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At first it seems as if begoing follows becoming. But look even closer and you will see that there are only flashes of lightning illuminating the empty sky.
Adyashanti
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Adyashanti
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Steven Gray
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If we would only see that all limitations are self imposed and chosen out of fear, we would leap at once.
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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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There's a great space in which this moment takes place. There's a great silence that is listening to the thoughts.
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The intricacies of spiritual philosophy and theologies are just a thought within Emptiness.
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We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.
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Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. It's seeing through the facade of pretence. It's the complete eradication of everything we imagined to be true.
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A meditative mind is at ease because it's not trying to acquire anything.
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What you run away from owns you. You are the dog on a leash. The most you can do is to tug against the leash.
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What the universe will manifest when you are in alignment with it is a lot more interesting than what you try to manifest
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