--- title: "27 Ifs Quotes By Adyashanti" description: "27 Ifs quotes by Adyashanti. Plus more from Adyashanti and more Ifs sayings from other authors." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/adyashanti-1169_burning_if-you-prefer-smoke-over-fire-then-get-u_3127182.png" --- > [If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind's clothing…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/if-you-prefer-smoke-over-fire-then-get-up-now-and-leave-for-i-do-not-2/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e09/adyashanti-1169_burning_if-you-prefer-smoke-over-fire-then-get-u_3127182.png) > [If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/if-we-look-at-the-world-around-us-we-see-that-we-are-conditioned-to/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f40/adyashanti-1169_communication_if-we-look-at-the-world-around-us-we-see_3077124.png) > [If we would only see that all limitations are self imposed and chosen out of fear, we would leap at once.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/if-we-would-only-see-that-all-limitations-are-self-imposed-and-chosen/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/722/adyashanti-1169_chosen_if-we-would-only-see-that-all-limitation_2094043.png) > [If you have any image of what the Truth is, slay it immediately because that's not it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/if-you-have-any-image-of-what-the-truth-is-slay-it-immediately/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f50/adyashanti-1169_funny_if-you-have-any-image-of-what-the-truth_761840.png) > [Whatever you want, be it. If you want connection, it's because you are connection. Be what you want, and then it happens…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/whatever-you-want-be-it-if-you-want-connection-it-s-because-you-are/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/fe8/adyashanti-1169_connection_whatever-you-want-be-it-if-you-want-conn_1079647.png) > [The proof of the depth and embodiment of your realization will be seen in your love relationship. That's where the proof is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-proof-of-the-depth-and-embodiment-of-your-realization-will-be/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e96/adyashanti-1169_collapse_the-proof-of-the-depth-and-embodiment-of_3182478.png) > [Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/whatever-you-resist-you-become-if-you-resist-anger-you-are-always/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/34a/adyashanti-1169_anger_whatever-you-resist-you-become-if-you-re_1026529.jpg) > [At each moment we are expressing what we know ourselves to be. If we know ourselves very little we will express and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/at-each-moment-we-are-expressing-what-we-know-ourselves-to-be-if-we/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/432/adyashanti-1169_expressing_at-each-moment-we-are-expressing-what-we_1001770.png) > [When you inquire 'Who am I?' if you are honest, you'll notice that it takes you right back to silence instantly. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/when-you-inquire-who-am-i-if-you-are-honest-you-ll-notice-that-it/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/840/adyashanti-1169_answers_when-you-inquire-who-am-i-if-you-are-hon_330825.jpg) > [What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/what-would-happen-if-you-were-to-allow-everything-to-be-exactly-as-it/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e24/adyashanti-1169_control_what-would-happen-if-you-were-to-allow-e_46677.jpg) > [What if you let go of every bit of control and every urge that you have, right down to the most infinitesimal…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/what-if-you-let-go-of-every-bit-of-control-and-every-urge-that-you/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a0d/adyashanti-1169_able_what-if-you-let-go-of-every-bit-of-contr_433829.png) > [Our own intuition of what we're called to is reality speaking to us individually and perfectly. We have to listen to how…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/our-own-intuition-of-what-we-re-called-to-is-reality-speaking-to-us/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/397/adyashanti-1169_ifs_our-own-intuition-of-what-we-re-called-t_931059.png) > [If you tell yourself a sad story, the body reacts to that. And if you tell yourself a self-aggrandizing story, the body…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/if-you-tell-yourself-a-sad-story-the-body-reacts-to-that-and-if-you/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/649/adyashanti-1169_awake_if-you-tell-yourself-a-sad-story-the-bod_1803394.png) > [If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/if-you-filter-my-words-through-any-tradition-or-ism-you-will-miss/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/7af/adyashanti-1169_alive_if-you-filter-my-words-through-any-tradi_2986516.jpg) > [In order to be truly free, you must desire to know the truth more than you want to feel good. Because, if…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/in-order-to-be-truly-free-you-must-desire-to-know-the-truth-more-than/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/234/adyashanti-1169_bad-thing_in-order-to-be-truly-free-you-must-desir_3227227.png) > [The joke of it all is that you are looking from your true nature right now without knowing it. If you would…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-joke-of-it-all-is-that-you-are-looking-from-your-true-nature/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/8a1/adyashanti-1169_buddhism_the-joke-of-it-all-is-that-you-are-looki_2552624.png) > [Can you imagine if you really let it in that you are not a problem to be solved in any way? Imagine…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/can-you-imagine-if-you-really-let-it-in-that-you-are-not-a-problem-to/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/f0f/adyashanti-1169_compassion_can-you-imagine-if-you-really-let-it-in_1649168.jpg) > [Deep down we all suspect that something is very wrong with the way we perceive life but we try very, very hard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/deep-down-we-all-suspect-that-something-is-very-wrong-with-the-way-we/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/449/adyashanti-1169_blind_deep-down-we-all-suspect-that-something_427420.png) > [Right now you can allow yourself to experience a very simple sense of not knowing - not knowing what or who you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/right-now-you-can-allow-yourself-to-experience-a-very-simple-sense-of/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/af4/adyashanti-1169_bigs_right-now-you-can-allow-yourself-to-expe_3038816.jpg) > [To awaken to the absolute view is profound and transformative, but to awaken from all fixed points of view is the