@@anfyro8059 its okay, its basically for creating a gap between thoughts, let say you say above sentence, 5sec later you release your thought, leave that, again go back to sentence
When i tried that I noticed there was no incoming thought. A small gap happened. And next moment felt very lightweight or I felt I gained some energy during that gap.
this is profound because it’s the first step in stepping out of a dream-like, automatic state, and into a conscious state where you can choose what to follow and what to dismiss, this is the power needed to change your life
Hey ive been practicing this for the last few weeks and its changed my perception on everything, life feels more real. Ive become obsessed with this and was wondering what the next step is.
1. Awareness: Thought comes. 2. Objectivity, not judgement. Thought is there. There is a thought, a program etc. but it isn't "me" 3. Realization: If I am capable of observing my thoughts, I cannot BE my thoughts. I am a "whiteboard" of thoughts. When you observe, you are not feeding thoughts. 4. Freedom from emotional entanglement
We are awareness. And awareness looks upon anger with never having been angry, or upon fear never having been afraid, upon jealousy never having been jealous, etc. etc. etc. Great reminders from Keith Kavanagh and many others like you that are so aware that we are simply awareness. Thank you brother! 🤗 PEACE & CALM & JOY to you.
1:39 your 2nd thought is observing your first thought. If there is no thinking there is no thinker. In deep sleep no thinking no thinker. Thinking and thinker are the same.
I just broke through the (necessary) 'observer' stage last week. It is needed in order to completely 'rise' into absolute awareness. IMO there is just this 'one' stage above/after learning to observe. Basically, you can step back one more *critical* time from watching or 'observing' your thoughts. ... and alas. you-are-there-in-crystal-clear-awareness. 😉🕉 (deep studies since 2014). At least, this is what worked/works for me. 🕉🕉🕉
Oh yes what I talk about here is for pure beginners who are struggling with thoughts! What was ur experience like breaking through and what does maintaining absolute awareness in everyday life look like for u? Does it feel much different?
It’s hard! my thoughts are tough as nail but I’ll keep trying to conquer them and become a masterful observer. I’m a new apprentice barely a baby but I won’t give up. 💆♀️
Grace Alfaro keep learning and practicing. Prioritize presence. And start the first thing in the morning. Every morning. Be intensely present. It’s hard when you are already triggered or have negative momentum going. It’s easier when u be present before the negative triggers kick in. Start in the morning :)
This is what Ramana Maharshi explained, if you do it, you will become a thinker without thoughts and dreamer without dreams. Your thoughts are generated by choiceless awareness received by five sences, eye ears nose taste and skin, if you stop receiving external awareness by shuttin down five senses, your mind will turn inward and start the inward journey . Now you can obesrve your thoughts. When thought ceses and become meaningless , you are going to meet yourself , the real you , who is sath- chith- anandaswaroop means soul with true bliss, this is what Jesus explained as "kingdome of God is with in yourself" . When you meet yourself , you will become God in the human form , shankaracharya told this as "aham bramhasmi" means "I am God". Jesus told the same " I am in the father and father is in me" I and God cannot be seperated . Jesus is the Budda of the West , unfortunately he was misunderstood and crucified. If everyone find God within himself , humans can creat heaven on earth. My salutation to God in you
There’s nothing to gain from observing time aka thoughts so please don’t make a habit out of it. The brain loves mechanical behavior such as practicing observing thoughts. Just understand ALL thoughts are mental garbage and naturally your brain cells will ease up and silence enters. The key to observation is LEARNING. Discover what’s new about your observations ? Not your thoughts which are a collection of images and projections over a period of time.❤
As J Krishnamurty says, "In observation, there are no words, there is no judgement". The moment you say, "There is the tought. That is not me". That's again one thought negating the other and you entrapped yourself again. In observation, there is no thinking.
Is visualization a good technique to stop thoughts and or not identify with those thoughts? Like for example just picturing straight up black or visualizing a nice location. I know it sounds a bit weird but just a hard focus point to not lose control of your mind.
Maybe for a beginner but bro. Just be present and do it all day. Commit to being present all day, even if you struggle at first. It’s truly so simple. Do that and things will get a lot easier from there.
