Do let me know what you think about this topic! If you would like to learn more about my approach or you want to get in touch with me directly you can do so on my website: www.sam-gow.com/
You make it crystal clear that there is no need to seek. More clear than any other spiritual "facilitator" that I have listened to. And I have listened to them ALL!
Far and away the best pointer and guide to awareness and the meditation at the end works! Really appreciated the point about not going back to the mind to check if we've "found" awareness 🙏🙏🙏
The peripheral vision idea works really well for me. The feeling that I am space is similar to Douglas Harding’s idea in On Having No Head, e.g. that from a visual point of view my body stops at around shoulder level and I just have space where other people have heads.
Thank you that was a wonderful talk and helped my understanding. The guided piece at the end was illuminating and took me to the stillness and then opening this to surround all the content , including my sense of self was a very liberating experience and relaxing. I will continue to use this , thank you Sam
I was told that awareness is the "space between thoughts". Okay, I'm aware of awareness when I meditate and focus on my sensations - but I kind of am shrugging my shoulders. I find that I can reduce the "I"-ness by concentrating on my senses. What am I missing - it doesn't seem like a big deal. I certainly don't feel unity - I just feel blank and sometimes spacious. I've always attributed the spaciousness to a non chattering mind or less of an "I".
This was awesome. Still need to work with it as center of experience has not fallen away. A sense of no distance and no separation is absolutely available. Seeing myself in two places at once. Objects of experience here and there really came forward by doing this. I’ll keep coming back to this. Any additional advice on the center less or dropping away of the center would be appreciated. ❤😊 Thanks, Sam
I'm glad you found it useful :) I will eventually give some more detailed pointers regarding the experience of there being a center. Generally though it's very interesting to see how intimately the sense of a center is connected to the activity of grasping.
@@Sam_GowGrasping and Sense of Being a Center…..Yes indeed - to me if feels (also like a suspicion) they’re one in the same or integrally tied together.
The way I agree with almost all ur interpretations of reality makes me reconsider if you just appeared in my feed Outta coincidence or shivji sent you myway😂
Sam, my question for you is, is one alone having the experience right now, and there are no other windows of experience but ones own, or are we all these windows simultaneously? Your explanation helped me a lot. But I can’t seem to separate the word Magic from this. It seems like our true nature is mystical in nature. But is one alone, or are there others windows? Thanks!
Thank you, Sam! The other day I noticed that the hand appears in the same space as everything else. Therefore, aware that the body/ mind is an experience of awareness. Like a simulation. It is still a bit fuzzy but I feel this may be a sort of non-dual realization? Hard to explain really.
You're welcome Christie, I'm glad it was useful! That's a great realization. Eventually it can become clear that awareness is not experiencing the body mind as some kind of observer, but rather that awareness is taking the form of the body mind.
So the no thing that is always present and never changing is what is the non-duality . Or also called the ground of being . So now that we know what you are talking about is that the so called realization ?
The recognition of empty awareness is a very important step. There can still be a sense of duality, however, when we we separate this awareness from our perceptions. Non-duality in this context would be the further recognition of the inseparability of awareness and perceptions.
This may sound a bit strange but when I first experienced this, I was spontaneusly drawn to describe this shift of perception as a kind of voluntary 'stupidity'. I felt that I had to 'dumb down' myself to make the switch. The fact that I was a very analytical person might have contributed to this impression. I was surprised that this realization did not require any understanding or use of my intelligence, quite the opposite. It required to let go understanding and objective thinking and becoming 'stupid' in that sense. I still feel it isn't false to put it that way, especially if you are more of the mind heavy, analytical type. To be clear, with that kind of 'stupidity' a different kind of intelligence arises, which does not rely on the mind. It is a spontaneous kind of knowing without an obvious reason or based on learned facts.
@@mikelisteral7863 It's a challenge to describe it because, everything we say is misleading. Intuition is clearly something different, I was already familiar with.
That's a great insight. We are so accustomed to excessively orienting toward thought that we mistakenly conflate thoughts with intelligence and the absence of thought with stupidity. Of course thoughts can be useful, but when fixation to thought is our only mode being, we are not operating intelligently at all. As the saying goes "thinking makes you stupid". When awareness is our way of experiencing a different sort of intelligence becomes available, which might feel unusual at first.
I totally relate to the stupidity thing. It has everything to do with our conditioning. Eg when you were in school and zoned out while the teacher was teaching, you were being 'stupid' because you were policed to pay attention = use your mind = be 'smart'
Do let me know what you think about this topic!
If you would like to learn more about my approach or you want to get in touch with me directly you can do so on my website: www.sam-gow.com/
You make it crystal clear that there is no need to seek. More clear than any other spiritual "facilitator" that I have listened to. And I have listened to them ALL!
Agreed. It’s like he’s actually trying to communicate and transfer the experience as opposed to shroud it in mystery.
Very good. Your pointers are getting better and better.
Thanks a lot.
Thank you so much! Super kind of you :) I'm glad it was useful
Far and away the best pointer and guide to awareness and the meditation at the end works!
Really appreciated the point about not going back to the mind to check if we've "found" awareness 🙏🙏🙏
Wonderful, I'm glad it was useful :)
@@Sam_Gowyou have a great gift as a teacher. I really appreciate your videos 🙏🙏🙏
The peripheral vision idea works really well for me. The feeling that I am space is similar to Douglas Harding’s idea in On Having No Head, e.g. that from a visual point of view my body stops at around shoulder level and I just have space where other people have heads.
