One thing I’ve realised is that life will take care of you better than you ever thought you could. It’s paradoxical. But decisions just sort of come by themselves in their own time, if it’s a big life decision it will ripen and come into fruitition regardless of the thinking that goes around it. It’s like a force or an energy that sort of just movies and lives through this body. Life living itself. Haha it’s so wonderful. Just relax, life lives through you. Decisions will come by themselves!!
This is so, so true! All the thinking that goes on around important decisions seems superfluous in the end, when the answer seems to arrive from somewhere else anyway, more of a felt knowing.
The 20th century composer Igor Stravinsky said that he did not compose his Rite of Spring ... he said that the notes came to him from a place that he could not identify.
It's an experience shared by many musicians/artists. I remember Jon Anderson of Yes saying that's how he wrote most of his lyrics, channeling something without even really trying to figure out intellectually what the words 'mean'. I've also watched a clip from an interview with Dylan the other day, and he said about his early songs, that writing them was as if some kind of 'magic' spoke through him and in his current age, he can't even fathom how it is that it was 'he' that supposedly wrote them. Neil Young, referencing that Dylan quote, said 'that's something you can never "own" - it comes and goes'.
I absolutely love this pointer. The legs just move as I walk across the room. We get a taste of this each and every moment. Just watch your legs move as you walk. You're not telling yourself to move your legs. It just happens. It goes much deeper than this, but it's a great way to start noticing. 😊😊😮
But if the legs are taking the body to a place that is dangerous to it, shouldn't this be corrected? Likewise, if a mind has been conditioned to think poisonous thoughts, wouldn't this mind benefit from seeking the opposite of these thoughts? Who becomes conscious of these bad habits and then seeks to correct them? Maybe just another thought. But letting the body-mind live on auto-pilot is not a good thing, in my experience.
@@SMZC it is corrected automatically. Do you have to relatedly think “don’t touch the burner, don’t touch the burner” when operating a stove? No you just don’t touch the burner.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake In that example, yeah, you're right. But what about the problem of pleasure? The body-mind are naturally wired to seek pleasure, as much of it as possible. But it's clear that too much pleasure can have extremely destructive effects both to ourselves and others. A part of the mind is wired to continue seeking this pleasure despite said destruction. Other parts of the mind seek a solution to this. In this conflict of interests within the mind, a wide range of thoughts can appear, all offering their own solutions to the problem at hand. The way I see it, one has to invoke the highest aspects of the mind to find the best way out of this situation. To live in auto-pilot, in my experience, would simply mean the continuation of the seeking of pleasure, despite its consequences.
Thanks for this. I have been having a really difficult day and been in really deep sadness And depression. I couldn’t watch the tv or anything I was so disturbed. Watched this video and a wave of relief came over me. I was caught up with all these “I should” thoughts and “I am alone “ and “I am unlovable” and when I drop the I they all just release. Thankyou so much xxx
If “the thinker” is an illusion, “the doer” must be and illusion. My perspective on what life is is so fundamentally flawed. This is so trippy to unwind
I have “this “ but I want “that.” I am here but I want to be there. I want to be in a future moment. Once I achieve “this “ then I will be happy. These are craving, resisting, and non-acceptance; resulting in psychological suffering.
Great. Last night I realised that all the doing has never made me happy. I knew this before, but last night for some reason, I really knew it. Just being was the only thing left. And of course that is happiness. Then this video comes out today😊
Do I need the doer to identify illusions and identifications? Stuff that I used to hide behind is falling away and life no longer lets me hold on to things that I believed in before. I am starting to question everything, but instead of feeling liberation and freedom, I feel depressed and even though I guess that is yet another belief I can't seem to drop it.
I randomly wrote this earlier today before I listened to this video. Here Here Here Now Now Now There is no future Only Now Only This (exactly) with no mind with no thoughts believed Simple Relax
I get what Angelo is saying re “thoughts don’t exist”, but for some people new to this, that might actually be a confusing and therefore harmful thing to hear. They exist, they’re just empty of intrinsic value, like farts in the wind.
Is there an active (or passive) practice that helps one accept their current circumstances in life? I'm noticing a lot of thoughts are resisting my current situation out of fear/shame however that's not helping.