Hey i reccomend the book the power of now if u need more help. If u struggle with this technique I reccomend u try the inner body technique. It’s another video on this channel.
What are you on about, Andy Wang ? "Just observe your thoughts" you say. But the very action OF that observing REQUIRES a thought to initiate it ! So you can never be truly free of thoughts. And neither can you truly say that "You are not your thoughts." Even if there is ONE left, it's still needed. And even IF we temporarily removed ALL thoughts, how does that change the challenges we still must face every day whilst in this 3D life ? Whatever we do and say or is said and done to us by others is still going to provoke emotions within us of some kind. Will we get on better with the workmate who doesn't like you ? How will your boss react if you don't think whilst performing your work tasks ? Are we supposed to enjoy a migraine ? Or do we think to ourselves "I hate this horrible pain" ? Yes we acknowledge the pain. It will be there whether we think about it or not.
Whenever I try to observe my thoughts, they disappear, and I can think of practically nothing, it's as if my mind has been silenced. Is this a good sign?
Yesss! That’s the whole point! You can always tell by your emotions if ur doing good or not. Having a quiet mind let’s you know that you are successfully deactivating a lot of thoughts.
@@rhunter6427 yes! Trust your emotions and intuition. Present moment is just a tool. Eventually you don’t need to practice a technique at all to have a quiet mind. As time goes by, your gonna find what works for u!
Exactly. You are so much more than this physical being. You are infinite consciousness. But that does not mean to discard this physical vessel. Once you transcend the physical vessel and no longer let it possess you, now you can really enjoy and utilize your physical vessel more effectively.
@@andysvibe111 dude, I'm finding it difficult to observe when I'm taken over by the mind. Is there something I can use as a reminder or something to help me realise I'm identifying with the mind again allowing me to come back into awarness? I'm currently not in a job which is really stressing me out and I feel a lot of shame as a result. Being in my mind makes it impossible to take the steps to apply etc. Thank you bro 🙏
@@theChannel40 seeing that you watched this video, your probably new to this channel. go to my playlist and click the presence playlist and go thru those videos and practice. If you’re struggling with your thoughts, then it means that you are still inefficient with your practice. Also, when you clean up your thoughts about money and your job, then money and a good job will come every time.
@@andysvibe111thanks dude, just going through the videos now. I am having a particular issue where I know I'm not feeling good but I can't seem to locate the feeling in my body. It's just a feeling of fear/dread. Not sure if there is a video that talks about this? Like I could be sitting still, not having any thoughts but still feeling this fear/dread. Thanks dude
@@theChannel40 i have some videos that address that and thats normal for people in the beginning. Get a solid practice going and all that will eventually go away.
It's all the choices for the moment, but I'm not sure if really "you" or "I'm" choosing it. I think there is only one "I" in this planet and that is knowing through all human conceptual self minds.
Psychological speaking, you are me. You are menkind. What makes us think that our problems belong to us alone? My fears are your fears. My hopes are your hopes. My brain has the same mechanics as your brain. I have the knowledge of every generation before me in myself. Iam the ongoing human "race". Just like you. So its a shame that we foster individualism when reality shows that we are all one big mind. I totally aree with you.
The I which is observing is already a biased I..how can that limited I approach the unlimited. The one who wants peace has to observe and it wil observe only if when you gather so much energy that can break the shell of limited I. It can only happen when there is pure attention like you give when you totally merge into something and for that particular time forget to yourself. And this can only happen if you really wanted to be free of burdens of life. And this can only happen when you firstly free of self centred activities you have to totally honest with yourself. and if you try this you will get punch daily form every person because everyone has ego and you'll get more and more hurt, your true ego will get crushed and after that detachment will arise. Spirituality is not. that easy. what most people do is they want peace and ofcourse will get peace, mind will give you whatever you want, but they're not free from fear, jealousy,envy, hatred.. if not in this life than another life they'll have work on this.
