Just look at the 12 steps of AA. if one truly follow those you’ll get to awaken. I got sober in 1997 and 6 months later my husband left me with a 2 and 7 yo to raise on my own. Fortunately , within the first 6 months I fell in love with the support AA gave me. I managed to not take a drink. I literally physically felt my heart breaking. I acted out, I raged at him , became suicidal but I didn’t drink. I stayed active in AA until 2015. That’s when I picked up marijuana( knowing full well I was on my way back to addiction). After returning from your retreat I knew I had to stop. Mostly it was a habit that I partook in the evenings,but I knew I’d never reach becoming truly awake. Believe me January was very challenging for me. But I knew that from watching you, reading books by Richard Rohr and many others that this habit was standing in the way. I’ve begun to have a desire to take care of myself again. I still struggle but I’m doing it. Glad to have the opportunity to sit in the sunshine of the spirit again. Thank you Angelo.

This helped me touch for a few seconds the simplicity of aliveness. I was home. Thank you❤

"We mistake thought for the world . . and then we go to war with it." Right on, dude. ! ! !

Yea song lyrics are very interesting. The Doors - the end . Check out this song and all the doors songs.

So true Angelo. I think all addiction is trying to get release/relief from the unrelenting onslaught of self/mind thought. It is an absolute torture. I totally quit alcohol a little over a year ago. I knew I was using it as an escape and true awakening only gets blocked by the alcohol. God bless all who struggle with any addiction. Our culture is currently rampant with addictions.

This is great! My fave waking song is "Stairway to Heaven". ... And if you listen very hard The truth will come to you at last Where all is one and one is all..."

Beautiful! Video!! "All we truly want is to feel fundamentally ok" just about says it all. But So many complexities of mind can obscure that simple fact.

Have walk the road of addictions for many years. One thing came to me while listening to you, I knew I couldn't control neither thoughts nor emotions, it's been close to 20 years ago, but if I remember, I wasn't just running from my failure and wanting for alcohol to take my mind away like you said, but moreover, I knew/felt/saw, and I wanted to bury this silent knower, witnessing the misery of my ego and his weakness to flee in alcohol. It seems looking back, like my ego wanted to get drunk from the mind, and while simultaneously, ( I ) wanted to get drunk from my out of control ego.... at least, it felt like this at the time. Having had an awakening early in life, it seems more like a cursed, because now I really knew something had to change to allow the awakening to follow through. Thirty years of hell was all my ego could take 😵 I must admit, he was one stubborn Mother F. 💙🙏

Oh my ! I wish i could say something more intelligent, but that's all i've got. Thank you.

I think many people believe they are not awake because they imagine awakeness to be a permanent state of perfect being without suffering, confusion, ethical struggle etc. The process of finding is all about expansion and contraction, clinging and releasing. Om Namo Ramanaya

Thank you! Willie is performing in my hometown in May. I just bought tickets last week to support a 90 year old performer, beautiful synchronicity❤ 🙏

I can relate to almost every single bit of this!!!!

It’s not my experience that alcohol quiets the mind. I mean it does to a degree. But the urge to ‘escape’, which is what drinking is, is really a drive to escape from an uncomfortable sensation. Now, if one defines ‘mind’ as feeling as well as thought, then I agree with you. However, if the body is at peace, then it’s pretty much irrelevant what the thoughts are. To me, it seems that thoughts are reactionary and follow the body. Drinking calms or desensitises the feelings of the body. The thoughts slow or stop as a result of this calming. That is how it appears to be in my experience. Thanks for all the sharing you do, it is so incredibly powerful, some of the best content on UKposts ❤

Recovered alcoholic here. 12 years sober. The program calls "self centeredness the root of our problem" and God centeredness is the solution. "Getting rid of self" Very good stuff Angelo That's exactly how I felt whiskey river take my mind So grateful to be sober today and having this incredible experience moving towards sanity! Toward ultimate freedom from self Thank you for what you do here.

