There is no security in freedom, at least not in the sense that we normally think of security. This is, of course, why it is so free: there’s nothing there to grab hold of.
ADYASHANTIEnlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness
More Adyashanti Quotes
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We must leave the entire collection of conditioned thought behind and let ourselves be led by the inner thread of silence into the unknown, beyond where all paths end, to that place where we go innocently or not at all, not once but continually.
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There is, quite literally, nothing to understand.
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You must choose between your attachments and happiness.
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The Buddha’s insight into the middle way is not simply about a balance between extremes. This conventional understanding misses the deeper revelation of the middle way as being the very nature of unexcelled enlightenment.
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Take one step backward into the unknown.
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A meditative mind is at ease because it’s not trying to acquire anything.
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The most challenging thing for the spiritual seeker to do is to stop struggling.
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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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Freedom and Love arise when you die into the unknown mystery of being.
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Space and stillness is the light that illuminates the beauty of our soul’s being.
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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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Love 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.
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The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.
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The Way of Liberation is not a belief system; it is something to be put into practice.
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Awakening to the truth is a deep realization of what you are as an experience. What is it that is listening? What is it that is feeling? Feel it. Sense it. Welcome it.
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