In this interview, I am joined by Dr Angelo Dilullo, anaesthesiologist, spiritual teacher, and author of ‘Awake! It’s your Turn’.

We learn how a profound existential angst in childhood and adolescence propelled Angelo into spiritual practice and, at the age of 24, precipitated a radical spiritual awakening.

Angelo details the practices, shifts, and consequences of his awakening, and shares the process of coming face to face with deeply held conditioning.

Angelo also discusses certainty and religious experience, and reveals why he is absolutely certain that not only can anyone wake up, but that anyone who wants to will.

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Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/ep105-dr-angelo-dilullo-simply-always-awake/

Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’.

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Topics include:

00:00 - Intro

00:45 - Profound existential suffering during childhood and adolescence

05:44 - Transcendental Meditation and a life-changing encounter

09:56 - Angelo’s awakening

14:11 - More on Angelo’s teenage existential angst

19:42 - Anyone can wake up

20:20 - Awake nature and Angelo’s certainty

24:54 - Is certainty a valid basis for truth claims?

31:11 - Certainty = truth?

41:14 - More on Angelo’s pre-awakening practice and awakening experience

45:26 - Past life recall and disappearance of the self structure

50:31 - Sampling Zen

54:07 - More details on Angelo’s past life experience

55:20 - Consequences of awakening

59:18 - Sexuality after awakening

1:12:08 - Agency and motivation after awakening

1:21:51 - Facing conditioning, behavioural guard rails, & people pleasing

1:35:15 - Authenticity and socialisation

1:44:26 - Differentiating Angelo’s truth claims

1:54:34 - How Angelo began to teach

2:02:49 - Paradox, objective claims, and moving beyond concept

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To find out more about Dr Angelo Dilullo, visit:

- www.simplyalwaysawake.com

For more interviews, videos, and more visit:

- www.guruviking.com

Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James