We don’t come to nirvana by avoiding samsara. We don’t come to clarity by avoiding confusion.
ADYASHANTIThis 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.
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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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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Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
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Serving the Truth becomes our life instead of just an isolated event. It takes the abstractness out of spirituality. That’s the opportunity of real spirituality: to be in service to the silence of the heart.
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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.
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Cessation of struggle is like free falling through space without a care in the world.
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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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As if it were their job to be nice to you, you put yourself at odds with what is, and suffering will surely follow.
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You don’t awaken, what has eternally been awake realizes itself. That which is eternally awake is what you are.
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Life becomes almost magical. The illusion of the “me” is no longer in the way. Life begins to flow, and you never know where it will take you.
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Let go of all ideas and images in your mind, they come and go and aren’t even generated by you. So why pay so much attention to your imagination when reality is for the realizing right now?
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What matters are not the truths other people tell us or the practices that we are able to mimic, but the spiritual discoveries we make through personal investigation.
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You are the doorway to the infinite.
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You’re Arguing with ‘What Is’ – Your demands keep you chained to the ‘dream-state’ of the conditioned mind. The desire to ‘control’… is, ultimately, our unwillingness to just be awake.
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We think there’s someplace other than here to get to—that’s what drives the whole pursuit.
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