Yo, Angelo. Escaping/calming thought + substance abuse: You are truly on to something here.🤙🏽🥃

I had stopped smoking weed for years, then there was an existential crisis and now do it daily. At this point it is the one thing that quickly brings relief to the suffering I put myself through. I want to be free of suffering and am a work in progress, learning and noticing more about what is real and what lies my mind is telling me.

The only thing we struggle with is the mind…💥

I listen to you every day, Angelo. THIS is exactly what I was heavily pondering when I stumbled across today’s upload. I really felt this. Thank you 🙏x

Bladee is my favorite spiritual artist. His newer albums are like love letters to the universe. Beautiful non dual poetry and trap melodies.

I love trance dance music especially from the 90,s which was before my journey on this path began . Now when I listen to that music I can hear the profound message some it is conveying . For example “More and more and more “ by Captain Hollywood project . 👉 Captain Hollywood Project ......... 🎤 Lyrics: Captain Hollywood Project - More and More More and more and more I don't know where we're going to More and more and more There's so much we don't wanna do 'Cause we lie, we cheat and we learn From each and every heart affair Yes, we lie, we cheat and we hurt 'Till somebody's in despair Boom, keep in tune Hollywood will soon left to a point Right to the point Smokin', like it's a joint Makin' Ain't got time to be fakin' It's my turn and I'm takin' Everything without shakin', yo, here with the bacon Happy is how we should be Realise that we are wealthy Livin' here on this Earth Enjoy what it's worth Anger left behind you Just don't let it find you Love will not remain As long as you complain More and more and more I don't know where we're going to More and more and more There's so much we don't wanna do 'Cause we lie, we cheat and we learn From each and every heart affair Yes, we lie, we cheat and we hurt 'Till somebody's in despair More and more and more More and more and more More and more bam, don't give a damn Pump the music and jam There's no time for the problem Not a thought to some But just make sure you get it Show the fella's you with it Be impromptu, you get it Never will you forget it There's a way to stop this Listen to the prophets Everything they said Yo, it should be read Paul he had to tell Things that made him well L.I.G.H.T. is shinin' And my brother's heart cryin' More and more and more I don't know where we're going to More and more and more There's so much we don't wanna do 'Cause we lie, we cheat and we learn From each and every heart affair Yes, we lie, we cheat and we hurt 'Till somebody's in despair More and more and more More and more and more 👌🙏👍💚 Blessings from Ireland 🇮🇪 🙏

Just wonderful. I will listen again. Thank you!!!

12 steps in 2010 brought me to this channel and in that sense I can be grateful for my addiction😊

So many powerful insights in this! ❤ thank you for creating such supportive and clear pointing to liberation!

I feel listening to you so much compassionate understanding ... for ... (us?)

Thanks 🙏 the relief of dropping out of the mind and into the body. Still uncomfortable and painful at times, but such a relief. And such a feeling of compassion towards that younger version of myself. He didn't have the capacity to feel this, so of course disassociation happened. Now, it's like the whole internal family is reunited and feeling through all the sensations that weren't fully felt. And there's no practice needed to do that. And no pushing or pulling on life to be a certain way. This is already freedom.

You’re the best, Angelo.

I love to see you getting so excited! Makes me feel very connected!

Love it! This awakened memories. Living in Austin for most of my adult life, I had occasions to be around him (seeing him play up close at a small festival, going to a 4th of July "picnic", working at his ranch and my last invoice getting lost to the feds.) Witnessed something early on made me respect and admire him. May write these up. Inspired me to watch the 4 part doc on Willie all in one sitting yesterday afternoon, and now respect him even more. (Paramount +)

speaking of relationships, thinking of them from this space of awareness, wow, what a highly intimate experience, yet so widely conceptualized and misunderstood.

This is great. I just wish you could have kept going a bit longer...Still not sure how to drop out of the mind into the nondual reality.

Oh why... Why could I never admit what I always have known? Wise men are simply the ones who could see what they're shown. Nobody gets to control when they're called to come home. -Steve Unruh.

