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In the end it’s all very simple. Either we give ourselves to Silence or we don’t.
Adyashanti
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Adyashanti
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Go ahead, climb up onto the velvet top of the highest stakes table. Place yourself as the bet. Look God in the eyes and finally, for once in your life, lose.
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The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare.
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At each moment we are expressing what we know ourselves to be. If we know ourselves very little we will express and manifest that unconsciousness of our true nature. If we know who and what we are very thoroughly, we will express and manifest that in what we do. It is all very simple.
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