Or past lifes memories from our lower human soul part... Devils have thoughts about how to craft the soul and the human beings full of negative emotions all connected into the subconscious collective. All this plugged into that lower plane of reality or Matrix or Netflix type of planet all corrupted toward Evil

Thanks for your video! In my twenties I was reading about a Bulgarian-French spiritual teacher Omraam Mikhael Aivanhov. He was explaining about Evil which is the Shadow of your Shadow Self. Or if you rather : the dark side of your Shadow Self... There is a Native tale about feeding the "Good" wolf or the "Bad" wolf. The dark side of the Bad wolf would be a werewolf (the Shadow of the Shadow Self)

I was on a long walk yesterday and found myself doing exactly this, becoming aware of my bodily sensations and relaxing. I thought of it as trying to walk, or do any physical activity really, with my whole body, and paying attention to my breath really anchored me to a place of experiencing the body instead of being distracted by the thoughts that arose. It's interesting to see this exact topic coming up in your video a day after I came to this insight unintentionally. I think it has to do with social anxiety, I found myself really struggling with where to look when I came across other people on the walk, whether or not I should greet them or not and so on. Out of this discomfort came the idea of sensing my whole body as I walked, and it caused a direct shift in my consciousness that made the rest of my walk much more pleasant.

Sam, you’re right on point here with the most credible voices in Buddhism today; Daniel Ingram, Sam Harris who you mentioned, and most others. I am on the fence here as to saying my true thoughts since you’re such a good guy and I sense that you mean to do well towards everyone in making this. So with no antagonistic intentions whatsoever, I will say my thought here, and hope I don’t draw too much ire from the “sangha” of the reel. Not one of the refutations of SELF actually gives me the slightest sense or experience of no-self. They all, rather, simply serve to explain how it is that I come to feel a self. The 4 illusions are the very basis by which I can claim to be, not have but BE, a self. (Definition to follow.) Trampling on sacred ground here perhaps but I want to show another side of how all this can be interpreted. Of course I’d love to be selfless, I could be, to use a recent popular phrase, “unburdened by what has been” (ahem…) however this is not the case Trying to stay concise, all the components of DEPENDENT ORIGINATION that you go into make not the slightest nick in my intuitive, visceral, and operative self. Some elaboration: though all I do, experience, perceive, and think may well be the effects of prior conditions, the color red is all in my head, etc etc… yet it still is in there. It’s what my eyes see. It is not compelling to point out that this is purely a function of my mind creating a qualia. So then it is. And it is not compelling to grasp that my personality is a construct. Of course it’s a construct!! What else would it be. Nor is it compelling to realize that I have no independent existence… I need air and sunlight, I “ am what I eat” and all that appears to be outside me is in fact stimuli being interpreted by my skull-encased brain. Yes I know that. But all of this is how we organisms come to life. We interface with the substances, energies, and cultural patterns of the world we inhabit and that’s what we call LIFE. What is the epiphany here. Sorry but I just. Don’t. Get it. Sam, if someone with evil intent were to come bursting into your house there and attempted to start hurting your family members, I’m pretty sure you would go ape-shit trying to defend them. You would immediately and spontaneously becone a “me”… I refer to the great quote from Mike Tyson that everyone has a plan until they get punched in the face. That person, the punched one, that’s a self. It’s not even a choice you can make. Your subconscious systems would kick in hard. In fact, I might even say, you are making this video to demonstrate something spiritually virtuous about yourself. This selfless you is the self you now fancy yourself to be. And in some short time I suspect you’ll sit down to a proper meal and continue being a feeding self. It’s primal. You cannot get out of this. What I’ll grant, and only this, is that there can be much more refined, aware, compassionate version of self than a thoughtless, depraved, depressed, or obsessed self. You can be a BETTER SELF. But I’ve yet to see anyone who claimed to have hacked through matrix of the self behave as though there were no self. Rupert Spira, Sam Harris, you, Joseph Goldstein, all the no-self’ers … they maintain a very self-consistent pattern of behaviors, dressing styles, talking styles, etc. because it is Self 2.0 that they’ve cultivated, and not <null self> I’m told by Buddha not to accept what is said on faith so I’m saying what I truly see and feel after listening to you with complete openness. Very good wishes to you sir. You are doing good things for people with these videos. I’ll finish by saying that as well.

Excellent video Sam. Hope you're doing well

Such a great and timely video !!

You've changed a lot over the years, it's great to see.

Wow that was profound.

Thanks i found that really helpful

Thanks

Thank you🙌

I feel ya on the gaming, nothing passes the time of sorrow faster, then, there it is, still there, always at the finish line of avoidance.

