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Awaken the World

Vídeos de "Sadhana Perpetua"

Charlas y sesiones de preguntas y respuestas sobre los retiros continuos «I AM» de 7 días

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 Grabaciones de las sesiones de preguntas y respuestas de los martes con Dan.

This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 Welcome and Opening2:29 The Common Question: Wanting Awakening Like Hair on Fire vs. Letting Go of Effort4:02 Hair on Fire – The Two Faces of Effort (from the Samadhi book)5:02 The Striving Seeker: When Intensity Becomes the Final Obstacle7:17 The Drifting Seeker: When Apathy and “Nothing to Do” Become a Bypass10:08 Longing Gathers; Surrender Releases – The Path Between the Two11:40 The Fire Is Necessary Until It Reveals What Cannot Burn12:05 Effortless Effort, Sadhana, and Techniques as a Thorn to Remove a Thorn13:08 The Moon Is Noticed When the Pond Becomes Still15:16 Opening the Space for Sharing16:03 Discontent with Partners in Inquiry and Seeing the Character’s Preferences26:56 Peak Experiences vs. Recognizing What Does Not Come and Go33:19 Emotions Arising When the Mind Drops Away – Personal and Collective42:24 Involuntary Awakening, Trauma Release, and Interrupting Old Patterns1:08:53 Reflections on Dementia, Memory, and Presence1:16:05 Feeling Trapped in Mental Patterns – Money, Family, and the Not-Knowing Mind1:36:10 Straight Ahead – One Direction Instead of a Divided Mind1:37:14 Closing Hair on Fire: The Two Faces of Effort in Awakening: Tuesday Nov. 10, 2026 -Sadhana Checkin

Hair on Fire: The Two Faces of Effort in Awakening: Tuesday Nov. 10, 2026 -Sadhana Checkin

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 Welcome and Settling into Presence1:22 “This Is It” – Nothing to Wait For4:02 Inviting Sharings from the 7-Day Sadhana4:52 Ego Resistance, Primal Rage, and the Impulse to Scream8:00 Allowing Emotions in the Body Without the Story14:43 When Techniques Increase Resistance – Just Watching16:49 Posture, Lying Down, and Staying Conscious18:37 Clearing Happening in Daily Life22:46 Light, Darkness, Preferences, and Who Am I?27:14 Subtle State Shifts and Natural Conditions32:12 Emotions Stuck in the Body While the Mind Is Quiet33:06 Two Dimensions: Clearing vs. Awareness That Needs Nothing41:38 Body Patterns, Somatic Holding, and the Psyche44:29 Samskaras, the River Boulder, and Increasing the Flow50:36 The Bug That Might Actually Be a Feature54:21 From Trying to Fix to Recognizing Intelligence1:05:08 Surrendering Concerns to the Divine1:11:02 Bhakti and Self-Inquiry as Two Wings of the Same Path1:18:56 The Doer in Meditation – Who Is Doing the Being?1:20:10 Living the Mystery of Life Living Itself1:23:08 Closing and Resources Feeling Resistance Fully and Seeing the “I” That Holds It- Oct. 27, 2026 Sadhana Checkin with Dan

Feeling Resistance Fully and Seeing the “I” That Holds It- Oct. 27, 2026 Sadhana Checkin with Dan

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 — Welcome and the book title Samadhi: Nothing Outside the Sacred1:16 — Kensho, purification of vasanas, and embodiment of true nature3:03 — Bodhidharma and “vast emptiness, nothing is holy”7:11 — Giving up holiness to rediscover the sacred10:08 — Invitation: making the unconscious conscious11:50 — Subtle mind movements, Longchenpa, and dukkha/sukha in non-dual space17:35 — Christ path, abandonment wounds, and embodied trust30:21 — Unique personal unfolding and the mimicry of the mind38:29 — Authentic action, boundaries, and the body as compass45:18 — Dyad inquiry: direct experience versus mind commentary51:02 — Recurring patterns, exhaustion, and waves of identification57:06 — “I don’t know” and who is seeing the pattern58:12 — Goals versus life coming through; Awareness and ahamkara1:05:43 — Group energy, contractions releasing, and mini-awakenings1:12:01 — Personal devotion, trauma replay, and unexpected gratitude1:18:31 — Liberation, sadness, and the dark night1:20:17 — Effortful practice, falling into malaise, and treading water1:26:11 — The collapse of the meditator and what remains1:31:18 — Daily practice, acceptance of states, and keeping the vessel clear1:33:50 — Closing reflections Nothing Outside the Sacred: Emptiness, Embodiment, and the Ongoing Path: Tuesday Oct 20th Checkin

