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You can't look at what's looking. You can't think about that which is prior to thought.
Adyashanti
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Adyashanti
Age: 62
Born: 1962
Born: January 1
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Steven Gray
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You think that enlightenment is something other than what is happening right now. This is your primary mistake.
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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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Do not seek after what you yearn for, seek the source of the yearning itself.
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True Meditation is the space in which everything gets revealed, everything gets seen, everything gets experienced. And as such, it lets go of itself. We don't even let go. It lets go of itself.
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Now don't think that awakening is the end. Awakening is the end of seeking, the end of the seeker, but it is the beginning of a life lived from your true nature.
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Stop all delays, all seeking and all striving. Put down your concepts, ideas and beliefs. For one instant be still and directly encounter the silent unknown core of your being. In that instant Freedom will embrace you and reveal the Awakening that you are.
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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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