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.
ADYASHANTIWhat if you let go of every bit of control and every urge that you have, right down to the most infinitesimal urge to control anything, anywhere, including anything that may be happening with you at this moment?
More Adyashanti Quotes
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There’s a fierceness about life that calls for a fierceness to not anxiously solve it but to allow it to transform you.
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I often describe the Absolute as Pure Infinite Potential, prior to being or becoming anything. It is forever unborn, yet gives birth to all of existence. About our ultimate nature nothing can be said; it must be revealed.
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You are not your story. They are not your story about them. The world is not your story about the world.
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Meditation is a dress rehearsal for death.
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Neither one of these thoughts hold any intrinsic reality. They are an overlay. When someone says, ‘I love you,’ he is telling you about himself, not you. When someone says, ‘I hate you,’ she is telling you about herself, not you. World views are self views-literally.
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My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.
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So the biggest act of compassion starts within. And when the self is no longer seen as a problem, this is called “the peace that passes all understanding.
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My teacher used to say ‘all love is bittersweet’. All things experienced fully, reveal their opposite.
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Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that.
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You are an incredible mystery that you will never figure out. To be this mystery consciously is the greatest joy.
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The truth is that you already are what you are seeking.
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You come to see that everything you think you know about yourself, everything you think you know about the world, is based on assumptions, beliefs, and opinions-things that you believe because you were taught or told they were true.
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To accept the degree of surrender needed to literally let go of all experience and all self-reference. Even in great revelations, there is almost always something that wants to claim, “I am this.”
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Until we start to see these false perceptions for what they really are, consciousness will be imprisoned within the dream state.
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In order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if feeling good is your goal, then as soon as you feel better you will lose interest in what is true.
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