"And this can only happen if you really wanted to be free of burdens of life" But doesnt wanting means there is an "I" who wants something? Who want to be free of the burdens of life? Or do you mean free of the psychological burdens of life? Because i will always have to eat for example. "Spirituality is not. that easy." what you mean by this? I dont understand. "and if you try this you will get punch daily form every person because everyone has ego and you'll get more and more hurt" If somebody is hurt, he will hurt others. So if i try this and get "punched" daily, then i do it wrong? In my understanding, only the ego can be hurt. So when i walk the way you described i shoul exactly get hurt less and less until i cant get hurt anymore. Not because i turned into a stone, but because i can look at things without the ego. And the ego is the one that gets hurt. Not the human that carrys the mind around. Not by words.
You need to go deeper …. Then who is the observer ? The observer is another thought …. Listen to j Krishnamurti … Let me know if you have other advice 🙏
We are not our thoughts but you can only think about thoughts. Why use a word like _observe_? There's no need. Nobody can control their thoughts, but, this being said, we usually have the opportunities to pick in what to think. So what actually sets us free from thoughts is not observing them, but to point them towards themselves. Put your thoughts to think about them and they will stop telling how horrible you, your face and your life are.
I have to say this is a nice train of thoughts. But its nothing more. Its not an observation. So be very careful what you do. Because what you practice here is called separation. What i observe is that IAM anger. Iam not different from anger. The observer is the observed therefore there is no oberver. You create a seperation between what you call "you" and your anger. Where there is seperation, there will be conflict. As you said it: you are not your thoughts. But what you mean with "you" is the whole body, the whole human. But "you" is a product of thought. Its a product of your mind. What you see as an "I" is nothing more but a movement of thought. So you are correct in some sense but you did not observed it. You used logic and analysis and that are not the tools of observation.
Maby an exmaple will help to undertand what i mean: I ask you if you think you are a good men. Whatever you tell me, tells me nothing about your goodnes. Because i ask you about yourself, there cant be an "objective" answer. Same goes if you ask your mind about itsself. It will never give an objective answer. Thats why you are not "in the space". You think(!) that you are in the space but by thinking you can surely not be in the place you claim to be! So be careful of the various mindtraps!
Sorry i was eating a pizza. Observing means to look at one thing without any reaction. Just look at it. Now you say that we should "look at our thoughts" and realize something. This realization is still movement of thought. You realize something in the field of knowledge. Thats still the same quality as before.
Hello everyone I have written a book on mastering presence. www.andysteachings.com/book
Congrats!
@ hehe thank u🥰🥰🥰
Another helpful approach is to ask yourself, "I wonder what my next thought will be..." and see what happens. Great video Andy!
I'm afraid of my mind actually coming up with an answer to that 😂
@@anfyro8059 its okay, its basically for creating a gap between thoughts, let say you say above sentence, 5sec later you release your thought, leave that, again go back to sentence
This no longer works for me.. 😂
When i tried that I noticed there was no incoming thought. A small gap happened. And next moment felt very lightweight or I felt I gained some energy during that gap.
But this also a thought
this is profound because it’s the first step in stepping out of a dream-like, automatic state, and into a conscious state where you can choose what to follow and what to dismiss, this is the power needed to change your life
Exactly. This is fundamental and powerful.
@@andysvibe111 facts
thats facts
Hey ive been practicing this for the last few weeks and its changed my perception on everything, life feels more real. Ive become obsessed with this and was wondering what the next step is.
1. Awareness: Thought comes.
2. Objectivity, not judgement. Thought is there. There is a thought, a program etc. but it isn't "me"
3. Realization: If I am capable of observing my thoughts, I cannot BE my thoughts. I am a "whiteboard" of thoughts. When you observe, you are not feeding thoughts.
4. Freedom from emotional entanglement
We are awareness. And awareness looks upon anger with never having been angry, or upon fear never having been afraid, upon jealousy never having been jealous, etc. etc. etc.
Great reminders from Keith Kavanagh and many others like you that are so aware that we are simply awareness. Thank you brother! 🤗 PEACE & CALM & JOY to you.
I love it:) have a great day🫶
Become the sky & Not the clouds........I LOVE That!!!!
@@djodie222 haha yesss
1:39 your 2nd thought is observing your first thought. If there is no thinking there is no thinker. In deep sleep no thinking no thinker.
Thinking and thinker are the same.
