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If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind's clothing with more sooty knowledge.
Adyashanti
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Adyashanti
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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If you want to know something, go elsewhere. If you want to un-know everything, then sit and listen.
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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 avoiding the enlightenment that is already present in each moment? How am I seeing separation where it doesn't exist?
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The most challenging thing for the spiritual seeker to do is to stop struggling.
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The silence inside of you is the sound of your knowledge collapsing. Remember, it is you who said, 'I want to be free.'
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