The body is a sensing instrument of consciousness. Without the body and mind, the trees could not see themselves.
ADYASHANTIIf you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind’s clothing with more sooty knowledge.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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If you want to know something, go elsewhere. If you want to un-know everything, then sit and listen.
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How do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life? Throw out the concept of “spiritual life” and “everyday life.” There is only life, undivided and whole.
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You’re willing to realize that maybe everything you’ve ever thought about yourself really isn’t true.
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If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind’s clothing with more sooty knowledge.
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You are the doorway to the infinite.
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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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Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that.
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Take one step backward into the unknown.
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At a certain point we need to grow up; we need to look inside ourselves for our inner guidance. There are things most human beings know; they just don’t want to know them.
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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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The teaching must not only consume you, but consume itself as well. All must be burned to ash, and then the ash must be burned. Then, and only then, is the Ultimate realized.
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You don’t awaken, what has eternally been awake realizes itself. That which is eternally awake is what you are.
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Freedom and Love arise when you die into the unknown mystery of being.
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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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Grief, unresisted, is grace. It doesn’t mean it doesn’t hurt anymore, it doesn’t mean it doesn’t rip your heart out….In great grief, there’s an incredible love in it. In love there’s a tinge of bitter. In true love.
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