Nothing Outside the Sacred: Emptiness, Embodiment, and the Ongoing Path: Tuesday Oct 20th Checkin

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 Welcome and Thanksgiving cancellation1:51 The shipwrecked merchant and the bark-cloth robe3:28 Doubt, and the call to meet the Buddha6:20 In seeing, only the seen7:35 Seeing without the filter of the conditioned self8:44 What the eye does not see: the eternal behind sight11:31 Anxiety in self-inquiry, and learning to relax17:00 The observer and the false eye19:01 No-mind, and consciousness still present22:00 Allowing phenomena without a doer23:27 Stillness, and stopping the chase for a method25:01 Consistency in practice28:26 Desire, the mind’s roles, and what lies beyond words35:01 The heart as the center of stillness37:43 Past emotion, and purification through presence45:39 Drowsiness in meditation51:22 Energy movements, and inquiring “who am I?”56:01 Healing through joy rather than control1:08:41 Vibrations in sleep, and preferring silence1:16:19 Watching attention behind the eyes1:20:40 Closing In Seeing, Only the Seen — The Bark-Cloth Robe: Oct 6th 2026- Sadhana Checkin

In Seeing, Only the Seen — The Bark-Cloth Robe: Oct 6th 2026- Sadhana Checkin

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 Welcome0:25 A week after the intensive0:48 Ordinary life as the perfect material for practice1:30 Vasanas, samskaras, and the evaluating mind1:48 Meditation: to measure and to be beyond measure3:03 What’s arising in practice5:02 Staying present: eyes open and a focus object6:10 This moment is where there is no mind7:19 Directness that words cannot hold8:51 Working with tiredness as a samskara10:07 What stands in the way is the way11:08 Hair on fire and effortless effort13:51 A subtle layer of control before sleep16:17 Insomnia, contraction, and making the mind conscious19:01 When resistance leaves the body21:03 From managing the mind to quiet whisperers24:06 Awareness never comes and goes25:38 The witness, duality, and the five skandhas31:21 When the voice comes from the field35:28 Energy, deep sleep, and the conditioned self42:32 Body movements in meditation — who is moving?46:53 The ball of attention and the flip into “my life”52:08 What returns us to presence53:52 Resting in the field Ordinary Life as Sadhana | Post-Retreat Check-In, Sept 29th 2026 Sadhana Checkin with Dan

Ordinary Life as Sadhana | Post-Retreat Check-In, Sept 29th 2026 Sadhana Checkin with Dan

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/00:00 Welcome & why this check-in exists01:11 Toggling the witness, the world, and “I’ve lost it”07:23 Armor drops, blood sugar changes, incomplete burns15:39 Presence as the moment itself — watching attention28:36 “Tell me who you are” vs mantra, creativity vs desire41:00 Insights in dyads, higher mind, partner as mirror46:26 Time vanishes, songs play twice, synchronicity51:58 Looking at yourself — dyads vs solo practice1:07:37 Awareness is already here, then trauma gets re-triggered1:19:48 Silence with no intuition, tiredness, fear of not-knowing1:31:23 Not the thinker, exploding love, not the doer1:39:43 Closing Martes, 22 de septiembre: Reflexión sobre la sadhana: ¿qué ocurre tras 3 días de autoindagación?

Martes, 22 de septiembre: Reflexión sobre la sadhana: ¿qué ocurre tras 3 días de autoindagación?

