When someone says, ‘I love you,’ he is telling you about himself, not you. When someone says, ‘I hate you,’ she is telling you about herself, not you. World views are self views-literally.
ADYASHANTIWhen we’re in our true being, the purpose of life is to feel that every moment is the purpose.
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If we know who and what we are very thoroughly, we will express and manifest that in what we do. It is all very simple.
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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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If we would only see that all limitations are self imposed and chosen out of fear, we would leap at once.
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Have you noticed, with whatever quality of love you have experienced, that when true love arises, it opens up both your mind and emotions? It’s an openness to whatever is happening.
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When emptiness is still, that is eternity. When it moves, that is love.
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It authenticates itself. Something inside us knows. This…is what has been sought for, longed for, looked for. This is it. Usually, it’s not what we expected.
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At first it seems as if begoing follows becoming. But look even closer and you will see that there are only flashes of lightning illuminating the empty sky.
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The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare.
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We 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.
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To be here, all you have to do is let go of who you think you are. That’s all! And then you realize, “I’m here.” Here is where thoughts aren’t believed. Every time you come here, you are nothing.
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An ordinary man seeks freedom through enlightenment. An enlightened man expresses freedom through being ordinary.
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Love moves without an agenda. It just moves because that is its nature to move.
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Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
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The silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, ‘I want to be free.’
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