Adyashanti

Life itself is nothing but relationship.

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All is always well even when it seems unbelievably unwell.

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The true heart of all human beings is the lover of what is.

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Enlightenment is the unaltered state of consciousness

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“When you argue with reality, reality always wins”

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Our yearning for truth actually comes from truth.

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Enlightenment is a destructive process.

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The truth is that you already are what you are seeking.

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You are not your story. They are not your story about them. The world is not your story about the world.

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Stop all doing and be still. Let the fire of stillness burn everything and reveal That which is Openness.

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What is really important you can't understand with your mind.

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Truth has no finality to it. It is not something to be held on to. Truth is discovered minute to minute or…

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Misery needs your conspiracy; it needs your help. Without your resistance misery cannot survive.

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Imagine trusting silence more than any thought you can come up with.

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Whatever you can become will ultimately be destroyed. Only what you already are can't be taken away.

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True meditation has no direction or goal. It is pure wordless surrender, pure silent prayer.

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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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As soon as you believe that a label you've put on yourself is true, you've limited something that is literally limitless, you've…

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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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In True Meditation, we're in the body as a means to transcend it. It is paradoxical that the greatest doorway to the…

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Instead of striving towards some distant goal that you will never reach, I invite you to stop and ask: How am I…

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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…

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Why is it that so few people are truly free? Because they try to conform to ideas, concepts, and beliefs in their…

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If we look at the world around us, we see that we are conditioned to not listen deeply. Because isn't that what…

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“All of these are labels. All of them are fine. There is nothing wrong with any one of them, until you actually…

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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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Our own intuition of what we're called to is reality speaking to us individually and perfectly. We have to listen to how…

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In Liberation, you stand alone. You stand alone because you need no supports of any kind. You need no supports because you…

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Spirituality does not require that you work hard toward achieving a result in the future as much as it requires you to…

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What if you let go of every bit of control and every urge that you have, right down to the most infinitesimal…

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To awaken to the absolute view is profound and transformative, but to awaken from all fixed points of view is the birth…

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When we see the world through our thoughts, we stop experiencing life as it really is and others as they really are.…

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“Time to cash in your chips put your ideas and beliefs on the table. See who has the bigger hand you or…

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“As long as you perceive that anyone is holding you back, you have not taken full responsibility for your own liberation. Liberation…

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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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“Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment…

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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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“In order to find what the concept of God is pointing to, you must let go of your image of God and…

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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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“There is a freedom that can be discovered in relationship, whether it be with spiritual community or with another individual, where something…

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