@SimplyAlwaysAwake Great content as always! Does reflections on reality, i.e. the suffering caused by the doer, have any effect whatsoever on reality? It seems like it has to, no? As a simple example, worrying about something that is upcoming in the future vs worrying less about it (or not worrying at all), would impact our current actions and therefore alter the path of reality. i.e. a person may practice harder for an upcoming test, presentation, or race etc. as a direct result of the stress caused by the doer. Btw, I am not advocating keeping the doer (quite the contrary actually), but just trying to clarify this question that has been nagging me for a while...
there is one thought which frqeuently comes up and "I" don´t know how to handle. How can you sure that this experience is not just happening in your brain? E.g. that it´s just a biochemical thing. Psychodelic drugs seem to introduce temporarily experiences like feeling oneness, ego death etc. It´s a serious question.... and maybe can never be anwsered without personal experience but I would ike to get your view on this.
Lol 😂 the joke is on me - in the very very very near past I would get so activated frustrated and angry over you talking about the same things over and over again (how can he just say it sitting in his guru love seat petting his oversized pet dog)- everything is a thought 💭🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😂 got in some serious sh*tty 💩 situation and guess what you are correct 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣 everything is a thought
@@tworoelio haha 😂 true, what is funny about this teaching is that, I know there shifts happening in me, but somehow my mind amplifies others experience to the n degree 😃 at this point I’m just enjoying the ride
What are the implications of this? Is this meant merely for the practice of meditation/self-inquiry, or also something to live by in every moment of our lives? This is a subject that has been a big focus for me. I have experienced some of the value of putting choices and the sense of doer-ship aside, surrendering to an absolute acceptance of the present moment. But I have to say, I think doing only that is an act of throwing the baby with the bathwater. I have watched the activities of the body and mind, and I realize that they just happen on their own, without a "me" controlling them. But I consider these to be merely the conditionings that determine what our current auto-pilot is. This auto-pilot can be changed into pretty much anything else. If the thought "this is bad" ever appears in you automatically it's usually a good idea to explore where this thought comes from and to give it some freedom or space, but it's also good to remember that the opposite thought ("this is good") can also appear, and if given repeated moments of attention, it can become a new conditioning/auto-pilot. Who calls this opposite thought? Is there a "me" invoking it? I don't have the experience to answer that question one way or the other. Of course, the idea "I can invoke the opposite of a thought" is also just a thought, and not necessarily a doer, but I would say that it is a useful thought nonetheless. A thought that explores more fully the potential of the mind. Just as we wouldn't stop using our bodies to walk under the justification that we are always "here" and that there is no "there" to get to, it's not a good thing to neglect the potential of the mind. We are nothing, but we are also everything. It is good to remember that thoughts are nothing, just impermanent phenomena appearing in an infinite ocean of silence and harmony. But in my estimation, it is also good to remember that we are everything that appears and that can appear in that ocean. We are every thought, every opinion, every event, every way of being. Learning to invoke thoughts and their opposites can make us more open-minded and inclusive of those people that we may be tempted to think of as different than ourselves. It can also help us identify those thoughts that bring higher love and wisdom, peace and harmony, and to give more power to them than their counterparts (essentially turning those higher thoughts into a part of our auto-pilot). Also, in a more practical sense, I think it's a necessary part of living life. If you simply surrender every sense of control, in my experience what happens is that we simply let our lowest desires take charge of life. This is not to judge these desires, but it is my experience that a life full of indulgence will do nothing but add heavier and very confused material that will only cloud the silence and the harmony within.
But what if I want my sandwich made? My work done? My bills paid on time? My holiday trip planned? Won't letting go of the 'illusory' doership make all this impossible?
This one is powerful...! Btw.. i feel like i know you from another life.. You are so familiar to me.. i dont even know how to explain it😂 its really weird
Jean Klein said that to believe you are the doer here is like a clown who shows up at the end of a ballet performance as the curtain is falling, and takes a bow to receive the applause from the audience. It seems pretty obvious that thoughts claiming to be the self are more like the brain’s after the fact “explainer” system(s) as opposed to a controller. But how to know if the self has actually been dropped or if it’s just another belief? It seems that only when there are no thoughts (as in a flow state), is the experience of no self unquestionable.
