Nothingness is an absolute infinite potential, not an empty box.
ADYASHANTINothingness is an absolute infinite potential, not an empty box.
ADYASHANTIOnly when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
ADYASHANTITake one step backward into the unknown.
ADYASHANTIMeditation is a teaching which offers you the possibility of breaking free of this egoic state of consciousness and coming into a whole new realization of who and what you truly are. And all this starts with the willingness to question.
ADYASHANTIThe proof of the depth and embodiment of your realization will be seen in your love relationship. That’s where the proof is in the pudding. If it all collapses in your relationship, you have some work to do. And people do have a lot of difficulties in their relationships.
ADYASHANTIDoubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches.
ADYASHANTIIt is one thing to touch a flame and know it is hot, but quite another to jump into that flame and be consumed by it.
ADYASHANTIRelaxing into not knowing is almost like surrendering into a big, comfortable chair; you just fall into a field of possibility.
ADYASHANTIThe ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant.
ADYASHANTIThe door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be yours.
ADYASHANTIMany Sages have said, “Your world is a dream. You’re living in an illusion.” They’re referring to this world of the mind and the way we believe our thoughts about reality.
ADYASHANTICessation of struggle is like free falling through space without a care in the world.
ADYASHANTIYou’ll have more love than you know what to do with. Whatever you are inside, you receive a thousandfold on the outside.
ADYASHANTIGrief, unresisted, is grace. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt anymore, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t rip your heart out….In great grief, there’s an incredible love in it. In love there’s a tinge of bitter. In true love.
ADYASHANTIThis moment in which you experience stillness is every moment. Don’t let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the moment, and dare to consider that you can be free now.
ADYASHANTIYou will only lose when you resist reality; you will only struggle when you disagree with what is.
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