Teachings and Pointers for Doing Self Inquiry

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Self Inquiry Talks and Q&A’s

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Self Inquiry With the "I AM" App - Directly Experience Your True Nature Through Self Inquiry Dyads

AwakenTheWorldFilm Mon Sep 22nd, 2025

Check out the latest online 7 day IAM retreat schedule here: https://awakentheworld.com/onlineretreats/ The self inquiry intensives at the Samadhi Center are designed to create conditions of no escape for the ego structure, for the awakening or realization of your true nature. Working continuously from early morning to late at night, participants alternate roles in dyads (groups of two), where one person is a witness and the other engages in deep inner investigation to realize who they are. The intensives are in alignment with the self inquiry of Ramana Maharshi, the Zen traditions, and owe a great debt to the Charles Berner self inquiry method as well as the dyad techniques used in modern psychology. To sign up for an in-person 3 day self inquiry intensive at the Samadhi Center (in Ontario, Canada) click here: https://awakentheworld.com/blog/samadhi-center-meditation-retreats/#selfinquiryintensives Who can participate in a self inquiry intensive? A self inquiry intensive is the most powerful tool that we know of for awakening. It may be the perfect catalyst for awakening at a certain point on your evolutionary journey, but it is not for everyone. One may have physical or psychological healing that needs to happen before doing one of these retreats. Please contact us and arrange a zoom call for more information. What is direct knowledge of your true nature? When we usually speak of knowing something, we are speaking about information received from the mind and senses in the form of experience. It is the conditioned self or personality that experiences and knows through the mind and senses. Direct knowledge of your true nature is not mediated by the mind and senses. It is akin to waking up from the dream character that you have been experiencing or identified with, where one “just knows” that one is awake. It is not learned, or conditioned knowledge; it is something intrinsic to our being at a much deeper or more fundamental level. It is a realization of the timeless, eternal, primordial awareness that you are, beyond name and form. Click here for a PDF with instructions on the dyad process: https://www.dropbox.com/s/g24ivxt4pgsaip5/Self%20Inquiry%20Dyad%20Instructions.pdf?dl=0 For in-depth information on the dyad process from the originator of the technique (Charles Berner) click here: https://www.dropbox.com/s/ihthtezlg2hqpyd/Enlightenment%20Manual.pdf?dl=0
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How to do Self Inquiry - The Dyad Process (Tell me Who you Are)

