Gratitude is the appreciation of what is, of life, of existence, of anybody and anything, for just the way it is.
ADYASHANTITo awaken to the absolute view is profound and transformative, but to awaken from all fixed points of view is the birth of true non-duality. If emptiness cannot dance, it is not true emptiness.
More Adyashanti Quotes
-
-
If you tell yourself a sad story, the body reacts to that. And if you tell yourself a self-aggrandizing story, the body feels puffed up, confident. But when you realize it’s all stories, there can be a vast waking up out of the mind, out of the dream.
ADYASHANTI -
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.
ADYASHANTI -
When 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.
ADYASHANTI -
No matter what identity we cling to, it takes great courage to step out of the old masks we wear and the old scripts that we live by, and open ourselves to the mysterious inner core of our being.
ADYASHANTI -
Meditation is a dress rehearsal for death.
ADYASHANTI -
So most of us human beings have a very deep underlying conditioning that says that just to be who we are is not OK…….
ADYASHANTI -
The truth is that you already are what you are seeking. You are looking for God with his eyes. I suggest you ask, “What’s ultimately behind this set of eyes?” Turn around to see what is looking.
ADYASHANTI -
The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.
ADYASHANTI -
You don’t awaken, what has eternally been awake realizes itself. That which is eternally awake is what you are.
ADYASHANTI -
Enlightenment is a destructive process.
ADYASHANTI -
You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.
ADYASHANTI -
There is profound responsibility in being Love… more than the mind could imagine or hold up under. If most human beings truly realized the impact that they have on the whole, they’d be crushed by the realization of it.
ADYASHANTI -
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.
ADYASHANTI -
Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier.
ADYASHANTI -
In order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if feeling good is your goal, then as soon as you feel better you will lose interest in what is true.
ADYASHANTI