I was in a state of mind months ago where I understood every word you said in the book or in your videos, and everything you said made sense to me and helped me go deeper and deeper. But now, in this moment, I start seeing your videos like any random person who finds your channel by accident and tells themselves, "What is this guy saying? I think he is doing hypnosis!" 😂 Thank you for your videos and for your book. I know the journey for me is not over yet, but I really feel disconnected from this world and have started listening to your videos using my brain. 😂
What's uo bro? Here I am again with my endless questions, sorry (I will buy your book, I promise). You said something intriguing; "a reflection of reality can not control or influence reality". From a presonal perspective (Maya), I understand we are influenced by thoughts that arise in the form of habitual tendencies according to our karma (Vasanas, Samskaras). So there's no real free will there. However, I understand we do have the choice of identifying with these thoughs that arise, or to remain in stillness without givig them energy, thus, changing the outcome of a situation. That's not influencing "reality" in a certain way? Thanks!
One thing I’ve realised is that life will take care of you better than you ever thought you could. It’s paradoxical.
But decisions just sort of come by themselves in their own time, if it’s a big life decision it will ripen and come into fruitition regardless of the thinking that goes around it. It’s like a force or an energy that sort of just movies and lives through this body. Life living itself. Haha it’s so wonderful. Just relax, life lives through you. Decisions will come by themselves!!
So well said
This is so, so true! All the thinking that goes on around important decisions seems superfluous in the end, when the answer seems to arrive from somewhere else anyway, more of a felt knowing.
How do I differentiate this intuition from thought? I get that differentiation required a doer as well 😅 lol
Here here 👏
The 20th century composer Igor Stravinsky said that he did not compose his Rite of Spring ... he said that the notes came to him from a place that he could not identify.
I’ll have to listen
@Nick Wilson Mozart also said, "I compose music the way cows pee"
It's an experience shared by many musicians/artists. I remember Jon Anderson of Yes saying that's how he wrote most of his lyrics, channeling something without even really trying to figure out intellectually what the words 'mean'. I've also watched a clip from an interview with Dylan the other day, and he said about his early songs, that writing them was as if some kind of 'magic' spoke through him and in his current age, he can't even fathom how it is that it was 'he' that supposedly wrote them. Neil Young, referencing that Dylan quote, said 'that's something you can never "own" - it comes and goes'.
" A reflection of reality can not control or influence reality"😮
I absolutely love this pointer. The legs just move as I walk across the room. We get a taste of this each and every moment. Just watch your legs move as you walk. You're not telling yourself to move your legs. It just happens. It goes much deeper than this, but it's a great way to start noticing. 😊😊😮
Yes it goes very deep and becomes quite peaceful
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake ❤️ 💙 🙏
But if the legs are taking the body to a place that is dangerous to it, shouldn't this be corrected? Likewise, if a mind has been conditioned to think poisonous thoughts, wouldn't this mind benefit from seeking the opposite of these thoughts? Who becomes conscious of these bad habits and then seeks to correct them? Maybe just another thought. But letting the body-mind live on auto-pilot is not a good thing, in my experience.
@@SMZC it is corrected automatically. Do you have to relatedly think “don’t touch the burner, don’t touch the burner” when operating a stove? No you just don’t touch the burner.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake In that example, yeah, you're right. But what about the problem of pleasure? The body-mind are naturally wired to seek pleasure, as much of it as possible. But it's clear that too much pleasure can have extremely destructive effects both to ourselves and others. A part of the mind is wired to continue seeking this pleasure despite said destruction. Other parts of the mind seek a solution to this. In this conflict of interests within the mind, a wide range of thoughts can appear, all offering their own solutions to the problem at hand. The way I see it, one has to invoke the highest aspects of the mind to find the best way out of this situation.
To live in auto-pilot, in my experience, would simply mean the continuation of the seeking of pleasure, despite its consequences.
Serendipitous af! I absolutely needed this at this exact moment.
Thanks for this. I have been having a really difficult day and been in really deep sadness And depression. I couldn’t watch the tv or anything I was so disturbed. Watched this video and a wave of relief came over me. I was caught up with all these “I should” thoughts and “I am alone “ and “I am unlovable” and when I drop the I they all just release. Thankyou so much xxx
If “the thinker” is an illusion, “the doer” must be and illusion. My perspective on what life is is so fundamentally flawed. This is so trippy to unwind
I have “this “ but I want “that.” I am here but I want to be there. I want to be in a future moment. Once I achieve “this “ then I will be happy. These are craving, resisting, and non-acceptance; resulting in psychological suffering.
Is the answer to just accept what “is” so suffering is reduced?
@@Yung_Wicklove Suffering arises from the Mind by resisting JUST THIS. YOU are not your Thoughts. Let them be, without identifying with them.
