Spiritual Quotes by Adyashanti

19 Spiritual quotes by Adyashanti

Adyashanti’s words often cut through mental chatter to reveal simple truth. These 19 quotes provide a clear, unembellished look at his approach to awakening.

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The most challenging thing for the spiritual seeker to do is to stop struggling.

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Fear is very often a part of the spiritual path. When people sit down and meditate it's not at all uncommon for…

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The main requirement for spiritual growth: A yearning to know who you really are.

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The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.

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The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that uncertainty and all wisdom will be…

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How do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life? Throw out the concept of "spiritual life" and "everyday life." There is only…

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The most intimate question we can ask, and the one that has the most spiritual power, is this: What or who am…

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In silence a question has great power, because in silence a question will always lead you deeper into your experience. If there…

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What matters are not the truths other people tell us or the practices that we are able to mimic, but the spiritual…

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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…

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Many people think that it is the function of a spiritual teaching to provide answers to life's biggest questions, but actually, the…

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Inherent in the impulse to be free, is insecurity. The impulse to be free comes from outside of the mind, and because…

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A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true and mature relationship…

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Many spiritual people are involved in a radical denial of what is happening. They want to transcend it, get rid of it,…

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No matter what spiritual path you've walked or what teachings you've followed, they must lead you back to no path and no…

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The mind wants to land, to fixate, to hold a concept, but the only way you can be really free is by…

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Human beings have a drive for security and safety, which is often what fuels the spiritual search. This very drive for security…

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The most difficult thing for spiritual seekers to do is to stop struggling, striving, seeking, and searching. Why? Because in the absence…

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Ego is neither positive nor negative. Those are simply concepts that create more boundaries. Ego is just ego, and the disaster of…

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Real meditation is not about mastering a technique; it's about letting go of control.

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When emptiness is still, that is eternity. When it moves, that is love.

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You are an incredible mystery that you will never figure out. To be this mystery consciously is the greatest joy.

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Life sustains itself. Let go of the ego and life takes care of itself through you.

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