It is easy to imagine that the Buddha, the awakened one, is something or somewhere other than here or that awakening to reality will happen sometime other than now. But as long as we continue to think in terms of time we will deceive ourselves.
ADYASHANTIFaith is a withholding of conclusion so that you allow what is to arise.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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I often describe the Absolute as Pure Infinite Potential, prior to being or becoming anything. It is forever unborn, yet gives birth to all of existence. About our ultimate nature nothing can be said; it must be revealed.
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The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.
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In silence a question has great power, because in silence a question will always lead you deeper into your experience. If there is no grounding in silence, a spiritual question is going to lead you into your mind.
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If we do not live and manifest in our lives what we realize in our deepest moments of revelation, then we are living a split life.
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Freedom is the disappearance of that which is searching for freedom.
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The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be yours.
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When we see the world through our thoughts, we stop experiencing life as it really is and others as they really are.
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You do it anyway. Why? Because you no longer want to suffer. Because you’re willing to be disturbed. You’re willing to be amazed. You’re willing to be surprised.
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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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My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.
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Every time you claim, “I am this”, you just claimed another sense perception, thought, emotion, or feeling.
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Nobody can give us what we really already are. Wouldn’t it be terrible if somebody could give you what you really are? …’cause if they could give it to you, they could take it away.
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It’s wearing spiritual clothing and spiritual concepts, but it is really no different than a drunk in the gutter who doesn’t want to feel the pain anymore.
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There’s something more to life than what we see on the surface.
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If moonlight does not flood the empty night sky and reflect in every drop of water, on every blade of grass, then you are only looking at your own empty dream.
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