Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier.
ADYASHANTIThe truth is that you already are what you are seeking.
More Adyashanti Quotes
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Faith is a withholding of conclusion so that you allow what is to arise.
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Our illusions-the beliefs we hold on to-are the very doorways to our freedom. We simply have to enter through them without grasping or pushing away. We must not believe them, but we must not run away from them either.
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When you abide and accept everything completely and fully, you automatically go beyond.
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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.
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We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.
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Feel this moment, see it with a willingness to experience it deeply, whether it be good, bad, or indifferent. Emotionally and feelingly be fully present, right here, vulnerable, with your heart. Just be present. Don’t live from your conditioned mind, live from unconditional truth.
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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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Has it ever occurred to you that you are seeking God with His eyes?
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To remain unconscious of being is to remain asleep to our own reality and therefore asleep to reality at large. The choice is simple: awaken to being or sleep an endless sleep.
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Meditation is not something restricted to times of formal seated meditation; it is most fundamentally an attitude of being-a resting in and as being. Once you get the feel of it, you will be able to tune into it more and more often during your daily life.
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Our own intuition of what we’re called to is reality speaking to us individually and perfectly. We have to listen to how the Infinite talks to us and leads us. Reality, Life the Infinite, God, has a way of leading us in just the perfect way, if we will only just listen to it.
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You will only lose when you resist reality; you will only struggle when you disagree with what is.
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You’re willing to realize that maybe everything you’ve ever thought about yourself really isn’t true.
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Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being.
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The unknown, our own true nature, has the capacity to wake itself up when you start to fall in love with letting go of all the mental structures you hold onto. Contemplate this: there is no such thing as a true belief.
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