AwakenTheWorldFilm Tue Jan 31st, 2023

Watch Awakening Mind Part 2 "The Mind Unveiled" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OEqAtYEbU5Q Awakening is the next stage in human evolution. The Awakening Mind Film Series travels the globe speaking to wisdom teachers, visionaries, and scientists from broad and diverse disciplines, philosophies, and traditions who are pointing with uncanny similarity and intelligence to this time as an epic juncture and an invitation to a higher evolution for humanity. Awakening Mind explores the questions "who am I?", "what is awakening?", "why awaken?", "what is consciousness?", "how do I awaken?", "what is the purpose and meaning of life?", and "how am I to navigate this world experience to the best of my ability for the benefit of all?" In this time where the world feels out of control and filled with so much suffering and sadness, these questions are particularly relevant, and the answers are a lot simpler than one might imagine. Our visionaries will help our audience see that life is not as complicated as they may believe, and it is possible to awaken to the understanding that peace and happiness is available to anyone anywhere in the world right now. The Awakening Mind Film Series will be released for free for the benefit of humanity and the awakening of human consciousness (in as many languages as possible). Speakers in Part 1, “Know Thyself” include: Rupert Spira, Donald Hoffman, Neale Donald Walsch, Loch Kelly, Lisa Natoli, and Daniel Schmidt. To learn more please visit the Awakening Mind Film Series website: https://www.awakeningmindfilms.com/home Many resources including free guided meditations and films for awakening can be found at http://www.awakentheworld.com For additional support, free awakening resources, classes, community and FREE Conferences visit our partners at https://www.teachersofgod.org/ #awakening #spirituality #meditation #yoga #selfinquiry #enlightenment 0:00 Awakening – The Next Natural Stage of Human Development 0:53 What Is Awakening? – True Self, Buddha Nature, Christ Consciousness, or Awareness 1:49 Awakening as Waking from the Dream of the Character 3:03 Invitation – Directly Experience Your True Nature (Don’t Know Mind) 4:02 Delusion – The Fundamental Illusion of the Limited Separate Self 5:59 The Benefit of Awakening – Less Suffering for You and the World 6:08 Personal Awakening Stories – Neale Donald Walsch & Others 7:29 The Path – Stopping the Script, the Pathless Path 8:10 Rupert Spira – Peace & Happiness Cannot Be Found in Objects 9:52 The Biggest Question of Life – “What Is the Point?” & “Who Am I?” 11:39 The Universal Question – Who Are You? (Direct Inquiry) 12:42 Donald Hoffman – Consciousness as Fundamental Reality 14:43 Science & Religion – The Impasse & the Need for Deeper Investigation 17:17 The Perennial Wisdom – Divested of Cultural Packaging 19:38 All Is One – Individuations of Divinity & Love as Oneness 21:17 Consciousness Is the Ultimate Reality – Beyond Spacetime 24:35 The Experience of the Spiritual Self – Light & Darkness in the Physical Realm 27:56 Evolution & the New Paradigm – Spacetime Is Not Fundamental 31:37 The Sun Does Not Need to Be Illuminated – Your True Nature Is Already Awake 32:51 No Person Awakens – The Character Must Fail 35:26 Lisa Natoli – Awakening Is the Recognition of Awareness 38:21 Inquiry – Who Is Aware in This Moment? 39:28 Practice & Sadhana – Making You More “Accident Prone” to Awakening 41:16 The Paradox of Practice – The False Self Does the Practices 42:43 The Direct Path – Turning Awareness Toward Itself (Screen Analogy) 47:00 The Great Secret to Life – Recognizing the Essential “I” 48:52 Awakening Is Available to Everyone – Practical & Down-to-Earth 50:58 Desires from Happiness, Not Lack – Freedom in Relationships 52:11 Remain Open – Feel Inner Aliveness, Let Go of Control 53:18 Know Thyself – The Foundation of Civilization 55:17 Awakening Ends the Nightmare & Steps into the Grandest Dream 56:42 Science, Religion & Society – Reflecting Perennial Wisdom 58:06 Technologies from Consciousness – Mind-Boggling Possibilities Ahead 59:57 Time Is Running Out – Now or Never for Humanity 1:01:09 Disidentification from the Conditioned Character – A New Earth 1:02:07 We Need Radical Change – A Spiritual Problem 1:03:07 The Kingdom Is Spread Out Upon the Earth – Hidden in Plain View 1:04:54 Is It Possible to Simply Be Here Now? – Unmediated Presence
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Awakening Mind Part 1, "Know Thyself" (2023) - Complete HD Film