@@Yung_WickloveNo, not even remotely
This is so good! the falsity in doership and a separate self is becoming more and more obvious
Great. Last night I realised that all the doing has never made me happy. I knew this before, but last night for some reason, I really knew it. Just being was the only thing left. And of course that is happiness. Then this video comes out today😊
That happened to me today… I was getting restless not doing anything…
But that’s what we are suppose to do.
Enjoy doing nothing😊
Listening every day. Thank you for the pointings. 🙏
This message with the subtle thundering music is SO BADASS
Oh my god. The sense of awe that is arising is unspeakable. What?! Oh my god- nothing is real.
Thank you for these reminders, Angelo. I often get off track, and they help me remember to be present.
Thank you
Love the really direct pointers🙏🏼
This perfectly sums it all up. Thanks for the reminder. ❤
Great video , really needed this .
I also like the silence coming from your video
Much love ❤
Love the spooky ‘the aliens are coming’ music in the background 😂
😂
Your guidance is so helpful.
Thank you 🙂
Welcome 😃
Totally hit the mark today thanks 🙏❤️🦋💎🥰🌸🧘♂️
Thank you for these videos ❤ Really helpful
💎💎💎 This is made of diamonds!
thx for this, Angelo...
nice thanks, i am getting there
"never happened anyway"...that brings such deep laughter. What a funny cosmic joke this mighty cloak.
Yes indeed. No need to be so informed-reformed-deformed. Get used to being empty. More easeful, more surprisingly interesting, engaging.
"it's" ALL ready here
Thank you! ❤
Damn --Facts! Doer is not real. I love this reminder. When I remember this -it’s instant peace, calm, and silence . riding the ox backwards!!
Do I need the doer to identify illusions and identifications? Stuff that I used to hide behind is falling away and life no longer lets me hold on to things that I believed in before. I am starting to question everything, but instead of feeling liberation and freedom, I feel depressed and even though I guess that is yet another belief I can't seem to drop it.
I randomly wrote this earlier today before I listened to this video.
Here Here Here
Now Now Now
There is no future
Only Now
Only This (exactly)
with no mind
with no thoughts
believed
Simple
Relax
I get what Angelo is saying re “thoughts don’t exist”, but for some people new to this, that might actually be a confusing and therefore harmful thing to hear. They exist, they’re just empty of intrinsic value, like farts in the wind.
Is there an active (or passive) practice that helps one accept their current circumstances in life? I'm noticing a lot of thoughts are resisting my current situation out of fear/shame however that's not helping.
@SimplyAlwaysAwake Great content as always! Does reflections on reality, i.e. the suffering caused by the doer, have any effect whatsoever on reality? It seems like it has to, no? As a simple example, worrying about something that is upcoming in the future vs worrying less about it (or not worrying at all), would impact our current actions and therefore alter the path of reality. i.e. a person may practice harder for an upcoming test, presentation, or race etc. as a direct result of the stress caused by the doer. Btw, I am not advocating keeping the doer (quite the contrary actually), but just trying to clarify this question that has been nagging me for a while...
I keep trying anyway.
there is one thought which frqeuently comes up and "I" don´t know how to handle. How can you sure that this experience is not just happening in your brain? E.g. that it´s just a biochemical thing. Psychodelic drugs seem to introduce temporarily experiences like feeling oneness, ego death etc. It´s a serious question.... and maybe can never be anwsered without personal experience but I would ike to get your view on this.
How does one let go without the will or agency to do so?
Lol 😂 the joke is on me - in the very very very near past I would get so activated frustrated and angry over you talking about the same things over and over again (how can he just say it sitting in his guru love seat petting his oversized pet dog)- everything is a thought 💭🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️🤦🏻♀️😂 got in some serious sh*tty 💩 situation and guess what you are correct 😅😅😅🤣🤣🤣 everything is a thought
If there is a how, there is a doer.
Reality has no what-ifs
Very helpful ❣️
Mind is a strong 🧲….🥴
I gotta clean my house at some point lol
You probably will just watch
Its so scarry though
Fear comes yes . It also goes
❤if I let all go, I will be eating chocolate all day 😊
That’s not true because your still holding on to something 😅
@@tworoelio haha 😂 true, what is funny about this teaching is that, I know there shifts happening in me, but somehow my mind amplifies others experience to the n degree 😃 at this point I’m just enjoying the ride
@@HiluT You are just wonderful. And indeed the mind can be great fun let it play and keep looking who's playing ;)
What are the implications of this? Is this meant merely for the practice of meditation/self-inquiry, or also something to live by in every moment of our lives?