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/Longchenpa’s teaching The Treasury of the Dharmadhatu can be found here:https://dn760101.eu.archive.org/0/items/spaciousnesslongchenpastreasuryofthedharmadhaturadicaldzogchenofthevajraheartkeithdowman_752_w/Spaciousness%20Longchenpa's%20Treasury%20of%20the%20Dharmadhatu%20Radical%20Dzogchen%20of%20the%20Vajra%20Heart%20Keith%20Dowman.pdf0:00 Welcome0:22 Longchenpa and the Dharma Treasury1:36 How the mind appropriates rigpa3:04 Radical nonduality4:29 Trap 1: Fixation on concepts5:45 Trap 2: Chasing non-conceptual states7:02 Trap 3: The hook of effort8:42 Trap 4: Clinging to phenomena10:44 Trap 5: Searching everywhere for truth11:53 Trap 6: Making emptiness into a thing13:23 Trap 7: Mistaking the void for true nature14:47 Trap 8: Chatter about realization15:38 Trap 9: Meditating on emptiness18:20 Trap 10: Suffering because you “lost it”20:47 Seeing through the mechanism22:26 Why these teachings are open now23:57 Time as a belief29:27 This life as a dream31:56 Lucid dreaming vs waking as awareness34:07 The mind cannot grasp what you are35:47 When “I” means awareness37:19 The I-maker39:39 The trap of emptiness in practice43:13 Shamatha, insight, and nondual sitting48:48 Who is doing the technique?51:15 Eyes-open inquiry55:07 Love, dying, and the I-don’t-know mind1:00:37 One awareness, many expressions1:03:29 The character never wakes up1:05:41 Grief that does not grow roots1:11:19 Visions, colors, and presence1:18:42 When the character gets tired1:26:10 Fear at the edge of sleep1:31:24 Making the deep fear conscious1:33:42 Closing Sept 15, 2026 – Checkin with Dan: Longchenpa’s 10 Traps: How the Mind Steals Awakening

Sept 15, 2026 – Checkin with Dan: Longchenpa’s 10 Traps: How the Mind Steals Awakening

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/Longchenpa’s teaching The Treasury of the Dharmadhatu can be found here:https://dn760101.eu.archive.org/0/items/spaciousnesslongchenpastreasuryofthedharmadhaturadicaldzogchenofthevajraheartkeithdowman_752_w/Spaciousness%20Longchenpa's%20Treasury%20of%20the%20Dharmadhatu%20Radical%20Dzogchen%20of%20the%20Vajra%20Heart%20Keith%20Dowman.pdf0:00 Welcome and settling into presence2:30 Resting as awareness — no object, no method -Longchenpa7:15 Pointing to the basic space of phenomena12:40 Appearances as the play of awareness18:10 Invitation to share from direct experience22:00 Sharing: contraction, thought, and the open field26:45 Response: do not fix the weather in space32:20 Sharing: effort, seeking, and the wish to “get it”37:10 The pathless path — practice that is not a project43:00 Sharing: body, sensation, and remaining unmoved48:20 Embodiment without a someone managing it54:00 Sharing: fear, purification, and what arises in stillness59:30 Allowing what appears without turning it into a problem1:05:00 Language, concepts, and pointing beyond the words1:10:30 Everything already included in the expanse1:16:00 Closing — rest as what never left Tuesday Sept 8th, 2026 — Sadhana Check-in: Spaciousness & the Basic Space of Phenomena

Tuesday Sept 8th, 2026 — Sadhana Check-in: Spaciousness & the Basic Space of Phenomena

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 Welcome0:25 September 3-Day I AM Retreat1:10 Dyads, Kensho & Stabilizing in Presence3:26 After Awakening: Purification in the Human Form4:46 Abiding as I AM (Ramana & Nisargadatta)6:00 Nisargadatta: Live Life as It Comes8:51 Opening the Field9:26 The Wave Never Left the Ocean10:47 Oneness, Birth Trauma & Sitting in the Burn21:10 Seeing the Part That Wants to Go Deeper29:28 An Unremarkable Life & the Hero’s Journey34:23 The Liberation of Not Knowing38:09 Caring for the Body Without Identification40:20 Hitting the 30-Minute Wall46:10 A Middle Way with Sitting & Energy52:07 September 18–20 Retreat Details55:35 Closing Sadhana Checkin with Dan-Sept 1- You Never Left the Ocean | Self-Inquiry, Surrender & Living as I AM

