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To awaken to the absolute view is profound and transformative, but to awaken from all fixed points of view is the birth of true non-duality. If emptiness cannot dance, it is not true emptiness.
AdyashantiAdyashanti At each moment we are expressing what we know ourselves to be. If we know ourselves very little we will express and manifest that unconsciousness of our true nature.
AdyashantiAdyashanti If we do not live and manifest in our lives what we realize in our deepest moments of revelation, then we are living a split life.
AdyashantiAdyashanti Freedom is a state of complete and absolute insecurity and not knowing. So, in seeking security and safety, you actually distance yourself from the freedom you want.
AdyashantiAdyashanti Awareness isn’t something we own; awareness isn’t something we possess. Awareness is actually what we are.
AdyashantiAdyashanti Stop all doing and be still. Let the fire of stillness burn everything and reveal That which is Openness.
AdyashantiAdyashanti True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything.
AdyashantiAdyashanti All you have to do is say “yes.” Don’t make some big project out of it. Don’t make some big deal out of it. Just say “yes.” You don’t even know what it means to say “yes,” but you say it anyway. You’ll never know what it means to say “yes,” but you do it anyway.
AdyashantiAdyashanti If you want to know something, go elsewhere. If you want to un-know everything, then sit and listen.
AdyashantiAdyashanti The most intimate question we can ask, and the one that has the most spiritual power, is this: What or who am I?
AdyashantiAdyashanti If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn’t that what silence is? It’s a listening, a deep wordless listening.
AdyashantiAdyashanti The more honest and authentic we are, the more deeply we go into the mystery of our own being.
AdyashantiAdyashanti Spirituality does not require that you work hard toward achieving a result in the future as much as it requires you to be fully present.
AdyashantiAdyashanti In 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.
AdyashantiAdyashanti Whatever you want, be it. If you want connection, it’s because you are connection. Be what you want, and then it happens all around you. If you want love, be it.
AdyashantiAdyashanti It’s wearing spiritual clothing and spiritual concepts, but it is really no different than a drunk in the gutter who doesn’t want to feel the pain anymore.
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Love is mostly easy at night, it is morning you got to learn about.
Leon MarshLeon Marsh You can find beauty in the darkest of places. Be the light, my love. Bring smiles to their faces.
Aletheia LiolaAletheia Liola This fearless heart is trapped between these anxious walls of my worried mind.
CindyCindy Don’t push away your emotions too hard, remember they can push back if held for too long.
SargamSargam To choose a plain life, I choose neither to lose and nor do I gain, If happiness is not in my destiny, I refuse to accept pain.
Astha SrivastavaAstha Srivastava Steal back your heart – self-love.
Mona-LiseMona-Lise Hope is the only thing that keeps us alive. Without hope there can be no you or I.
BelaBela An open mind opens our hearts to have compassion for others.
Elaine HaysElaine Hays
