Ep105: Simply Always Awake - Dr Angelo Dilullo

In this interview, I am joined by Dr Angelo Dilullo, anaesthesiologist, spiritual teacher, and author of ‘Awake! It’s your Turn’. We learn how a profound existential angst in childhood and adolescence propelled Angelo into spiritual practice and, at the age of 24, precipitated a radical spiritual awakening. Angelo details the practices, shifts, and consequences of his awakening, and shares the process of coming face to face with deeply held conditioning. Angelo also discusses certainty and religious experience, and reveals why he is absolutely certain that not only can anyone wake up, but that anyone who wants to will. … Video version: https://www.guruviking.com/ep105-dr-angelo-dilullo-simply-always-awake/ Also available on Youtube, iTunes, & Spotify – search ‘Guru Viking Podcast’. … Topics include: 00:00 - Intro 00:45 - Profound existential suffering during childhood and adolescence 05:44 - Transcendental Meditation and a life-changing encounter 09:56 - Angelo’s awakening 14:11 - More on Angelo’s teenage existential angst 19:42 - Anyone can wake up 20:20 - Awake nature and Angelo’s certainty 24:54 - Is certainty a valid basis for truth claims? 31:11 - Certainty = truth? 41:14 - More on Angelo’s pre-awakening practice and awakening experience 45:26 - Past life recall and disappearance of the self structure 50:31 - Sampling Zen 54:07 - More details on Angelo’s past life experience 55:20 - Consequences of awakening 59:18 - Sexuality after awakening 1:12:08 - Agency and motivation after awakening 1:21:51 - Facing conditioning, behavioural guard rails, & people pleasing 1:35:15 - Authenticity and socialisation 1:44:26 - Differentiating Angelo’s truth claims 1:54:34 - How Angelo began to teach 2:02:49 - Paradox, objective claims, and moving beyond concept ... To find out more about Dr Angelo Dilullo, visit: - www.simplyalwaysawake.com For more interviews, videos, and more visit: - www.guruviking.com Music ‘Deva Dasi’ by Steve James