AwakenTheWorldFilm Mon Jun 5th, 2023

The Mind Unveiled expresses the "great forgetting" that occurs when we enter the human experience, obscuring the truth of who we truly are. The journey of realizing our true essential nature, the dual nature of ego and illusion, and the imprint of historical and cultural conceptions of the mind are examined through personal anecdotes and expert perspectives. The Mind Unveiled advocates for a collective awakening to address humanity’s challenges, suggesting that recognizing the ego as the core of suffering can lead to a more compassionate, interconnected, and fulfilling life. The film cast features: Angelo Dilullo, Rupert Spira, Shakti Caterina Maggi, Francis Lucille, Amoda Maa, Steve Taylor, Victoria Ukachukwu, Bernardo Kastrup, Helen Hamilton, Tom Das, Jan Frazier, Louise Kay, Lisa Natoli, and Loch Kelly with narration by Daniel Schmidt. For more information and to connect with the speakers check out https://www.awakeningmindfilms.com/home. Many resources including free guided meditations and films for awakening can be found at http://www.awakentheworld.com #awakening #spirituality #meditation #yoga #selfinquiry #enlightenment 0:00 Introduction – Entering the Great Forgetting 0:54 Who Are You Really? – Beyond the Veil of the Conditioned Mind 1:33 What Is the Mind? – Maya, Ego & the Illusion of Separation 2:59 The True “I” – Infinite Awareness Beyond the Limited Self 4:43 The Ego – A Made-Up Entity, Not the True Self 5:38 The Dualistic Mind – Witness and Witnessed 6:01 Formation of the Ego – From Childhood to the Separate “I” 8:25 The Sense of Incompleteness – Something’s Missing 9:47 The Mind as an Insurmountable Obstacle – Endless Struggle 10:44 Personal Stories of the Dark Night & Surrender 14:33 The First Noble Truth – There Is Suffering (Dukkha) 16:51 Psychological Suffering – A Signal That We Are Making a Mistake 18:20 The “I” Thought at the Root of Identification 19:06 The Heart Sutra – Realizing All Mind Processes Are Empty of Self 20:56 Awakening from Duality – Form Is Exactly Emptiness 22:54 Lichtenberg Figures & Branching Patterns – Resistance Creates the “I” 24:35 Personal Awakening Experiences – The End of the Victim Identity 26:37 Glimpses vs Stable Awakening – Don’t Chase States 28:48 Addiction & the Meaningless Script – Understanding Reality Ends Unnecessary Suffering 31:03 Suffering as Grace – The Best Tool for Insight 32:47 The Surrender Paradox – Whatever You Resist Persists 33:47 Zen Story – Allowing Sadness Fully, Then It Passes 35:02 Gradual vs Sudden Awakening – The Head Rolls Down the Hill 36:34 From Doer to Witness – Actions Arise Without a Doer 38:24 Choiceless Awareness – The True Self Is Beyond Choosing 39:32 Awakening Is the Recognition of What You Already Are 41:16 No Person Awakens – The Character Must Fail 42:43 The Direct Path – Turning Awareness Toward Itself 44:17 Memory of Experiences vs Awakening Itself 45:58 Inquiry – Who Is Aware in This Moment? 47:56 The Head Is Chopped – Old Patterns Still Roll but Lose Power 49:07 Moksha – When Old Karmas Stop Emerging 50:48 The Ongoing Opening – Never-Ending Awakening 52:00 Consciousness Is Fundamental – Physics, Neuroscience & the Perennial Wisdom 54:15 The One Infinite Consciousness – All Appear as Localizations 56:42 Science & Spirituality Converging – A New Paradigm 58:06 Technologies from Understanding Consciousness – Mind-Boggling Possibilities 59:57 A Deeper Understanding Changes Everything – Goals, Empathy, Addiction 1:01:38 The Solution Is Awakening – Ego Is the Root of All Problems 1:03:07 The Kingdom Is Spread Out Upon the Earth – Hidden in Plain View 1:04:54 Simply Be Here Now – Unmediated Presence
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Awakening Mind Part 2 - "The Mind Unveiled" (2024) - Complete HD Film