Sadhana Checkin with Dan-Sept 1- You Never Left the Ocean | Self-Inquiry, Surrender & Living as I AM

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 Welcome & Opening1:12 The Quote: “The Truth Shall Set You Free, But First It Will Piss You Off”2:00 Awakening Makes Us More Intimate with the World3:07 Life Energy Freed from the “I” Thought5:05 Relative & Absolute: The Oscillation on the Path6:40 Reuben – Approaching First 10-Day Vipassana8:49 “You Can’t Fit Back in the Box”12:08 Dan on Vipassana, Body Scan & Letting Go of the Technique16:28 Jason – Deep Self-Inquiry & the Intense Fear Body19:31 Roller Coaster Story: Witness vs. Full Aliveness23:01 Resting as the Witness Until Something Gives Way25:27 Touching Primordial Fear & the Root of Attachment31:18 Who Does the Fear Belong To?34:18 Dixie – Melted Continuum & Intense Body Sensations38:25 The “I” Thought as Resistance Itself41:05 Burning Up Conditioning (Jhana / Dhyana)42:15 Choiceless Awareness & the Middle Way44:46 Allowing Stories, Memories & Pre-Verbal Imprints49:16 Emotions Transmuted into Direct Life Energy51:08 The Paradox of Reconnection After Conditioning Burns55:03 Closing Silence & Thanks Aug 18th, 2026 Sadhana checkin with Dan. The Truth Will Set You Free, But….- Fear & Purifcation.

Aug 18th, 2026 Sadhana checkin with Dan. The Truth Will Set You Free, But….- Fear & Purifcation.

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This check-in happens every Tuesday at 11AM ET (New York/ Toronto Time) via Zoom. All are welcome.Join the ATW (awakentheworld) daily, weekly and special events. The schedule and zoom links are found here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/0:00 Welcome & Opening the Field2:13 After a Glimpse of Who I Am, Do I Still Need Practice?7:23 Direct Path & Gradual Path8:00 Bodhi Has No Tree: The Two Verses of the Platform Sutra16:41 3-Day vs 7-Day Retreats & Partner Practice20:11 Group Inquiry & “Tell Us Who You Are”29:58 Boundaries, Saying No & Awareness39:24 From Discipline to Effortless Effort56:42 When Meditation Becomes Avoidance1:04:00 Trusting Life Amid Uncertainty & Livelihood1:16:06 Becoming a Channel of Peace1:23:13 What Creates the Reflection in the Mirror?1:26:42 Closing Tues. Aug 4th 2026 – Checkin -The Paradox of Practice: Direct Path, Gradual Path, Huineng (Zen)

Tues. Aug 4th 2026 – Checkin -The Paradox of Practice: Direct Path, Gradual Path, Huineng (Zen)

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Join the next self self inquiry session, 3 day intensive, 7 day sadhana or other daily meditation/self inquiry events here: https://awakentheworld.com/online-resources/ Aug 2nd, Self Inquiry Dyad Training with Daniel Schmidt/ Awakentheworld.com – Part 2

Aug 2nd, Self Inquiry Dyad Training with Daniel Schmidt/ Awakentheworld.com – Part 2

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Las reuniones tienen lugar todos los martes a las 11:00 h (hora del Este) a través de Zoom, justo después del periodo de meditación en silencio de las 10:00 h.

