You will only lose when you resist reality; you will only struggle when you disagree with what is.
ADYASHANTIAt a certain point we need to grow up; we need to look inside ourselves for our inner guidance. There are things most human beings know; they just don’t want to know them.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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Freedom is the disappearance of that which is searching for freedom.
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Many 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.
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As soon as the mind pulls out an agenda and decides what needs to change, that’s unreality. Life doesn’t need to decide who’s right and who’s wrong. Life doesn’t need to know the “right” way to go because it’s going there anyway.
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The truth is that you already are what you are seeking. You are looking for God with his eyes. I suggest you ask, “What’s ultimately behind this set of eyes?” Turn around to see what is looking.
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Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its fierce, ruthless, and loving grace.
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To be free of fear is to be full of Love.
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The separate self is just the conglomeration of these opposing forces. When the self drops away, inner division drops away with it.
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The world’s problems are, by and large, human problems-the unavoidable consequence of egoic sleepwalking. If we care to look, all the signs are present to suggest that we are not only sleepwalking, but at times borderline insane as well.
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As if it were their job to be nice to you, you put yourself at odds with what is, and suffering will surely follow.
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Awareness isn’t something we own; awareness isn’t something we possess. Awareness is actually what we are.
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In true meditation the emphasis is on being awareness; not on being aware of objects, but on resting as primordial awareness itself. Primordial awareness is the source in which all objects arise and subside.
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The you who is chasing enlightenment will never become enlightened. Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach,
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The realization of Truth and Reality can never be created by the mind … it always comes as a gift of grace. Inquiry clears away misperceptions and illusions, making one available to the movements of grace.
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When we’re in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose.
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Truth is quite literally the only thing that does exist. It is not hidden but in plain view, not lacking but abundantly present.
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