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.
ADYASHANTILove is a flame that burns everything other than itself. It is the destruction of all that is false and the fulfillment of all that is true.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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Right now you can allow yourself to experience a very simple sense of not knowing – not knowing what or who you are, not knowing what this moment is, not knowing anything.
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The body is a sensing instrument of consciousness. Without the body and mind, the trees could not see themselves.
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Freedom is the disappearance of that which is searching for freedom.
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The truth lies beyond all forms of conceptual fundamentalism. What you are is the beyond—awake and present, here and now already. I am simply helping you to realize that.
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Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
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Your life, all of your life, is your path to awakening. By resisting or not dealing with its challenges, you stay asleep to Reality. Pay attention to what life is trying to reveal to you. Say yes to its fierce, ruthless, and loving grace.
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There is, quite literally, nothing to understand.
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True intelligence does not derive from thought. True intelligence uses thought.
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When you discover yourself to be nothing but Freedom, you stop setting up conditions and requirements that need to be satisfied in order for you to be happy.
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We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.
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Until we start to see these false perceptions for what they really are, consciousness will be imprisoned within the dream state.
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[And yet] it is astounding how completely we humans define ourselves by the content of our minds, feelings, and history.
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Truth has no finality to it. It is not something to be held on to. Truth is discovered minute to minute or not at all.
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Concentration is a way in which we are actually directing or guiding or controlling our experience. Meditation is letting go of control, letting go of guiding our experience in any way whatsoever. The foundation of True Meditation is that we are letting go of control.
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Life sustains itself. Let go of the ego and life takes care of itself through you.
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