Enlightenment is the natural state of consciousness, the innocent state of consciousness, that state which is uncontaminated by the movement of thought, uncontaminated by control or manipulation of mind. Adyashanti More Quotes by Adyashanti More Quotes From Adyashanti Nobody can give us what we really already are. Wouldn't it be terrible if somebody could give you what you really are? ...'cause if they could give it to you, they could take it away. Adyashanti causes giving knowledge The true heart of all human beings is the lover of what is. Adyashanti lovers heart life In the heart of a human being, Adyashanti emptiness heart love-is Nothing appears to be something. The human experience is a senseory organ for the divine self. Through these eyes, the divine gets to see itself in form. Adyashanti awareness eye self We must leave the entire collection of conditioned thought behind and let ourselves be led by the inner thread of silence into the unknown, beyond where all paths end, to that place where we go innocently or not at all, not once but continually. Adyashanti silence ends path Do not seek after what you yearn for, seek the source of the yearning itself. Adyashanti yearning source Deep down we all suspect that something is very wrong with the way we perceive life but we try very, very hard not to notice it. And the way we remain blind to our frightful condition is through an obsessive and pathological denial of being -- as if some dreadful fate would overcome us if we were to face the pure light of truth and lay bare our fearful clinging to illusion. Adyashanti fate light trying We think there’s someplace other than here to get to—that’s what drives the whole pursuit. Only when the pursuit ceases, is it possible to recognize what comprises you: pure being, pure consciousness. This is actually the very substance of your own self and being. Adyashanti truth self thinking Awareness isn’t something we own; awareness isn’t something we possess. Awareness is actually what we are. Adyashanti awareness You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake. Adyashanti enlightenment mistake thinking There's a fierceness about life that calls for a fierceness to not anxiously solve it but to allow it to transform you. Adyashanti fierceness solve Faith is a withholding of conclusion so that you allow what is to arise. Adyashanti withholding conclusion arise Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself. Adyashanti our-relationship causes suffering The willingness to not bypass illusion is very important. We come to nirvana by way of samsara. We come to see the true nature of things by seeing through the illusory nature of things. We don't come to nirvana by avoiding samsara. We don't come to clarity by avoiding confusion. Adyashanti confusion important way All is always well even when it seems unbelievably unwell. Adyashanti wells seems Most people don't get out of childhood, or adolescence, without being wounded for telling the truth. Someone says 'you can't say that' or 'you shouldn't say that' or 'that wasn't appropriate' so most of us human beings have a very deep underlying conditioning that says that just to be who we are is not OK.......Most human beings have an imprinting that if they're real, if they're honest, somebody's not gonna like it. And they won't be able to control their environment if they tell the truth. Adyashanti childhood real people There is only consciousness. There is no individual apart from consciousness who is conscious. Adyashanti individual consciousness conscious How do I integrate spirituality into my everyday life? Throw out the concept of "spiritual life" and "everyday life." There is only life, undivided and whole. Adyashanti integrating everyday spiritual What will carry us into living freedom is not the holding of attention so much as the holding of appreciation. Adyashanti meditation attention appreciation The moment that you are willing to step outside of tomorrow, outside of needing more time, or having more time, everything becomes possible. And you may finally notice where the Buddha has always been. Adyashanti tomorrow steps may