AwakenTheWorldFilm Mon Jun 24th, 2024

If Awakening is the end of seeking, then Liberation is the end of the seeker. Many on the path glimpse their true nature and experience what we call awakening... a moment when the veil lifts and the search collapses. But often, the subtle patterns of the seeker, the vasanas, the samskaras, the deep unconscious tendencies, continue to run quietly in the background. Liberation is not another teaching, technique, or philosophy. It is a direct pointing to what remains when the path itself dissolves… when there is no one left to practice, no ground left to stand on, and no distance between presence and the spontaneous unfolding of life. This film invites you beyond the threshold, past the initial glimpse, into the silence that is always here. Not an end, and not a beginning, but pointing to that which never began and never ends, that which was never born and never dies. If you’ve loved what we’ve created so far, your generosity helps us continue. Every donation directly supports the ongoing productions. https://www.gofundme.com/f/support-awakening-the-world The 4K version is available as a little bonus for Youtube members. We rely on your support to make these films available for free, for the awakening of human consciousness. Connect with the teachers from Awakening Mind Part 3 "Liberation" at https://www.awakeningmindfilms.com Dive deep into sadhana in a 7 day "I AM" retreat at https://www.awakentheworld.com and check out the many resources to support you on the pathless path. 0:00 Introduction 5:30 The Ox Herding Pictures of Zen 7:30 Part 1 "Searching for the Ox" 9:24 What is Vedanta? - Swami Sarvapriyananda, Tom Das, Av Neryah 15:02 Part 2 "Seeing the Traces" 17:36 Rupert Spira on The Pathless Path 18:14 Nisargadatta Maharaj 19:09 Ramana Maharshi 20:46 Investigate ourself - Michael James 21:25 Ask yourself "who am I?" - Dr. Sarada Natarjan 22:00 Meditation is inquiry- Sri Ramanacharana Tritha Swami 23:11 Part 3 "Seeing the Ox" 24:54 Your human potential- Swami Muktananda 26:36 Sadhana 27:10 Dyad Self inquiry 28:48 Samadhi Center, Daniel Schmidt on dyad self inquiry 30:40 Bill Free on dyad self inquiry 31:24 Part 4 "Catching the Ox" 40:46 The goal of awakening- Sadhvi Bhagawati Saraswati 41:28 Part 5 "Taming the Ox" 49:06 Part 6 "Riding the Ox Home" 54:50 Part 7 "Ox Forgotten, Self Alone" 59:16 Part 8 "Both Self and Ox Forgotten" 1:00:39 Part 9 "Returning to the Source" 1:03:05 Part 10 "Entering the Marketplace with Open Hands" 1:06:12 Hotai the Laughing Buddha
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Awakening Mind Part 3, "Liberation" (2025) - Complete HD Film

AwakenTheWorldFilm Fri Aug 1st, 2025

Watch the whole film Awakening Mind Part 3 "Liberation" here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6mTniMNLDwg&t=3788s Join the next awakentheworld.com sadhana cycle. https://awakentheworld.com/onlineretreats/ These retreats are by donation and made available to all.
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Self Inquiry Dyads - A Powerful Form of Deep Sadhana - Excerpt from Awakening Mind 3 "Liberation"

AwakenTheWorldFilm Thu Oct 9th, 2025

Our spiritual concepts form the greatest blocks to awakening. Engaging in deep sadhana is the way to directly realize Samadhi and our true nature. Join our next online retreat: https://awakentheworld.com/onlineretreats/ 0:00 Soul or No-Soul? – Beliefs as Obstacles to Realizing True Nature 0:30 Samskaras – Conditioned Mental Patterns & Identification 1:16 The Great Divide – Soul vs No-Self (Atman vs Anatta) 2:10 The Buddha’s Silence – Beyond Yes or No 2:59 The Buddha’s Later Teachings – The Innermost Essence, Tathagata Garbha 3:51 The Self Is Eternal – Diamond-Like, Indestructible Radiance 4:25 Beyond Monism & Dualism – Pointing to Nirvana 5:53 Anatta Is Not a Concept – Direct Insight Through Meditation 6:33 The Three Marks of Existence – Anicca, Anatta & Dukkha 7:39 Making the Unconscious Conscious – Dropping Samskaras 9:05 Spiritual Bypassing – Avoiding the Shadow While Claiming “No Self” 10:03 Brutal Honesty – Observing How We Avoid Discomfort 11:05 The Ego Appropriates Insight – From Genuine Samadhi to New Story 11:57 Stabilizing Awakening – Countless Little Deaths & Continuous Sadhana 12:33 Beginner’s Mind – The Essence of Meditation & Self-Inquiry 12:55 If Anyone Is in Christ, He Is a New Creation – Old Things Have Passed Away
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Beyond the Concept of "No Self" - Our Beliefs and Concepts are the Greatest Obstacles to Awakening

