There’s a great space in which this moment takes place. There’s a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.
ADYASHANTIThe true heart of all human beings is the lover of what is.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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Do not seek after what you yearn for, seek the source of the yearning itself.
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Love causes us to be deeply connected in an unspoken way. It happens when we’re really available, really open.
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What you run away from owns you. You are the dog on a leash. The most you can do is to tug against the leash.
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If you resist confusion,you are always confused. We think that we resist certain states because they are there, but actually they are there because we resist them.
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Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier.
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Concentration is a way in which we are actually directing or guiding or controlling our experience. Meditation is letting go of control, letting go of guiding our experience in any way whatsoever. The foundation of True Meditation is that we are letting go of control.
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Enlightenment is a destructive process.
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The perspective of Love doesn’t leave anybody out. Until your vision and compassion is big enough to include those who oppose you, you are simply contributing to the continuation of destructiveness . The end of separation is the salvation for all.
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The silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, ‘I want to be free.’
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Grace is something that comes to us when we somehow find ourselves completely available, when we become openhearted and open-minded, and are willing to entertain the possibility that we may not know what we think we know.
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To see things as you see them or to see things differently—until you have given the whole world its freedom—you’ll never have your freedom.
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Question your thoughts. Question your stories. Question your assumptions. Question your opinions. Question your conclusions. Question them all into utter emptiness, stillness and joy. The keys to freedom are in your hands. Use them.
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At first it seems as if begoing follows becoming. But look even closer and you will see that there are only flashes of lightning illuminating the empty sky.
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Refuse to disconnect from love and every relationship will be totally transformed; even the relationship with yourself.
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True freedom is to be free from the desire to be free from anything.
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