Exactly! It is still memory responding which is thought itself
Andy Wang, you're a warrior! Youre not a punk!
I just broke through the (necessary) 'observer' stage last week. It is needed in order to completely 'rise' into absolute awareness.
IMO there is just this 'one' stage above/after learning to observe. Basically, you can step back one more *critical* time from watching or 'observing' your thoughts.
... and alas. you-are-there-in-crystal-clear-awareness. 😉🕉 (deep studies since 2014). At least, this is what worked/works for me. 🕉🕉🕉
Oh yes what I talk about here is for pure beginners who are struggling with thoughts! What was ur experience like breaking through and what does maintaining absolute awareness in everyday life look like for u? Does it feel much different?
It’s hard! my thoughts are tough as nail but I’ll keep trying to conquer them and become a masterful observer. I’m a new apprentice barely a baby but I won’t give up. 💆♀️
Grace Alfaro keep learning and practicing. Prioritize presence. And start the first thing in the morning. Every morning. Be intensely present. It’s hard when you are already triggered or have negative momentum going. It’s easier when u be present before the negative triggers kick in. Start in the morning :)
Thanks mate, very simple and clear message. 🎯⭐
❤️😏
This is what Ramana Maharshi explained, if you do it, you will become a thinker without thoughts and dreamer without dreams. Your thoughts are generated by choiceless awareness received by five sences, eye ears nose taste and skin, if you stop receiving external awareness by shuttin down five senses, your mind will turn inward and start the inward journey . Now you can obesrve your thoughts. When thought ceses and become meaningless , you are going to meet yourself , the real you , who is sath- chith- anandaswaroop means soul with true bliss, this is what Jesus explained as "kingdome of God is with in yourself" . When you meet yourself , you will become God in the human form , shankaracharya told this as "aham bramhasmi" means "I am God". Jesus told the same " I am in the father and father is in me" I and God cannot be seperated . Jesus is the Budda of the West , unfortunately he was misunderstood and crucified. If everyone find God within himself , humans can creat heaven on earth. My salutation to God in you
Please explain shutting down the five senses???
Really well explained. Makes perfect sense.
@@magnustorque5528 appreciate uuu!
A great book to help anyone on this path..is watching your life..by Teja Anand..he has over 50 years experience...thanks for the video❤
Thank you for your video. It was well explained and excellent.
Thank you for the love!
Thank you for your work we really appreciate it
Appreciate u:)
Really helpful and concise Andy, subscribed.
@@acreblade1264 I appreciate it! There’s a lot more videos that adds to this!
There’s nothing to gain from observing time aka thoughts so please don’t make a habit out of it. The brain loves mechanical behavior such as practicing observing thoughts. Just understand ALL thoughts are mental garbage and naturally your brain cells will ease up and silence enters. The key to observation is LEARNING. Discover what’s new about your observations ? Not your thoughts which are a collection of images and projections over a period of time.❤
I found this really helpful thankyou
The 'You' is 100% Thought
Thank you
This i learned through osho the master .... You are absolutely right 🙏🙏🙏
Love it:)
As J Krishnamurty says, "In observation, there are no words, there is no judgement". The moment you say, "There is the tought. That is not me". That's again one thought negating the other and you entrapped yourself again. In observation, there is no thinking.
Thanks so much for this!!
❤️❤️❤️
Thank you! ❤🙏
Of course:)
Is visualization a good technique to stop thoughts and or not identify with those thoughts? Like for example just picturing straight up black or visualizing a nice location. I know it sounds a bit weird but just a hard focus point to not lose control of your mind.
Maybe for a beginner but bro. Just be present and do it all day. Commit to being present all day, even if you struggle at first. It’s truly so simple. Do that and things will get a lot easier from there.
@@andysvibe111 🫡
I don't understand how to observe....like I hear my thoughts is that observing? Can you explain what you do when observing x
Hey i reccomend the book the power of now if u need more help. If u struggle with this technique I reccomend u try the inner body technique. It’s another video on this channel.
Hey Andy I've read the power of now but his words are a little bit complex for me to understand.
