Awakening, Explained Ep. 1 w/Dr. Angelo DiLullo | What Is Awakening?

How to wake up from the dream that we are separate and destined to suffer.

This is episode 1 in the series Awakening, Explained with my guest Dr. Angelo DiLullo. Angelo is a practicing anesthesiologist and author of the book "Awake: It's Your Turn."

Get Angelo's book and his awesome meditation app here: https://books.simplyalwaysawake.com/

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Key Topics:
0:00 Intro Why you should (or shouldn’t) watch this video about awakening
6:00 Introduction to Dr. Angelo DiLullo and his book Awake: It’s Your Turn
11:00 Who might be interested in awakening and why
15:23 True awakening vs. a mystical (or peak) experience
18:02 Suffering and anxiety as an impetus for Angelo’s awakening
25:40 Dr. Z’s brush with awakening (a peak experience)
30:12 Disclaimers and warnings, with consciousness expansion can come contraction (temporarily)
35:23 About resistance
45:00 More about the unique aspects of Angelo’s book
52:40 First stage of awakening/barrier to entry: realizing it’s possible
1:00:00 Mechanics of awakening /what is awakening
1:10:00 Post awakening process and deepening of realization
1:14:30 Dr. Z’s first post-pandemic in-person talk: anger, shame, and handling emotion
1:20:50 Children and emotion
1:24:00 Story of a recent awakening
1:30:50 Enlightening, THEN going to medical school
1:32:47 Spirituality and burnout in medicine
1:38:00 Working with strong emotion

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