The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be yours.
ADYASHANTISo 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.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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To 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.
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We think there’s someplace other than here to get to—that’s what drives the whole pursuit.
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It 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.
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A total acceptance of yourself brings about a total transcendence of yourself.
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We can’t have an idea of what life should look like, about how spirit should be manifesting as our very life, because all of those ideas would just be products of the past – something we learned, imagined, or desired.
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The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short, my teaching is focused on realizing what you are.
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You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.
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Silence is the only teaching and the only teacher that is there all the time.
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The more in harmony you are with the flow of your own existence, the more magical life becomes.
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When emptiness is still, that is eternity. When it moves, that is love.
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Everybody is free to be as they are. Until the whole world is free to agree with you or disagree with you, until you have given the freedom to everyone to like you or not like you, to love you or hate you,
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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?
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The Way of Liberation is not a belief system; it is something to be put into practice.
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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.
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To find out that you are empty of emptiness is to die into an aware mystery, which is the source of all existence.
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