@@sophia231990 what do you still struggle to understand
His wording
What are you on about, Andy Wang ? "Just observe your thoughts" you say. But the very action OF that observing REQUIRES a thought to initiate it ! So you can never be truly free of thoughts. And neither can you truly say that "You are not your thoughts." Even if there is ONE left, it's still needed.
And even IF we temporarily removed ALL thoughts, how does that change the challenges we still must face every day whilst in this 3D life ? Whatever we do and say or is said and done to us by others is still going to provoke emotions within us of some kind.
Will we get on better with the workmate who doesn't like you ? How will your boss react if you don't think whilst performing your work tasks ? Are we supposed to enjoy a migraine ? Or do we think to ourselves "I hate this horrible pain" ? Yes we acknowledge the pain. It will be there whether we think about it or not.
Well explained here
@@Tonybnbx appreciate u
Thank you!!
I hope that was helpful:)
Whenever I try to observe my thoughts, they disappear, and I can think of practically nothing, it's as if my mind has been silenced. Is this a good sign?
Yesss! That’s the whole point! You can always tell by your emotions if ur doing good or not. Having a quiet mind let’s you know that you are successfully deactivating a lot of thoughts.
@@andysvibe111 Excellent! a question: whenever I try to observe the thoughts, there is an disconfort, is this disconfort only at the beginning?
@@rhunter6427 tell me more about this discomfort
@@andysvibe111 It's like a slight headache. It seems that staying focused in the present moment for a long time is a little uncomfortable.
@@rhunter6427 yes! Trust your emotions and intuition. Present moment is just a tool. Eventually you don’t need to practice a technique at all to have a quiet mind. As time goes by, your gonna find what works for u!
Beautiful🎉I had thesame realization
Love that
Profoundness of observation varies
Hey can you explain to me how I observe my thoughts?
I notice, not me, not my business. Thoughts are like the madperson ranting in the street
yas
Surely we can observe ourselves, so does this mean we are not ourselves?
Exactly. You are so much more than this physical being. You are infinite consciousness. But that does not mean to discard this physical vessel. Once you transcend the physical vessel and no longer let it possess you, now you can really enjoy and utilize your physical vessel more effectively.
@@andysvibe111 thanks Andy, I wish for yourself and your channel all the very best
Thanku bro from india new sbsr
Thank you!
Brilliant video dude!
Thanks man!!!
@@andysvibe111 dude, I'm finding it difficult to observe when I'm taken over by the mind. Is there something I can use as a reminder or something to help me realise I'm identifying with the mind again allowing me to come back into awarness? I'm currently not in a job which is really stressing me out and I feel a lot of shame as a result. Being in my mind makes it impossible to take the steps to apply etc. Thank you bro 🙏
@@theChannel40 seeing that you watched this video, your probably new to this channel. go to my playlist and click the presence playlist and go thru those videos and practice. If you’re struggling with your thoughts, then it means that you are still inefficient with your practice. Also, when you clean up your thoughts about money and your job, then money and a good job will come every time.
@@andysvibe111thanks dude, just going through the videos now. I am having a particular issue where I know I'm not feeling good but I can't seem to locate the feeling in my body. It's just a feeling of fear/dread. Not sure if there is a video that talks about this? Like I could be sitting still, not having any thoughts but still feeling this fear/dread. Thanks dude
@@theChannel40 i have some videos that address that and thats normal for people in the beginning. Get a solid practice going and all that will eventually go away.
GOAT
It's all the choices for the moment, but I'm not sure if really "you" or "I'm" choosing it. I think there is only one "I" in this planet and that is knowing through all human conceptual self minds.
Psychological speaking, you are me. You are menkind.
What makes us think that our problems belong to us alone?
My fears are your fears. My hopes are your hopes. My brain has the same mechanics as your brain. I have the knowledge of every generation before me in myself. Iam the ongoing human "race". Just like you.
So its a shame that we foster individualism when reality shows that we are all one big mind. I totally aree with you.
But you watch your thoughts with the same mind that creates thought. The thoughts arent diferent of me, how creates them?
When you observe your thoughts you instantly access consciousness that’s beyond the mind
@@andysvibe111 but why they say that i am not my thoughts? I create the thoughts with my mind, that is a part of me, i dont understand it
what if our thoughts happens? then they prove that they are not just thoughts!