This is a subject that has been a big focus for me. I have experienced some of the value of putting choices and the sense of doer-ship aside, surrendering to an absolute acceptance of the present moment. But I have to say, I think doing only that is an act of throwing the baby with the bathwater.
I have watched the activities of the body and mind, and I realize that they just happen on their own, without a "me" controlling them. But I consider these to be merely the conditionings that determine what our current auto-pilot is. This auto-pilot can be changed into pretty much anything else. If the thought "this is bad" ever appears in you automatically it's usually a good idea to explore where this thought comes from and to give it some freedom or space, but it's also good to remember that the opposite thought ("this is good") can also appear, and if given repeated moments of attention, it can become a new conditioning/auto-pilot.
Who calls this opposite thought? Is there a "me" invoking it? I don't have the experience to answer that question one way or the other. Of course, the idea "I can invoke the opposite of a thought" is also just a thought, and not necessarily a doer, but I would say that it is a useful thought nonetheless. A thought that explores more fully the potential of the mind. Just as we wouldn't stop using our bodies to walk under the justification that we are always "here" and that there is no "there" to get to, it's not a good thing to neglect the potential of the mind.
We are nothing, but we are also everything. It is good to remember that thoughts are nothing, just impermanent phenomena appearing in an infinite ocean of silence and harmony. But in my estimation, it is also good to remember that we are everything that appears and that can appear in that ocean. We are every thought, every opinion, every event, every way of being. Learning to invoke thoughts and their opposites can make us more open-minded and inclusive of those people that we may be tempted to think of as different than ourselves. It can also help us identify those thoughts that bring higher love and wisdom, peace and harmony, and to give more power to them than their counterparts (essentially turning those higher thoughts into a part of our auto-pilot).
Also, in a more practical sense, I think it's a necessary part of living life. If you simply surrender every sense of control, in my experience what happens is that we simply let our lowest desires take charge of life. This is not to judge these desires, but it is my experience that a life full of indulgence will do nothing but add heavier and very confused material that will only cloud the silence and the harmony within.
But what if I want my sandwich made? My work done? My bills paid on time? My holiday trip planned? Won't letting go of the 'illusory' doership make all this impossible?
Nope, it doesn’t. Makes things far easier.
This one is powerful...!
Btw.. i feel like i know you from another life.. You are so familiar to me.. i dont even know how to explain it😂 its really weird
Jean Klein said that to believe you are the doer here is like a clown who shows up at the end of a ballet performance as the curtain is falling, and takes a bow to receive the applause from the audience. It seems pretty obvious that thoughts claiming to be the self are more like the brain’s after the fact “explainer” system(s) as opposed to a controller. But how to know if the self has actually been dropped or if it’s just another belief? It seems that only when there are no thoughts (as in a flow state), is the experience of no self unquestionable.
“A reflection of reality cannot influence or control reality”
Man oh man but it’s trying. Points for effort?? 😅😂
🙏🙏🙏
So... You're a naturalist?
Jesus rebelled for reason
Let go of the Dewars white label. Thank you!!! Liking!!!!
Thank you Angelo. Very inspiring. But...can I have a sandwich, please ? 😅😋
Yes, help yourself to anything in your kitchen.
@@SimplyAlwaysAwake 🤣🤣
Synchronicity. I didn't sleep much last night. The thoughts attacked, I don't think they liked the I am not mantra. 🤣🤣
🤣🙏
I was in a state of mind months ago where I understood every word you said in the book or in your videos, and everything you said made sense to me and helped me go deeper and deeper. But now, in this moment, I start seeing your videos like any random person who finds your channel by accident and tells themselves, "What is this guy saying? I think he is doing hypnosis!" 😂 Thank you for your videos and for your book. I know the journey for me is not over yet, but I really feel disconnected from this world and have started listening to your videos using my brain. 😂
So the title is 'how to let go of the doer' but in actual fact the video does not tell you how to let go of the doer. I want my money back!
What's uo bro? Here I am again with my endless questions, sorry (I will buy your book, I promise).
You said something intriguing; "a reflection of reality can not control or influence reality".
From a presonal perspective (Maya), I understand we are influenced by thoughts that arise in the form of habitual tendencies according to our karma (Vasanas, Samskaras). So there's no real free will there.
However, I understand we do have the choice of identifying with these thoughs that arise, or to remain in stillness without givig them energy, thus, changing the outcome of a situation.
That's not influencing "reality" in a certain way? Thanks!