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Actually, all paths lead away from the truth…how’s that? All paths. There’s no such thing as a path to the truth. The truth’s already here, where are you going?

Adyashanti

Real 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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Anything Control Go Letting Mastering Meditation Real Technique Two
You are an incredible mystery that you will never figure out. To be this mystery consciously is the greatest joy.
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Consciously Figure Greatest Incredible Joy Mystery
If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind’s clothing with more sooty knowledge.
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Burning Clothing Fire Intend Leave Mind Perfume Prefer
Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn’t exist?
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Asking Distant Enlightenment Goal Invite Reach Separation Stop Striving
You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.
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Enlightenment Happening Mistake Now Primary Right Thinking
Enlightenment is a destructive process.
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Destructive Enlightenment Process
There is, quite literally, nothing to understand.
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Literally Nothing Quite Understand
This simply strengthens the ego. In fact, such conclusions arise from the ego itself. Pay no attention to them. Don’t go to war with yourself; simply inquire into who you are.
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Attention Conclusion Ego Enquire Fact Pay Simply Strengthens
There is a very Simple Secret to being happy. Just let go of your ‘demand’ on this moment. Any time you have a demand on the moment to give you something or remove something, there is suffering.
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Demand Dream Go Happy Letting Secret Simple Time
We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.
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Birthed Community Sacred Sangha World
We realize–often quite suddenly–that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs and images, is not really who we are. It doesn’t define us, it has no center.
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Constructed Formed Idea Quite Realize Self Sense Suddenly
Truth is not over there, wherever over there is. Truth is neither housed in religious rituals nor secret doctrines, nor in a guru’s touch or beatific smile, nor in exotic locations or ancient temples.
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Doctrine Housed Religious Secret Truth View
There is no security in freedom, at least not in the sense that we normally think of security. This is, of course, why it is so free: there’s nothing there to grab hold of.
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Absolute Freedom Normally Nothing Safely Security
The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.
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Buddhism Buddhist Christian Christianity Create Created
With this love you can feel the walls of opposition come down naturally in the acknowledgement of deep connection. Not only do the walls of opposition fall, but love is felt for every human being and for life itself.
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Acknowledgement Connection Deep Love Naturally Opposition
True intelligence does not derive from thought. True intelligence uses thought.
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Derive Doe Intelligence Thinking Thought Use Uses

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