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.
ADYASHANTIThe ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant.
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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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It is in the absolute surrender of all conditions and requirements that Liberation is discovered to be who and what you are. Then the love and wisdom that flows out of you has a liberating effect on others.
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Take the armor off, so the arrow of the Truth can penetrate you.
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Doubt is always accompanied by a pervasive cynicism that unconsciously puts a negative spin on whatever it touches.
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The goal of Buddhism is to create Buddhas, not Buddhists, as the goal of Christianity is to create Christs, not Christians.
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There is, quite literally, nothing to understand.
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When we’re in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose.
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A quiet mind married to integrity of heart is the birth of wisdom.
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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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Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It’s seeing through the facade of pretence. It’s the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.
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If you have any image of what the Truth is, slay it immediately because that’s not it.
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The separate self is just the conglomeration of these opposing forces. When the self drops away, inner division drops away with it.
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One Zen master said, The whole universe is my true personality. This is a very wonderful saying… If you want to see what you truly are, open the window, and everything you see is in fact the expression of your inner reality. Can you embrace all of it?
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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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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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