You can’t look at what’s looking. You can’t think about that which is prior to thought.
ADYASHANTI
Retreat is a response to the call of the heart-that call which beckons us toward reality, to the truth of our being, to that which is truly sane, really real and liberating …
More Adyashanti Quotes
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You can’t look at what’s looking. You can’t think about that which is prior to thought.
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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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Stop all doing and be still. Let the fire of stillness burn everything and reveal That which is Openness.
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Silence and stillness are not states and therefore cannot be produced or created. Silence is the non-state in which all states arise and subside. Silence, stillness and awareness are not states and can never be perceived in their totality as objects.
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Enlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness
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Many spiritual people are involved in a radical denial of what is happening. They want to transcend it, get rid of it, get out of it, get away from it. There’s nothing wrong with that feeling, but the approach doesn’t work because it’s escapism in spiritual clothing.
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To remain unconscious of being is to remain asleep to our own reality and therefore asleep to reality at large. The choice is simple: awaken to being or sleep an endless sleep.
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My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.
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The true heart of all human beings is the lover of what is.
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This moment in which you experience stillness is every moment. Don’t let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the moment, and dare to consider that you can be free now.
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When you realize what you are now, the issue of death will solve itself.
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Truth has no finality to it. It is not something to be held on to. Truth is discovered minute to minute or not at all.
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Usually we think that we are looking at a tree, but the tree is looking at itself through us. Without this instrument, the tree does not get to see itself. We are sensing instruments of the Divine.
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This awake silence is available to anyone in this moment. All you have to do is stop using your mind to look for it. It doesn’t know where to find it.
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Have you noticed, with whatever quality of love you have experienced, that when true love arises, it opens up both your mind and emotions? It’s an openness to whatever is happening.
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Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its fierce, ruthless, and loving grace.
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