Wow ! Spot on beautifully said ! 👌❤️ addiction is hell ! 😰😩 I’ve been sober 14years and now starting to see through the core addiction to thought / self , so freeing 🥰💯❤️🌟🧚🏽

Brilliant pointers and explanation. Thanks Angelo! 😊

Thank you, encouraging reminders!

Love this insightful talk. Angelo is the most relatable and accurate communicator of enlightenment or awakeness that I know of. Keep up the good and valuable communication with that extreme clarity.😇

Bob Dylan still touring and he’s over 80. Anyone who knows Dylan songs can pick up on clues in his lyrics over since the late 70s that suggest an enlightened (excuse my word) person.

Don't Look Up There It Is Again That Funny Feeling

Beautiful. I can feel into just about everything you're saying here. What I don't really get is the giving up of "any identification with consciousness at all". This does not seem to make sense. How can one identify with something that is not personal or special?

Every breath you take (the police) , crazy (gnarls barkley) , from a distance (bette midler) a few of the songs that are ❤️‍🔥. I’m really enjoying seeing this through music and art ❤

I can relate , very valuable video, thank you

I need to listen to this over and over. There is so much wisdom and depth in this. Our family has been very affected with alcoholism and it’s been easier for me to demonise my mother than own my own addiction. Your words are pure truth and yet the addicted part of my mind wants to keep alcohol in its back pocket as an escape “just in case” something is too much.

so true. I think of the lyrics to Lauryn Hill's track ; "everything s everything

Can you please interview Paul Hedderman? Great stuff!

Alcohol and drug addictions are the most obvious and recognized, some addictions can be more subtle and insidious. Anger can be very addictive, it gives the wielder a sense of righteousness and a feeling of superiority that feeds the ego and promotes more anger, all while suppressing rational thinking. It's a never-ending cycle of dopamine and vitriol. The worst addiction I've experienced by far is an addiction to emotional pain, it's self-sustaining because all you need to do to feed the addiction is experience more pain, and that can be done right there in your head, no external assistance required, you can relive painful memories or events on demand, and if you run out of fuel for the fire the world is more than eager to provide plenty more painful experience where those came from. Emotional pain is addictive because it draws you down into a deeper and darker place each time, and then provides a sense of relief, a return to a better state of mind. It's like beating your head repeatedly against the wall just to experience relief when you finally stop. Emotional pain can come from anywhere real or imagined, and can often be the offspring of other addictions.

Sounds like we just have to relax the mind, and feel (the body). So addictions then are just tools to relax the mind. Whereas awakening achieves this without having to be externally reliant. And in a more balanced way so you're not going highs and lows.

Your empathy is so beautiful. Yeah please don't run out whiskey lol That was my life for 27 years Self! I just couldn't see it.

I think it’d be very interesting to create a video that talks more about awakening found in music. There’s so much music written about it-I’ve attempted to make playlists but there’s so much. It’d be neat to specifically acknowledge other artists that you like that explore those themes.

So beautiful, thank you, Angelo! 😊

Thank you! I’ve been sober 31 years.

This is exquisite! Thank-you 🌟.

How do you deal with the belief in your thoughts exactly? What if it seems really compelling.

You made a comment on a a video once about Ronnie James Dio’s lyrics. There’s definitely a message coming through. I’m a huge fan of him! Metal for life! :)

Beautiful

When going through this path, I'm noticing self trust emerging. Before there would be thoughts speaking as me and I'd be confused, dualistic experience. Recently, when I'm not identified, I see there's me and just thoughts and I can differentiate my own voice from thoughts. Does this have a name? Intuition? It comes from seeing thoughts as thoughts and not as some entity. Does it get easier at some point to be integrated with your thoughts, voice? Could you talk about this some? I feel like my mind is against me, it's not aligned, so there's like 2.

