Simply Always Awake Annoying Things I Say
Mar 19, 2026
A candid look at why certain phrasing can irritate listeners and the two common reactions that follow. A conversation about saying awakening is already present while also acknowledging it can occur later. Exploration of the tension between absolute and relative truths and how attachment to spiritual identity affects seekers. A focus on realization as non-conceptual and the role of disillusionment.
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Realization Is The Present Experience
- Realization reveals that awakening is not something distant but the exact present experience.
- Angela emphasizes that Buddha nature is already this moment and that saying so is essential because it's true.
No Separate Self And The Relative Experience
- There is no embodied self even though it appears that selfing occurs.
- Angela stresses the paradox: denying the relative experience would ignore people's subjective reality, so both 'no-self' and 'awakening can happen' are true.
Both Truths Hold Because Time Is Illusory
- Both 'it's already here' and 'awakening can happen later' are simultaneously true due to the illusion of time and separation.
- Angela ties this to the two-truth doctrine and says experienced realized people see no contradiction.