What a view man😮

Best not to count the hours, days, or years. It's counterproductive. It's best to know sadhana as the practice of being. Being has no time. And time is not even a real thing. By all means, show up "on time" for appointments, but realize time is nothing. Being alone is real.

nvr comment on vids but i feel like doing something nice today. Only want to help u cuz u said in this that u should probe into more fundamental beliefs (so what is the view i'm holding here?) and that i can pick the correct practice to make myself feel better or im a helpless victim that's nvr getting out of this. THIS IS EXACTLY WHAT I WANTED TO FIND in this vid. cuz I have 2 examples of this situation that happened today in my mind. 1 of which caused me to have to call the doctor. I'll tell u that one. I get anxiety when i play golf with people who I dont know and it means I get not 1 second of sleep before golf. I ate my breakfast and dinner as fast as i could when i got home as I was ABSOLUTELY exhausted and I slept 5 or 6 hours earlier that normal. I woke 12 hours later with ab pain for 2 hours. I will choose to not eat like crazy next time. I like that ur trying to help ppl and my advice ( Who asked!! ,,.. i knoow) is don't angle to close to ur nose cuz at the start u can see ur nose hair and it grossed me out so i looked at ur eyes and it felt gay to do that so i feel like all wierd now and probz forever cuz that happened. and that the only reason im not watching ever again. but big fan of ur aussi voice. that' combo'd with ur interesting ideas will get u stuffz and u no maybe even really cool stuffz too Thanks :) ps the "giving a voice to tension location in the body but touching the area and putting the voices into a bowl of chicken noodle soup is a lovely idea. 1st time and last time watched, gonna miss u. <3

The reason u were upset and anxious is bcs it doesn t make sense for a living creature not to have 'cravings or aversions'. They are ur survival tools, don t ever get desensitised. Mindfulness is one thing, but the toxic positivity is another

In my opinion, the guidelines are little strict. I do Vipassana every day, but I'm not sure I'll attend a retreat like that. Anyway, I use meditation as a means to increase my concentration and relaxation

I love this! I wanna get in touch with you both if poss. Finally someone gives it a deep and meaningful review. I ll be reaching out in a week or two, if you are willing to answer some questions

And did you ask your psychologist about the benefits of this "practice"? How about scientific findings, independent research?

Hello sam, the hornets also get released, surely even as the watching becomes establised, without judgment I have learnt to bypass the process of thoughts, when watching sensations & its impermance, & the thoughts too become the part of impermance, they do not cloud your watching ❤❤

Great video as usual, Sam! I’ve been watching most of your videos for a few months now and I have opened my mind towards learning to work on myself and becoming my authentic self! Thank you!

That cockroach-pulling sound was spot on. hahahahaha

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the phrase was i am curious

Thanks so much for this!

Im literally terrified of being rejected or not been liked by someone. I know mentally I’m going to survive if I’m being rejected but the fear keeps me from being authentic and that makes me feel deeply lonely

Thank you for sharing. Causality and permanent self is what I personally felt as the more important practice.

WhatsOnYourMind already said it, but I thought of a mix of Jake Paul and Ryan Gosling before I saw his comment!

I hope you find Islam, you'll be suprised.

Thank you 🙏🏾 I really appreciate this perspective right now.

6:04 This is so on the nose. I also agree with your point about the value of not just going complete non-duality and saying you were never broken and theres nothing to fix, because that paradigm, though perhaps true for some, has lead me into a contracted state by not actively embodying my feelings. Though a parasocial relationship, I'm grateful to have you in my life Sam! You've made such an impact in my process to live more authentically.

What should we do to practice this throughout the upcoming week?

I'm not flexible at all I can't even bend my legs like that

Sam, you look like a cross between Jake Paul and Trey's Trades. You stud you, lol.

Thank you for this video. I have been going through a very similar experience and have previous experience with IFS. The childhood trauma is truly overwhelming but videos like these helped. In that moment you have to just surrender and feel the emotions. IFS taught me to be there for the inner exiles and show them why their self beliefs are false.

And I recently spent time with my family.flight got delayed a couple days.lots of stuff came up😂

I've definitely been feeling this.your explationation is spot on.much appreciated

Thank you so much Sam! I feel so lucky that I found your channel in this tuff moment. Sending you much love and gratitude ✨🌿

you're letting go. that is a good thing. only achievable after years of meditation. you are liberating yourself from piles of emotions that have weighed down your unconscious. after a while, you won't even have much left. i even look deeper for them, hoping to find more to let go. i always love the sensation of liberation after feeling the emotions (wherever or whichever period of my life they may have come from) as fully as possible and then letting them go even though that will often involve crying, shouting and twitching like hell. there was a time i felt these emotions would never run out and that I was stuck in some vicious cycle. it wasn't true. they are eventually let go and don't affect me anymore. i can objectively look at them because I've dealt with them, paid them the attention that was long overdue. but it's important not to be addicted to feeling these, too. then that's when it really gets dark.

Thank you🇿🇦

I have been feeling this - thanks for making content on this! Also, please keep making videos like these😊

Hi Sam - how quickly have these contractions dissolved for you? I've been doing this embodiment work for several years and it has been a very slow thaw. Best wishes.

Great video Sam 🙏

Somatic Experiencing is great too (along with IFS, etc.). I was part of the KI membership for over a year and made lots of progress using the tools with a daily practice but left after the leadership became very toxic, even cult like. Now I don't mention it or suggest it to anyone as I don't think it is a healthy community due to the leadership.

Hey Sam, perfect timing on this video. Resonates with exactly where I am at - wanting to feel comfortable in my own skin. Thank you for the pointers.

I signed up for one starting very soon! But I'm super active and I'm doubting my ability to sit still for 10 hours per day for 10 days!

Cool - spot on ❤

Lord Buddha has explained the anatomy of thoughts. If u want to end suffering, just study it.

Why don’t u study Theravada Buddhism or Pali canon n learn about mind n what’s actually out there in the world n not. Because Vipassana meditation is from Theravada Buddhism (the oldest n Orginal) Buddhism.

Himalayas nice😇🥰💛🧡🩷❤️💚💙🩵💜