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What happens when the mind stops telling stories? We explore insomnia and radical acceptance, the trap of identifying as awareness, why "the world is waking up" is just another story, and my journey from Doc Vader to whatever the f**k this is 😂
All the things are here.
Topics and Timecodes:
0:00 - Going Live & Technical Difficulties
1:26 - When You Can't Say Anything Anymore
2:31 - Karma Yoga: Life as Sacred Practice
4:14 - Sleep, Insomnia & Radical Acceptance
7:02 - Sleep During Awakening: My Experience
8:38 - Waking Up at Night: Working with Panic & Repressed Emotion
10:24 - No Distinction Between Waking, Dreaming & Deep Sleep
11:43 - The Mind Creates Reality: Manifestation & Reconditioning
13:29 - Free Will, Determinism & Letting Go
13:53 - Dreams, Vivid Experiences & Higher Planes
15:00 - When Desire & Attachment Start to Fall Away
16:03 - Meaning Is Created: An Existentialist View
17:01 - Watching Thoughts: The Mirage of the Mind
19:02 - Who Thought This Thought? The House of Cards Collapses
21:04 - The "I Want to Wake Up" Trap
21:52 - Who Is Awareness Appearing To?
22:17 - Getting Stuck at "I Am Awareness"
23:04 - What Is the Unborn?
25:00 - Wide Angle Camera Fun (Tech Break)
26:04 - The Universe Is Unfolding As It Should
26:31 - Absolute vs. Relative: There's No Distinction
27:25 - From Doc Vader to This: My Journey Since 2019
30:35 - Burning It All Down: Deleting Twitter, Losing Followers, Finding Joy
31:05 - Gratitude for Spiritual Friends: Angelo, Simon, Ishwar
32:03 - When Suffering Arises After Awakening
33:31 - Resilience Is a Story: Working with Negativity
34:06 - Processing Emotions About Iran & the Ayatollah
36:07 - Letting Things Be Unsticky Even When You Care Fully
36:36 - Talking to Conservative Christian Parents About Buddhism
37:28 - All Paths Point to the Same Thing
40:25 - Jesus Was Enlightened
41:13 - Identifying as Awareness vs. Non-Duality: What's Beyond?
43:05 - Resurrecting Jesus by Adyashanti (Book Recommendation)
43:42 - Is the World Waking Up? (Spoiler: It's a Story)
46:05 - What's My Meditation Practice? It Changes Daily
47:03 - When Seeking Falls Away
48:00 - Don't Force-Feed Awakening: Many Called, Few Chosen
49:00 - Energy Grounding & Chakra Work
51:03 - The Brutal Side of Awakening
51:26 - Apple Watches & Fitness (Curveball Question)
52:32 - What Is "The Story" vs. Reality?
54:53 - Closing: This Beautiful Satsang
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By Dr. Zubin Damania
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What happens when the mind stops telling stories? We explore insomnia and radical acceptance, the trap of identifying as awareness, why "the world is waking up" is just another story, and my journey from Doc Vader to whatever the f**k this is 😂
All the things are here.
Topics and Timecodes:
0:00 - Going Live & Technical Difficulties
1:26 - When You Can't Say Anything Anymore
2:31 - Karma Yoga: Life as Sacred Practice
4:14 - Sleep, Insomnia & Radical Acceptance
7:02 - Sleep During Awakening: My Experience
8:38 - Waking Up at Night: Working with Panic & Repressed Emotion
10:24 - No Distinction Between Waking, Dreaming & Deep Sleep
11:43 - The Mind Creates Reality: Manifestation & Reconditioning
13:29 - Free Will, Determinism & Letting Go
13:53 - Dreams, Vivid Experiences & Higher Planes
15:00 - When Desire & Attachment Start to Fall Away
16:03 - Meaning Is Created: An Existentialist View
17:01 - Watching Thoughts: The Mirage of the Mind
19:02 - Who Thought This Thought? The House of Cards Collapses
21:04 - The "I Want to Wake Up" Trap
21:52 - Who Is Awareness Appearing To?
22:17 - Getting Stuck at "I Am Awareness"
23:04 - What Is the Unborn?
25:00 - Wide Angle Camera Fun (Tech Break)
26:04 - The Universe Is Unfolding As It Should
26:31 - Absolute vs. Relative: There's No Distinction
27:25 - From Doc Vader to This: My Journey Since 2019
30:35 - Burning It All Down: Deleting Twitter, Losing Followers, Finding Joy
31:05 - Gratitude for Spiritual Friends: Angelo, Simon, Ishwar
32:03 - When Suffering Arises After Awakening
33:31 - Resilience Is a Story: Working with Negativity
34:06 - Processing Emotions About Iran & the Ayatollah
36:07 - Letting Things Be Unsticky Even When You Care Fully
36:36 - Talking to Conservative Christian Parents About Buddhism
37:28 - All Paths Point to the Same Thing
40:25 - Jesus Was Enlightened
41:13 - Identifying as Awareness vs. Non-Duality: What's Beyond?
43:05 - Resurrecting Jesus by Adyashanti (Book Recommendation)
43:42 - Is the World Waking Up? (Spoiler: It's a Story)
46:05 - What's My Meditation Practice? It Changes Daily
47:03 - When Seeking Falls Away
48:00 - Don't Force-Feed Awakening: Many Called, Few Chosen
49:00 - Energy Grounding & Chakra Work
51:03 - The Brutal Side of Awakening
51:26 - Apple Watches & Fitness (Curveball Question)
52:32 - What Is "The Story" vs. Reality?
54:53 - Closing: This Beautiful Satsang
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