States Quotes by Adyashanti

16 States quotes by Adyashanti

Adyashanti’s 16 insights on States invite readers to consider governance through a contemplative, spiritual perspective. The collection is concise yet thought‑provoking, encouraging a deeper look at the inner dimensions of political life.

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Enlightenment is, in the end, nothing more than the natural state of being.

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Enlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness

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The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short,…

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One doesn't stay in a state of nirvana by hiding from difficulties. You stay in nirvana by lavishing nirvana on everyone you…

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Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought,…

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Meditation is a teaching which offers you the possibility of breaking free of this egoic state of consciousness and coming into a…

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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…

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Whatever you resist you become. If you resist anger, you are always angry. If you resist sadness, you are always sad. If…

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Trying to maintain a pleasant state and avoid an unpleasant state is actually the cause of sorrow. When you stop resisting, you…

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As you rest into stillness more profoundly, awareness becomes free of the mind's compulsive control, contractions, and identifications. Awareness naturally returns to…

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There is a very Simple Secret to being happy. Just let go of your 'demand' on this moment. Any time you have…

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It is not the pursuit of greater and greater states of happiness and bliss that leads to enlightenment, but the yearning for…

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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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Silence and stillness are not states and therefore cannot be produced or created. Silence is the non-state in which all states arise…

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In true meditation the emphasis is on being awareness; not on being aware of objects, but on resting as primordial awareness itself.…

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This one question-'What do I know for certain?'-is tremendously powerful. When you look deeply into this question, it actually destroys your world.…

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

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