Truth is quite literally the only thing that does exist. It is not hidden but in plain view, not lacking but abundantly present.
ADYASHANTITruth is quite literally the only thing that does exist. It is not hidden but in plain view, not lacking but abundantly present.
ADYASHANTIThe willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of things by seeing through the illusory nature of things.
ADYASHANTIOnly when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
ADYASHANTISo most of us human beings have a very deep underlying conditioning that says that just to be who we are is not OK…….
ADYASHANTIWe can’t have an idea of what life should look like, about how spirit should be manifesting as our very life, because all of those ideas would just be products of the past – something we learned, imagined, or desired.
ADYASHANTIIn order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if feeling good is your goal, then as soon as you feel better you will lose interest in what is true.
ADYASHANTITruth has no finality to it. It is not something to be held on to. Truth is discovered minute to minute or not at all.
ADYASHANTIThe main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are.
ADYASHANTIAs if some dreadful fate would overcome us if we were to face the pure light of truth and lay bare our fearful clinging to illusion.
ADYASHANTISo the biggest act of compassion starts within. And when the self is no longer seen as a problem, this is called “the peace that passes all understanding.
ADYASHANTIWhat 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.
ADYASHANTIAn ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.
ADYASHANTIThe ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant.
ADYASHANTIYou think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.
ADYASHANTIIf you were able to give up control absolutely, totally, and completely, then you would be a spiritually free being.
ADYASHANTIThere is profound responsibility in being Love… more than the mind could imagine or hold up under. If most human beings truly realized the impact that they have on the whole, they’d be crushed by the realization of it.
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