Amazing
Cheers Sam I watch your videos with great interest and find that you are a natural teacher .thankyou😊
Thank you, I appreciate it :)
Very good...
Thank you Sam. This was one of the clearest videos and instructions I've seen on this topic
You're very welcome Warren! Hope all is well with you :)
This was a really good one Sam. Thank you for taking the time. You are one of the most articulate on the topic of pointing and non-duality.
I'm glad you enjoyed it Johnny!
2:29 default mode ‘grasping’
5:51 crucial difference - ‘new assumption’
9:45 The Claim…
19:05 What to do?…
21:45 The relaxation is synonymous w/the recognition (good one)
Thank you that was a wonderful talk and helped my understanding. The guided piece at the end was illuminating and took me to the stillness and then opening this to surround all the content , including my sense of self was a very liberating experience and relaxing. I will continue to use this , thank you Sam
Lovely to read that, you are very welcome :)
Thank you for opening the door to nonduality
Huh, just noticed Klimt - we have the same over our fireplace. Wife’s favorite😊
I was told that awareness is the "space between thoughts". Okay, I'm aware of awareness when I meditate and focus on my sensations - but I kind of am shrugging my shoulders. I find that I can reduce the "I"-ness by concentrating on my senses. What am I missing - it doesn't seem like a big deal. I certainly don't feel unity - I just feel blank and sometimes spacious. I've always attributed the spaciousness to a non chattering mind or less of an "I".
So beautiful. Thank you so much!
I'm glad it's helpful, Marianne :)
This was awesome. Still need to work with it as center of experience has not fallen away. A sense of no distance and no separation is absolutely available. Seeing myself in two places at once. Objects of experience here and there really came forward by doing this. I’ll keep coming back to this. Any additional advice on the center less or dropping away of the center would be appreciated. ❤😊 Thanks, Sam
I'm glad you found it useful :) I will eventually give some more detailed pointers regarding the experience of there being a center. Generally though it's very interesting to see how intimately the sense of a center is connected to the activity of grasping.
@@Sam_GowGrasping and Sense of Being a Center…..Yes indeed - to me if feels (also like a suspicion) they’re one in the same or integrally tied together.
Thank you ❤
The way I agree with almost all ur interpretations of reality makes me reconsider if you just appeared in my feed Outta coincidence or shivji sent you myway😂
Sam, my question for you is, is one alone having the experience right now, and there are no other windows of experience but ones own, or are we all these windows simultaneously?
Your explanation helped me a lot. But I can’t seem to separate the word Magic from this. It seems like our true nature is mystical in nature.
But is one alone, or are there others windows?
Thanks!
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Thank you, Sam! The other day I noticed that the hand appears in the same space as everything else. Therefore, aware that the body/ mind is an experience of awareness. Like a simulation. It is still a bit fuzzy but I feel this may be a sort of non-dual realization? Hard to explain really.
You're welcome Christie, I'm glad it was useful! That's a great realization. Eventually it can become clear that awareness is not experiencing the body mind as some kind of observer, but rather that awareness is taking the form of the body mind.
@@Sam_Gow Thank you so much for that clarity 🙏🏻👁️
So the no thing that is always present and never changing is what is the non-duality . Or also called the ground of being . So now that we know what you are talking about is that the so called realization ?
The recognition of empty awareness is a very important step. There can still be a sense of duality, however, when we we separate this awareness from our perceptions. Non-duality in this context would be the further recognition of the inseparability of awareness and perceptions.
Your every thought is a trance...a spell...brought upon Awareness...which is peace Itself.
In Pure Awareness there is no diversity whatsoever...
This may sound a bit strange but when I first experienced this, I was spontaneusly drawn to describe this shift of perception as a kind of voluntary 'stupidity'. I felt that I had to 'dumb down' myself to make the switch. The fact that I was a very analytical person might have contributed to this impression. I was surprised that this realization did not require any understanding or use of my intelligence, quite the opposite. It required to let go understanding and objective thinking and becoming 'stupid' in that sense. I still feel it isn't false to put it that way, especially if you are more of the mind heavy, analytical type. To be clear, with that kind of 'stupidity' a different kind of intelligence arises, which does not rely on the mind. It is a spontaneous kind of knowing without an obvious reason or based on learned facts.
your talking intellect vs intuition, but there is something even deeper than intuition
@@mikelisteral7863 It's a challenge to describe it because, everything we say is misleading. Intuition is clearly something different, I was already familiar with.
That's a great insight. We are so accustomed to excessively orienting toward thought that we mistakenly conflate thoughts with intelligence and the absence of thought with stupidity. Of course thoughts can be useful, but when fixation to thought is our only mode being, we are not operating intelligently at all. As the saying goes "thinking makes you stupid". When awareness is our way of experiencing a different sort of intelligence becomes available, which might feel unusual at first.
@@Sam_Gow intelligence doesnt exist. there is only patterns. the mind copies them and uses that copy to predict.
I totally relate to the stupidity thing. It has everything to do with our conditioning. Eg when you were in school and zoned out while the teacher was teaching, you were being 'stupid' because you were policed to pay attention = use your mind = be 'smart'