When you abide and accept everything completely and fully, you automatically go beyond.
ADYASHANTIWhen you abide and accept everything completely and fully, you automatically go beyond.
ADYASHANTIEnlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought, uncontaminated by control or manipulation of mind.
ADYASHANTIThe Truth is the only thing you’ll ever run into that has no agenda.
ADYASHANTIUntil we start to see these false perceptions for what they really are, consciousness will be imprisoned within the dream state.
ADYASHANTIIt is good to remember that the goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.
ADYASHANTIIn the same vein, my teachings are not meant to acquire followers or imitators, but to awaken beings to eternal truth and thus to awakened life and living.
ADYASHANTIOur yearning for truth actually comes from truth.
ADYASHANTIIn the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.
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.
ADYASHANTIGo ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally, for once in your life, lose.
ADYASHANTIYou must want to know the truth more than you want to feel secure in order to fully awaken to the fact that you are nothing but Awakeness itself.
ADYASHANTISilence is itself the eternal witness without form or attributes. As you rest more profoundly as the witness, all objects take on their natural functionality, and awareness becomes free of the mind’s compulsive contractions and identifications. It returns to its natural non-state of Presence.
ADYASHANTIAs long as you perceive that anyone is holding you back, you have not taken full responsibility for your own liberation. Liberation means that you stand free of making demands on others and life to make you happy.
ADYASHANTIHow do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life? Throw out the concept of “spiritual life” and “everyday life.” There is only life, undivided and whole.
ADYASHANTITo be here, all you have to do is let go of who you think you are. That’s all! And then you realize, “I’m here.” Here is where thoughts aren’t believed. Every time you come here, you are nothing.
ADYASHANTIReal meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a form of concentration. Meditation and concentration are two different things. Concentration is a discipline.
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