A Homecoming. Beautiful, Angelo 🙏🏻✌🏼✨💕

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I decided to learn an old song that suits perfectly as the theme tune of my (ego's) awakening project: Tomorrow is my turn, by Nina Simone among others.For the mind it's always in the future. Singing helps to process the illusion curiously well.

Blessed hellride

Can you say more about how we don’t need thought to function in the world? There’s a deep intuition that that’s true yet the mind can’t comprehend how - everything it ever knew is action via thought. It’s likely beyond the mind anyway but hearing you share always has a very potent effect 🙏🏼

Brilliant!

So odd to see this here! I had just seen Willie in Florida the day before you posted this. The next day Whiskey River was stuck in my head and I was pondering what it meant in an awakening context, or to be more free with less mind.

Wow just wow!!!❤❤❤❤❤

Angelo, would you ever think of doing "a day in the life video"?

Thank you my friend 🙏🏼

For some reason, distinguishing between the "'I' sense" and the "'I' thought" is hitting me in a really deep way. Have you gone into this before, or could you in the future?

Johnny Bush wrote "Whiskey River."

Thank you my G for this video 🙏

Curious. Michael Nesmith wrote the song "Rio" about his awakening (to what extent I don't know, but from reading what he said about it, it was clear what had happened). He couched it in such a way that the lyrics only obliquely point to it, but if you've tasted it, you can't help but understand what he's pointing to. Excerpts - I'm hearing the light from the window I'm seeing the sound of the sea, my feet have come loose from their moorings I'm feeling quite wonderfully free... I feel such a sense of well-being, the problems have come to be solved, and what I thought was proper for battle I see now is proper for love.

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I have been pondering how is it that one thought can believe another thought? Is it a mechanical process? I would love Angelo for you to deconstruct that sometime. Love this segment on Willie and awakening in a country song!

Thanks

Thank you Angelo 🤗Just for the sake of labeling, haha. What term captures the essence of realizing non-duality? Is it Self-realization, Enlightenment, God Realization, or another term? Can we characterize non-dual realization as recognizing our being as pure consciousness? I recognize these are merely words, but across history, even the ineffable has been assigned names to guide seekers.

Do you know someone for nondual one to one support, who speaks german?

So clear. Thanks.

Angelo Would you say that in one way there is no such thing as psychological pain in the sense that the actual uncomfortable sensation is always bodily thus always physical, its just that with what we label as emotional pain is disassociated up into mind and narratives. Like there is nothing that can be felt anywhere other than in the body .Like what we call rage or grief is actually a bodily pain but we filter it through our minds so it seems otherwise. Is this on track?

Angelo, why is is to hard to let go of these scary thoughts that feel like me?

I'm curious if you have struggled with any substance abuse?

Can you explain the is it true technique? When teachers say torturing things you can't say it's not good is that true?

Words fail me on this one. 😭

What kind of work is referenced at 13:12?

The thoughts arise out of emotional charged memories tho

When you are talking about the third insight you say, "you can directly address reactivity..." and then said something like "for example through (fedder???) work." I couldn't understand that word. Can someone clarify? Thank you.

90 years old smoking weed everyday

Whiskey River is not Willie's song. It was written by Johnny Bush and Paul Stroud. When Whiskey River was climbing up the charts Johnny Bush lost his distinctive voice for long decades. He considered it a punishment from God for his sins. He was dealing with addiction, neurological illnes and stage fright and his record label dropped him. Willie always loved his singing and supported him.

coffee is so damn dangerous omg ... keeps you in the head all the time . just decided to drop it after 4 years of continuous drinking after waking up in the morning to meditate.

Promo-SM 😀

“Protecting “ self from the scary world 😂 is a full time job

“Whiskey river take my mind” Ah yes I know this place the extreme need to escape one’s own mind by whatever means necessary is fkn brutal like literal hell fire. Funny not funny how it’s the same thing to lead one to this though 😂😂😂 So fascinating that in every “problem” is also the solution… Because there’s no problem 🫠🫠🫠😂 4:23

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