birth…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/to-awaken-to-the-absolute-view-is-profound-and-transformative-but-to/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/66b/adyashanti-1169_absolutes_to-awaken-to-the-absolute-view-is-profou_3129459.jpg) > [In silence a question has great power, because in silence a question will always lead you deeper into your experience. If there…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/in-silence-a-question-has-great-power-because-in-silence-a-question/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/429/adyashanti-1169_deeper_in-silence-a-question-has-great-power-be_2864421.jpg) > [The world's problems are, by and large, human problems-the unavoidable consequence of egoic sleepwalking. If we care to look, all the signs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-world-s-problems-are-by-and-large-human-problems-the-unavoidable/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/6a5/adyashanti-1169_borderline_the-world-s-problems-are-by-and-large-hu_1750.jpg) > [There is profound responsibility in being Love... more than the mind could imagine or hold up under. If most human beings truly…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/there-is-profound-responsibility-in-being-love-more-than-the-mind/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/647/adyashanti-1169_crushed_there-is-profound-responsibility-in-bein_782525.jpg) > [Nobody can give us what we really already are. Wouldn't it be terrible if somebody could give you what you really are?…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/nobody-can-give-us-what-we-really-already-are-wouldn-t-it-be-terrible/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0c9/adyashanti-1169_causes_nobody-can-give-us-what-we-really-alread_427705.png) > [Only something as insane as human beings would ever asked themselves if 'I'm good.' You don't find oak trees having existential crisis.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/only-something-as-insane-as-human-beings-would-ever-asked-themselves/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/a37/adyashanti-1169_acorns_only-something-as-insane-as-human-beings_2807870.png) > [One Zen master said, The whole universe is my true personality. This is a very wonderful saying... If you want to see…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/one-zen-master-said-the-whole-universe-is-my-true-personality-this-is/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/097/adyashanti-1169_embrace_one-zen-master-said-the-whole-universe-i_3117570.png) > [Most people don't get out of childhood, or adolescence, without being wounded for telling the truth. Someone says 'you can't say that'…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/most-people-don-t-get-out-of-childhood-or-adolescence-without-being/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e64/adyashanti-1169_able_most-people-don-t-get-out-of-childhood-o_1693511.jpg) ## Other authors on Ifs ## More by Adyashanti > [The world's problems are, by and large, human problems-the unavoidable consequence of egoic sleepwalking. If we care to look, all the signs are present…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/the-world-s-problems-are-by-and-large-human-problems-the-unavoidable/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [This moment in which you experience stillness is every moment. Don't let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/this-moment-in-which-you-experience-stillness-is-every-moment-don-t/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [When you rest deeply in the Unknown without trying to escape, your experience becomes very vast. As the experience of the Unknown deepens, your…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/when-you-rest-deeply-in-the-unknown-without-trying-to-escape-your/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/embrace-suffering-and-you-transform-your-relationship-with-what/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [What is really important you can't understand with your mind.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/what-is-really-important-you-can-t-understand-with-your-mind/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/what-would-happen-if-you-were-to-allow-everything-to-be-exactly-as-it/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [Inherent in the impulse to be free, is insecurity. The impulse to be free comes from outside of the mind, and because of this,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/inherent-in-the-impulse-to-be-free-is-insecurity-the-impulse-to-be/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [You can't lose what you serve. That's the secret. What you serve, you can't lose. What you don't serve and what you try to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/you-can-t-lose-what-you-serve-that-s-the-secret-what-you-serve-you/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [It is not the pursuit of greater and greater states of happiness and bliss that leads to enlightenment, but the yearning for Reality and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/it-is-not-the-pursuit-of-greater-and-greater-states-of-happiness-and/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [Suffering is how Life tells you that you are resisting or misperceiving what is real and true. It is the way Life suggests that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/suffering-is-how-life-tells-you-that-you-are-resisting-or/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/real-meditation-is-not-about-mastering-a-technique-it-s-about-letting/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [When emptiness is still, that is eternity. When it moves, that is love.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/when-emptiness-is-still-that-is-eternity-when-it-moves-that-is-love/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [You are an incredible mystery that you will never figure out. To be this mystery consciously is the greatest joy.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/you-are-an-incredible-mystery-that-you-will-never-figure-out-to-be/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [Life sustains itself. Let go of the ego and life takes care of itself through you.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/life-sustains-itself-let-go-of-the-ego-and-life-takes-care-of-itself/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) > [One doesn't stay in a state of nirvana by hiding from difficulties. You stay in nirvana by lavishing nirvana on everyone you meet, by…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/adyashanti/one-doesn-t-stay-in-a-state-of-nirvana-by-hiding-from-difficulties/) [Adyashanti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/adyashanti/) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/ifs/adyashanti/#itemlist", "name": "27 Ifs Quotes By Adyashanti", "numberOfItems": 27, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. 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