Neither one of these thoughts hold any intrinsic reality. They are an overlay. When 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.
ADYASHANTIWhen a group of people come together as a response to that kind of inward call, it creates a very powerful environment, where truth is held in the highest esteem and the reality of our being responds to that deepest intention.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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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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Enlightenment is, in the end, nothing more than the natural state of being.
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Be a true representative of the goodness in your heart, and don’t expect it to be easy or even noticed.
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We must become expressions of, not consumers of, realization.
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To be free of fear is to be full of Love.
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True meditation is letting go of manipulating our experience.
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Truth is quite literally the only thing that does exist. It is not hidden but in plain view, not lacking but abundantly present.
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Most people don’t get out of childhood, or adolescence, without being wounded for telling the truth. Someone says ‘you can’t say that’ or ‘you shouldn’t say that’ or ‘that wasn’t appropriate’.
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This simply strengthens the ego. In fact, such conclusions arise from the ego itself. Pay no attention to them. Don’t go to war with yourself; simply inquire into who you are.
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We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.
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When 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.
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Awareness isn’t something we own; awareness isn’t something we possess. Awareness is actually what we are.
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As soon as you believe that a label you’ve put on yourself is true, you’ve limited something that is literally limitless, you’ve limited who you are into nothing but a thought.
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Self-inquiry is a spiritually induced form of wintertime. It’s not about looking for a right answer so much as stripping away and letting you see what is not necessary, what you can do without, what you are without your leaves.
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This world is not my concern; it is myself.
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