The realization of Truth and Reality can never be created by the mind … it always comes as a gift of grace. Inquiry clears away misperceptions and illusions, making one available to the movements of grace.
ADYASHANTIWhen 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.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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Once again, we find ourselves back in the unknown – not in the idea of the unknown, but in the lived reality of it. It’s the mind humbled, on its knees, with bare feet and free of the known.
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In the heart of a human being, emptiness becomes love. When we touch that Source, instantly the love is present. Literally, the divine becomes human and the human becomes divine.
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Silence is the only teaching and the only teacher that is there all the time.
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The most intimate question we can ask, and the one that has the most spiritual power, is this: What or who am I?
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The more honest and authentic we are, the more deeply we go into the mystery of our own being.
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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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Relaxing into not knowing is almost like surrendering into a big, comfortable chair; you just fall into a field of possibility.
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Faith is a withholding of conclusion so that you allow what is to arise.
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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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Whatever you resist, persists.
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Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it’s about letting go of control. This is meditation. Anything else is actually a form of concentration. Meditation and concentration are two different things. Concentration is a discipline.
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The ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant.
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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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What the universe will manifest when you are in alignment with it is a lot more interesting than what you try to manifest
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The moment that you are willing to step outside of tomorrow, outside of needing more time, or having more time, everything becomes possible. And you may finally notice where the Buddha has always been.
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