That space is the “I am”…
❤
It's impossible to follow
Why do we. Have. Thoughts 🤔
@@ArthurLockwood-e8c thoughts are vibrations that we are receiving.
When i do that my all thoughts go away
Isn’t that super good???
@@andysvibe111 yeah it's
isn't observing just another thought. you've occupied the negative thoughts with another thought about observing your thoughts.
Life doesn’t happen to me life happens for me
I'm sorry that has nothing to do with the content of this video. If you're spouting a random inspirational quote.. Go on
Everything you may achieve by Meditation for long duration, I mean deep meditation.
Yes that works too combining that with being present all day is ideal
Pls elaborate, what type of meditation I should do for this
The I which is observing is already a biased I..how can that limited I approach the unlimited. The one who wants peace has to observe and it wil observe only if when you gather so much energy that can break the shell of limited I.
It can only happen when there is pure attention like you give when you totally merge into something and for that particular time forget to yourself.
And this can only happen if you really wanted to be free of burdens of life.
And this can only happen when you firstly free of self centred activities you have to totally honest with yourself. and if you try this you will get punch daily form every person because everyone has ego and you'll get more and more hurt, your true ego will get crushed and after that detachment will arise.
Spirituality is not. that easy.
what most people do is they want peace and ofcourse will get peace, mind will give you whatever you want, but they're not free from fear, jealousy,envy, hatred.. if not in this life than another life they'll have work on this.
"And this can only happen if you really wanted to be free of burdens of life"
But doesnt wanting means there is an "I" who wants something? Who want to be free of the burdens of life? Or do you mean free of the psychological burdens of life? Because i will always have to eat for example.
"Spirituality is not. that easy."
what you mean by this? I dont understand.
"and if you try this you will get punch daily form every person because everyone has ego and you'll get more and more hurt"
If somebody is hurt, he will hurt others. So if i try this and get "punched" daily, then i do it wrong?
In my understanding, only the ego can be hurt. So when i walk the way you described i shoul exactly get hurt less and less until i cant get hurt anymore.
Not because i turned into a stone, but because i can look at things without the ego. And the ego is the one that gets hurt. Not the human that carrys the mind around. Not by words.
Ek❤
You need to go deeper …. Then who is the observer ?
The observer is another thought ….
Listen to j Krishnamurti …
Let me know if you have other advice 🙏
Yes
He is following sadhguru ❤
😂
Hey bro you got a second ?
You talk like. Osho rajneesh
But the fact is you are a thought. That thought says you are not thought you are something else. Its all illusion
We are not our thoughts but you can only think about thoughts. Why use a word like _observe_? There's no need. Nobody can control their thoughts, but, this being said, we usually have the opportunities to pick in what to think. So what actually sets us free from thoughts is not observing them, but to point them towards themselves. Put your thoughts to think about them and they will stop telling how horrible you, your face and your life are.
U r soo confusing
I have to say this is a nice train of thoughts. But its nothing more. Its not an observation. So be very careful what you do. Because what you practice here is called separation.
What i observe is that IAM anger. Iam not different from anger. The observer is the observed therefore there is no oberver.
You create a seperation between what you call "you" and your anger. Where there is seperation, there will be conflict.
As you said it: you are not your thoughts. But what you mean with "you" is the whole body, the whole human.
But "you" is a product of thought. Its a product of your mind.
What you see as an "I" is nothing more but a movement of thought. So you are correct in some sense but you did not observed it.
You used logic and analysis and that are not the tools of observation.
Maby an exmaple will help to undertand what i mean:
I ask you if you think you are a good men. Whatever you tell me, tells me nothing about your goodnes. Because i ask you about yourself, there cant be an "objective" answer.
Same goes if you ask your mind about itsself. It will never give an objective answer.
Thats why you are not "in the space". You think(!) that you are in the space but by thinking you can surely not be in the place you claim to be!
So be careful of the various mindtraps!
Sorry i was eating a pizza.
Observing means to look at one thing without any reaction. Just look at it.
Now you say that we should "look at our thoughts" and realize something. This realization is still movement of thought. You realize something in the field of knowledge.
Thats still the same quality as before.