Angelo Dilullo - Awake: Its Your Turn

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You can wake up from the dream of separation. If you know what that means, then youre in luck, this entire book was written for you! If youre unsure but curious, let me assure you that no matter what your background, belief system, views, or religious orientation, this possibility is just as available to you as it is to anyone else. Simply stated, waking up from the dream of separation means living a life of spontaneity, wonder, freedom, and unbroken peace. It means realizing your true, undivided nature and living out of an instinctual interconnectedness that is undeniable and immediately available at all times. It means expressing yourself authentically and without hesitation and feeling comfortable in your own skin no matter the situation. Ultimately, it is about the end of suffering in this lifetime. I understand this is quite a promise. You might wonder how in the world a book can guide you to a life free of suffering. Well, I have a secret. What makes this possible is nothing special about this book or its author. What makes this possible is something about you . You carry a possibility with you at all times. It is encoded in the very fabric of your existence. In fact, you already have everything you need to make this journey-less journey into moment-to-moment freedom. Its simply a matter of access and realization. Its a matter of waking up to the living truth of what you already are. Youve always known this was possible in some deep recess of your being, have you not?

Still, there are moments when one feels free from one's own identification with human limitations and inadequacies. At such moments, one imagines that one stands on some spot of a small planet, gazing in amazement at the cold yet profoundly moving beauty of the eternal, the unfathomable: life and death flow into one, and there is neither evolution nor destiny; only being.

Albert Einstein

Now if waking up from the dream of separation sounds like something you know little about, that doesnt mean this transformation isnt available to you. It absolutely is available to you. What were talking about isnt about knowledge. In fact, what were talking about may be revealing itself in your experience already. This may have been going on for some time in your life. It may be that you simply havent noticed it. Most likely, youve noticed it but didnt know what to call it or what to do with it.

It is quite common for people to have experiences that are precursors to awakening, without recognizing them. Because we have no context for these experiences, we may not appreciate their value and so we dont consider investigating them more directly. Amazingly, these clues can go almost unnoticed for many years. If we do notice them, they often feel so odd or unexpected in comparison with our usual experiences that we just think were different from others in some fundamental way. Indeed, many of the people I have worked with who have awoken to the most profound depths didnt initially know what was happening within themselves. So take heed, you may well be in the early stages of awakening already! You have simply had no context to understand what is going on or what to do about it. That is, until now. With this book you have a clear and actionable resource to help you access and actualize your deepest promptingsyour true nature.

I understand if you are skeptical. I would have been had I not seen this transformation occur in myself and in others again and again. Perhaps you could take a few minutes to read to the end of this chapter. By that point, you will have enough of a sense of what the process of awakening is all about to properly decide whether this book is for you.

My intention in writing this book was to lay out a clear, potent, and comprehensive guide to help you navigate the endeavor of waking up to your unbound, undivided nature. Its purpose is to provide a practical and relatable means by which anyone who has the inclination to wake up can do so. Its a roadmap that shows you how to use the tools that you already possess to access that which is your birthright.

Im not only interested initial awakenings, which are still uncommon yet indescribably transformative. I mean to show anyone interested in taking realization beyond the initial awakening to the depths of what is possible. I am talking about liberation , or what in spiritual circles might be called enlightenment . If you dislike the word enlightenment or spiritual terminology in general, then we are on the same page. There is an immense amount of unnecessary confusion in spiritual circles about the awakening process. I will address this throughout the book. One of the main things that drove me to write this book is that the awakening process is actually quite simple and accessible, yet often made to seem unattainable and complicated in contemporary spirituality. It often frustrated me that finding good pointers along the way was more challenging than seemed necessary. Its a common belief that the path must be obscure, confusing, or nearly inaccessible to lead to authentic realization. This turns out to not be true at all. Isnt that great news?

This book is result of going through the awakening process myself and working with many others as they have gone through it. Throughout all of this, I have made a point to look as closely as I could at the nuances of what works and what doesnt work to facilitate this process. It has been an endeavor that has played out over more than twenty years. Dont worry, it neednt take you nearly that long if you apply yourself sincerely, consistently, and with an orientation to your own deepest truth. The contents of this book lay out a practical, accessible, and adaptable path to liberation. Just as important, they point out the many roadblocks that tend to occur along the way. Luckily, these obstacles are rather predictable. With some humility and willingness to learn from those who have walked this path ahead of you, they neednt derail you. However, knowing about them ahead of time and cultivating the wisdom to learn from others mistakes will save you a lot of time and unnecessary confusion.

This is about your awakening, not mine. It is about your deepest truth, not mine or anyone elses. I make you this promise from the outset: I will not try to teach, convince, or encourage you to believe anything , period. Nothing I believe about reality or truth is helpful to you. Indeed, if I do convince you of some belief system, way of thinking, or specific view, then I have failed in the aim of this book. The whole point is for you to awaken to your own deepest truth should you choose to do so. Your deepest truth is a living truth that could never be contained by a set of beliefs or views. It is far too vast and free and, paradoxically, too intimate and self-obvious to be contained by a belief system or a paradigm.