshine of the Spotless Mind" (I love this film) "Being John Malkovich" "Big Fish" (Ewan McGregor) "My Octopus Teacher" (so sad) "Hachiko" (loved this, very sad tho) Can't forget my beloved "Twin Peaks" 🌲☕🥧 there are so many more, just these are a few of my faves

@@nat998 🤣 thank you for sharing, yes it's difficult to narrow down , will definitely check some out, I havnt been on websites for a while the last one I remember was David Scoma and Jan Cox.

@@nat998 Nice book list , variety and you have some channel materia l clearly you have been in the game for a while,😊👍 thank you for sharing.

Really what matters is whether it works for you. I can’t really comment on other teachers.

Very welcome :)