The Secret To True Happiness = Seeing That The Self Is An Illusion (Here's Why)

The best logical explanation of no-self or Ego death.

I don't know why, but it is so hard to find any speaker of buddhism, non-duality etc. really go into depth about the illusion of self. They often go off topic and bring in all these other aspects or leave it to one or two sentences. Thanks for going in-depth.

Tks Matt for making this message so practical. However it will still take some discipline and practice to arrive at some equilibrium on a daily basis. Lots of reconditioning. I heard you more than 2 years ago. However it is only today June 2024 I seem to get your teaching. Forever grateful 👍👏❤️

the mind blowing thing is even death is just the physical destruction of the brain which ceases to produce awareness but the self disappears every day and when you go to sleep there are moments when the self doesn’t exist for long periods. When you wake up you are not the same self it’s like a different person wakes up, but the present you doesn’t realise because it is created based on what’s in the brain so includes memories, basically previous awareness states recorded

How you explained this broke down this wall I've had regarding this concept that was holding me back and falling into these repeated self destructive patterns. The way you conveyed it was like this key unlocking this door. I really feel it was this missing piece preventing me from really being able to break through all this suffering... this dark night of the soul I've been in the past year has led me to this moment and making the choice to watch this video. thanks for all you do! 🙏

The longest I have experienced this true presence was 10 days it’s funny what you said at the end about suffering I found during that time that I didn’t have to avoid suffering it seemed to run away from me. At the moment I’m back in anxiety and need to practice mindfulness again.

J Krishnamurti said the same thing long before..Observer is the observed, experiencer is the experience,thinker is the thought...

I've been trying to understand nonduality for 2ish years now... This is by far the best I've ever seen it explained. Thanks for this Matt!

I’ve been misunderstanding this whole concept and getting confused about it for so long, but I must say that the way it was explained in this video helped me to totally understand it in a much clearer way I never had, and I’m so grateful!

The best explanation I've seen so far after hearing countless pompous non-dual teachers. My favourite pointer is when you have any emotional tension, ask "what is aware of it?", and then ask how that part that is aware is feeling right now. Is it in discomfort? This both helps you find that there is no monolithic "I" being angry or sad, but just a part, and that there always is another part that is not in that state. Another is when you detect a emotionally charged thought like "that's disgusting" or "that's offesive". Ask "for whom?" where is the one inside me that is disgusted or offended. You'll see that is never "all of you", is just a part of the body-mind that contracts. For someone dealing with many emotional issues I'd suggest to look for a therapist on Internal Family Systems, that had made a therapy using this concept.

What a beautiful explanation of awareness! It's such a gift you are giving us! Infinite gratitude, Matt 🙏🌻

For the longest time I have been trying to get out of self as self. Ty for this insight :)

I’m starting to understand that the self is like a noisy filter between the external world and me as an entity moving through the world.

Even Mahayana Buddhism today cannot be direct, clear and comprehensible like this, thank you for this teaching

So Very profound! This really is one of the best explanations of non-self that I've ever heard. Thank you very much, Matt.

Thank you for posting this video. I was listening to Sam Harris trying to explain the illusion of the self and was struggling to understand it and your explanation has helped. I particularly enjoyed the example of the itch - I kept noticing areas on my body get itchy during your talk and had never been able to resist a quick scratch or repositioning of my body before but found the exercise of noticing and acknowledging the desire really useful. I didn’t scratch once :) As I continue to practice meditation and mindfulness I’m still looking to learn more about the illusion of the self and this video has been really encouraging Thanks again :)

You have explained this much better then most. Thank you.

Thank you. Grateful 🙏.

Very akin to both Buddhism and Stoicism. I believe contentment is important for mental health, though if detachment is taken to the extreme, it will lead to passivity and poor health. Sometimes it's also auspicious to pay attention!

Beautiful. Thank you for your clear, concise, no jargon words.