Simply Always Awake Who Was Your Imaginary Friend
Mar 21, 2026
A lively Q&A explores resting in awareness versus doing nothing, vivid dreams during practice, and how inner voices and imaginary friends relate to early thought. Topics include managing grief and chaotic emotions one sensation at a time, navigating non-linear awakening phases, practical tips for complex jobs during clarity shifts, and when lying-down meditation or Shikantaza might help.
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Detachment Can Be Dissociation Or Presence
- Insight: Moments of detachment can be either trauma-related dissociation or genuine presence depending on whether they feel relieving versus peaceful.
- Angelo flags 'detached' feeling as possibly dissociative if it feels like escape, but presence if intimate and settled.
How My First Shifts Felt When The Self Dissolved
- Angela recounts his first shift as a move into thoughtless consciousness where the sense of an individual self disappeared.
- He describes a second deeper emptying where the fabric of phenomenon dissolved beyond words, leaving a non-describable clarity.
Use Checklists When Conceptual Clarity Fades
- Do adopt practical systems (lists, checklists, sequencing) when conceptual clarity wanes at work.
- Angelo compares safety-critical fields using checklists and advises designers to externalize memory into organized workflows rather than rely on thought alone.