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Vídeos del retiro «I AM», impartido en directo en mayo de 2025

Day 1- Intro Talk

Day 1- Intro Talk

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Day 1- Guided Meditation and silent meditation

Day 1- Guided Meditation and silent meditation

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Day 1 – Self inquiry

Day 1 – Self inquiry

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Day 2 – Morning Meditation

Day 2 – Morning Meditation

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0:00 Meditation and Self-Inquiry4:03 The Most Important Aspect of Meditation4:21 Beginner’s Mind7:34 Early Meditation Experience12:56 The Seeker’s Journey16:29 Dropping the Doer23:25 True Meditation is Just Being30:47 Hindrances and Purification44:02 The Great Way Teaching59:45 Closing Day 2 Teaching (One Hour) with Dan- Meditation & Self-Inquiry: Just Being and Beginner’s Mind

Day 2 Teaching (One Hour) with Dan- Meditation & Self-Inquiry: Just Being and Beginner’s Mind

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Join us at www.awakentheworld.com0:00 Meditation and Self-Inquiry6:06 Beginner’s Mind9:19 Early Meditation Experience14:51 The Seeker’s Journey18:24 Dropping the Doer25:42 True Meditation is Just Being30:47 Hindrances and Purification48:58 The Great Way Teaching2:13:08 Q&A: Measuring Mind and Unsatisfactoriness2:23:53 Q&A: Practice After Retreat and Journaling2:29:26 Q&A: Sleepiness, Noisy Mind, and Time Zones2:38:36 Q&A: Anxiety in Meditation2:42:33 Q&A: Emotional Releases and Nervous System Overwhelm2:47:13 Q&A: Carrying Practice into Daily Life2:55:08 Q&A: Nothing Coming Up in Dyads2:59:38 Q&A: Emotional “Home” Feeling in Meditation3:11:07 Q&A: Dyads, Observer, and Transition to Real Life Day 2 – Teaching- The Great Way- (followed by meditation, Group Process

Day 2 – Teaching- The Great Way- (followed by meditation, Group Process

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Jaon Yoga Class 1 – May 2025

Jaon Yoga Class 1 – May 2025

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Day 2 – Afternoon Meditation

Day 2 – Afternoon Meditation

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0:22 Introduction and Opening for Questions1:39 Clarifying the I-Thought and Five Skandhas4:53 Heart Sutra: All Phenomena Empty of Self11:37 Unity, Bliss, and Attachment to Experiences17:17 The Role of the Witness in Dyads20:01 Guidance for First-Time Participants22:16 Questioning Words Like I, Me, and Mine23:19 Beginner’s Mind and Not-Knowing Day 2- Self-Inquiry Dyads: Technique Refresher and Pointers

Day 2- Self-Inquiry Dyads: Technique Refresher and Pointers

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Day 3- Morning Meditation

Day 3- Morning Meditation

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0:00 Hindrances Are Not Obstacles1:42 That Which Stands in the Way Is the Way2:27 Working with Tiredness and Pain6:24 Two Approaches: Observing Phenomena vs Direct Awareness11:56 Dukkha and Sukha – Unsatisfactoriness and Satisfactoriness13:43 Ramana Maharshi on Sadhana and the True Self19:57 The Heart Sutra – Prajna Paramita34:12 The Five Skandhas Explained52:07 Figure-Ground Reversal and Beyond Duality Day 3 Teaching (One Hour) with Dan – Hindrances as Gateways: Five Skandhas and Prajna Paramita

Day 3 Teaching (One Hour) with Dan – Hindrances as Gateways: Five Skandhas and Prajna Paramita

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0:00 Hindrances Are Actually Gateways1:42 That Which Stands in the Way Is the Way2:27 Working with Tiredness, Pain, and All Hindrances6:24 Two Approaches to Hindrances: Observing Phenomena vs Direct Awareness8:51 Dukkha and Sukha – The Oscillation of Unsatisfactoriness and Satisfactoriness13:43 Ramana Maharshi: “I Have Never Done Any Sadhana”19:57 Introducing the Heart Sutra – Prajna Paramita34:12 The Five Skandhas: A Functional Model of the Mind37:12 Form (Rupa) and Sensation (Vedana)46:27 Perception (Samjna) and Mental Formations (Sankhara)49:29 Consciousness (Vijnana) and the Witness52:07 Figure-Ground Reversal and Beyond Duality57:42 Closing and Invitation to Sit Day 3 Teaching meditation, group Q&A- Hindrances as Gateways, Five Skandhas, and Prajna Paramita

Day 3 Teaching meditation, group Q&A- Hindrances as Gateways, Five Skandhas, and Prajna Paramita

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