The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Following through has to do with what you are willing to do or let go of doing.
Adyashanti • The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Misinterpretation of a spiritual teaching by the ego is always a significant danger, since the ego’s tendency is to justify whatever points of view it is attached to and invested in.
Adyashanti • The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Just as presence is an expression of being, so too is being an expression of the Infinite. The Infinite is ultimate Reality, and is beyond all conceptualizations and experiences. It is the ultimate ground of all being, all existence, all dimensions, and all perceptions. It is transcendent of all categories, all descriptions, all imaginings. It is b
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By identifying with a particular name that belongs to a particular body and mind, the self begins the process of creating a separate identity. Add in a complex jumble of ideas, beliefs, and opinions, along with some selective and often painful memories with which to create a past to identify with, as well as the raw emotional energy to hold it all
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Most of us live in a state where our being has long ago been exiled to the shadow realm of our silent anguish. At times being will break through the fabric of our unconsciousness to remind us that we are not living the life we could be living, the life that truly matters. At other times being will recede into the background silently waiting for our
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The false self grows out of unconscious being. It is a fragmented amalgam of many selves tenuously bound together by a façade of normalcy. It is a divided house built upon an imaginary foundation, a broken-winged bird that cannot fly.
Adyashanti • The Way of Liberation: A Practical Guide to Spiritual Enlightenment
Life will conform neither to the story you tell yourself about it nor your interpretation of it. Believe a single thought that runs contrary to the way things are or have been and you suffer because of it. No exceptions! This does not mean that you should not have any thoughts outside of what is. It only means that what is is the reality of now. If
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What should I do if an old painful memory arises during meditation? A. Old memories, hurts, fears, angers, resentments, etc., can arise in meditation. Simply allow them to arise without resisting, analyzing, judging, or denying them. Just watch them without getting involved. See that they do not define who you are. They are pockets of unconsciousne
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What is is what’s happening before you have a thought about it. Notice the difference between what your mind thinks about this moment, and this moment as it is before you have any thought about it.