What Do I Mean When I Say Presence? 

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I so agree!! I take in more in small chunks. I do however, look forward to the longer videos after I have my first awakening and can relate more

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Before I had that shift in a dream, I didn't understand a word Tolle spoke. After the dream, the next day, I understood what he was saying. But somehow, I wasn't awake! Slowly, over months and months my Consciousness changed. We are all on the Spectrum of Consciousness, somewhere. I no longer listen to Tolle, yet he maintains a serious following. This man is someone that is truly helping those that don't flock to "guru's." 🤗

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That is non-dual experience. It’s quite something eh? Non-dual realization is the instinctual experience of that interconnectedness as unfiltered raw phenomena ongoing.

The amazing thing within that moment is that it happened very easily (it caught me by surprise) and then it was gone just as easily :) It was like that momentary awakening feeling in a nightly dream and then as soon as it's there and you notice it, you slide back into the dream but some part of you still has a fragment of a memory. I have many experience with false awakenings with dreams and that is a trip. Anyway falling deep down the rabbit hole and enjoying all your content - going to order your book because I'm curious to read about your experiences - I love the app!

@@nat998 the book has far more potent pointing than the videos I think. It took a long time to write and much rewriting to get it right. It’s densely packed :)

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@@SimplyAlwaysAwake yes I’m already listening to them 🙌

What was realized is still there. A honeymoon period typically follows then the real work begins. This is very typical, nothing has gone awry :)

I once had such a feeling. I can only say that you experienced your true self during those few moments. That's a good sign...keep working at observing your random thoughts, then try to connect it to something related, occurring at a different time.

Awesome! This is just the beginning of the beginning things will change, and then change again, and again.... You're on the ride of all rides.

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@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thank you,. Can't say where I am actually but there are moments.

If you are really moved to do so I don’t think it hurts. I will say I’ve known many people who have used a lot of psychedelics but haven’t seen true awakening through that method alone. However it can definitely loosen up some of the ego binding no doubt.

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Thanks for the response- it has been on my mind. They aren't easily accessible through my connections, but should the opportunity arise, I think I'd go for it!

Two summers ago my wife and I did a series of sessions with psilocybin. We followed the Stanislav Grof approach of wearing eye masks and headphones with ambient music. It was very positive and transformative for both of us. Michael Pollan's book "How to Change your Mind," is a very good example of how to set it up. If you don't have/want a Therapist, connect with a good friend you trust to join you, or just hold the space for you and be around. Medium to heavy depression was pretty much ended for her. For meditators, it can reveal the creative, limitless aspect of mind's expression. And letting go and being playful is very key! It's very fun and can be like child play. Wonderous. Lots of laughter. We both experienced sitting on the edge of planets, as monolithic Aztec Symbols the size of giant buildings flying up and through our light bodies. NO Fear! ;) Deep dimensions of space and activity with beings who relate to you. You can ask questions, like "What's it like to be realized?" or anything you want. They will show you. Fly, go into the ocean. Weirdly, she had the actress/writer of Fleabag (British show on Prime) as a kind of guide, who'd make her try things and gave advice. And my wife is a very stable woman, haha! There is interesting material about the Four Stages of Birth that psychedelic journeys tend to repeat that are interesting that Grof explains very beautifully. I experienced that directly. So, sometimes there's challenging material that comes up, so be open and prepared. It has always turned out very powerful and good, even with the challenging stuff. Oh, and usually at the end is a very powerful, glorious, full theatre experience of I AM/Big Mind. Just so much access to space, it is tear inducing, out of joy. Wonderful. Reach out if you have any other meditator questions or safety concerns. Travel well!

@@SuperManorcat thanks for sharing !

I don’t think so

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake That’s really interesting and surprising. I’d love to see an awakening story with someone who has ADHD (if you haven’t already done one). Just dropping that in the suggestion box!

@@GumbyTheGreen1 good suggestion

Not sure I get the dichotomy you refer to here. Thinking about the past and future only happens in the immediate right now. ie, can you think about the past FROM the future right now? Of course not the only place you experience a thought is right now. Same as your experience of seeing the sun, you've never seen the sun FROM the past or FROM the future only the one you see right now. And if you imagine the sun that you saw earlier today right now you are only looking at a thought occurring right now, not a thought occurring at some other time. Thought makes that appear different but just like a movie on a screen, when you watch a movie about the past, you are only seeing that movie right now, you aren't literally transported to the past. You are not watching the movie screen FROM the past. It's the kind of thing that if you test your experience empirically again and again it will click. But it doesn't necessarily have to. Through realization it becomes blatantly obvious at some point.

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Well, I think we mostly agree. But let me try to explain it in a different way. In the field of consciousness, all sort of experiences arise. The narrow definition of being present, is that the field of consciousness is filled with experiences of the present. The broad definition of being present, is that the field of consciousness can only be in the present, regardless of whether experiences are of the past, present or future.

@@Krasbin I might at it this way Per the narrow definition “experiences “ I’m assuming you mean thoughts of the present bc you certainly can’t experience past or future literally. I’m this case even the thoughts are not really if the present bc by the time there is a thought, things have already changed. So the thought can never actually be of the present. With that said, your experience of consciousness in this case is only happening right now. In the wide case then there may be more overt thoughts about past and future. Yet your experience of consciousness is only happening right now. So either way all bc experiences only occur in the present. To use the movie analogy I used earlier with your examples. If you are watching a movie about what’s happening right now (essentially impossible but Spaceballs did a funny version of it), you as the movie watcher, the film and the screen are only experienced here right now. In the second case the movie might be showing events from. 1941, yet you, the screen the projector and images are only experienced here right now. I should make a video about this bc it’s a common misunderstanding about presence. Presence isn’t something you do, it’s not a matter of thinking about the present rather than the past or future. It’s seeing exquisitely clearly that presence truly is all there is. With first awakening / kensho this becomes exquisitely clear and self validating. Thanks for your comments.

I should say however you are right that there are different definitions and experiences of presence and it evolves with realization. In the video I made called what is presence, it sounds like you are describing the distinction between the first two experiences of presence I mention there.

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake Yes. That's right.

Generally speaking I find women wake up faster than men. Also younger people wake up faster than older people. But I’ve seen all ages, genders, interests and family statuses wake up. Unfiltered reality is an equal opportunity employer 😂

@@SimplyAlwaysAwake yeah was just using a caricature of Oprah-fans who were introduced to Tolle that way 😅 geez, poor old men always get the short end of the illusory stick 😭

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It does deepen on its own. While there may be no sense of a doer, practice, alertness to delusive thoight forms and dualistic impressions can continue. The commitment to dispel all elements of fixation, ignorance and delusion is important.

@Angelo Thank you very much❤ Very helpful what you write (it seems) !!! I will continue to follow your videos, they are awesome! 🌟 I have already read the book, but had to translate everything with Google ,because my English is not so good ... but it worked😊

@Angelo Ignorance and delusion are the views of the mind, right?

@@birgit8996 glad it was helpful

@@birgit8996 ultimately yes. The tendency to firm views and identify with them, misunderstanding the nature of dependent origination

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Trust your FEEL not the thoughts ;) You won't be disappointed in the end. This stuff takes a while to germinate :) Thanks for your comments

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Yes I am familiar with it. I’ve met David Hoffmeister and some of the members of their monasteries. I like they way they’ve set things up. They’re good peeps. I’m sure it would he a good place to live/practice. If it resonates with you :)