AwakenTheWorldFilm Tue Nov 21st, 2023

Join our next online 7 Day intensive - engage in deep sadhana and create the conditions for awakening to happen. https://awakentheworld.com/onlineretreats/ The Wisdom That Leads to Samadhi What we are going to describe has been called ‘The Secret Of Secrets’, the esoteric wisdom that leads to samadhi. Samadhi is the goal of all spirituality, its union with the source, the truth of who or what you are. The truth that transcends the limited mind, cannot be seen by means of the limited mind, the still point cannot be reached by means of movement. If you want to realize the still point beyond thinking, let go of all interest in thoughts and sensations, all preferences, all phenomena generated by the mind and senses, and rest in naked awareness. http://www.awakentheworld.com Music at: http://www.thefractalverse.ca 0:00 Introduction – The Secret of Secrets, Esoteric Wisdom Leading to Samadhi 0:24 Samadhi – Union with the Source, the Truth Beyond the Limited Mind 0:34 The Still Point Cannot Be Reached by Movement – Rest in Naked Awareness 1:20 Two Fundamental Dimensions – That Which Changes and That Which Is Unchanging 1:49 Becoming Aware of Awareness – Conscious of Consciousness 2:43 The Challenge – Cultivating Concentration and Equanimity 3:11 The Two Primary Knots – Body Craves Comfort, Mind Craves Knowing 3:57 Present Without Choosing – Choiceless Awareness, Without a Chooser 4:52 The Paradox – The Limited Mind Cannot Drop the Mind 5:41 Shift from Doing to Being – The “You” That You Think You Are Must Die 6:16 “Be Still and Know” – What Becomes Still? Beyond Time and Space 8:23 Shunyata – Emptiness Beyond Stillness and Movement 9:50 Everything Is Emptiness Dancing – Stillness Includes Movement 10:47 Realizing Samadhi Is Just the Beginning – Cessation of the Whirlpool of Mind 11:43 Karma as Inertia – Energy Follows Established Pathways 12:37 Spiritual Practice as Intervention – Diverting Energy from Conditioned Patterns 13:28 Remaining in Awareness – Purification of Samskaras and Becoming Empty of Self
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Choiceless Awareness - The Secret of Secrets- The Wisdom That Leads to Samadhi

AwakenTheWorldFilm Fri Jan 20th, 2023

0:00 Overview of Self-Inquiry Dyads 1:26 How to Join and Enter a Dyad 3:33 Inside the Dyad Room 4:55 Roles: Witness vs Inquirer 7:23 Delivering the Imperative 9:03 How to Inquire – Direct Experience 13:09 Sharing What Arises 18:47 Timing and Flow (40 min & 5 min cycles) 20:38 The Neutral Witness 25:42 Ending Your Share & Switching Roles 33:45 The Simplicity and Challenge of the Practice
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Perpetual Sadhana - Self Inquiry Evening Talk - The "I AM" App

AwakenTheWorldFilm Thu Aug 14th, 2025

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Day 2 - Self inquiry Teaching (live replay)

AwakenTheWorldFilm Fri Dec 29th, 2023

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Day 3- Self Inquiry Talk (live replay)

AwakenTheWorldFilm Sat Dec 30th, 2023

Day 4 evening self inquiry talk from the online IAM retreat (a 7 day intensive sadhana to realize Samadhi). https://awakentheworld.com/onlineretreats/ 0:00 Introduction – Both Parts of the Technique 0:47 Inquiry + Full Sharing – Don’t Dismiss the Mind 1:56 Zen Teaching: Don’t Miss the Reality of the Illusion 2:52 Q&A: Resistance and Blocks in the Body/Mind 3:18 How to Truly Surrender – Letting Go of Letting Go 5:03 Surrender to the Practice with No Expectation 5:59 Live Q&A Begins 6:18 Q&A: Losing the State When Interacting with Family 11:53 Q&A: Brief Opening and Fear of Losing It 15:01 Q&A: Grief, Heart Cracking, and Speaking Truth 22:08 Q&A: Agenda, Rage, Judgment, and the Loud Critic 26:02 Q&A: Stillness, Sparkle in the Eyes, and Wanting Peace
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Day 4- Evening Self Inquiry Talk- Self-Inquiry Dyads: Don't Miss the Reality of the Illusion

AwakenTheWorldFilm Wed Jan 10th, 2024

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