Adya ♥
»Anthony de Mello said, “Enlightenment is absolute cooperation with the inevitable.” I love that, because it defines enlightenment not just as a realization, but as an activity.«
~ Adyashanti
“This instant is infinitely clear, infinitely mysterious, and has an infinite capacity not to conform to our stories and reasons about why it is the way it is. Here it is, right now, this moment.”
~ Adyashanti
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This is an excerpt that I transcribed from one of Adyashanti’s talks, where he speaks a bit about mutual meeting points and ‘being surrender’. It’s something that continues to feel relevant to me – this longing for real, genuine connections; a sense of intimacy and belonging expressed in the dimension of form, in the realm of human experience – and what he says here has a beautiful resonance. ♥
“As human beings we want to communicate, we want to touch in, we want to connect with each other. And one of the things that people really have a difficult time adjusting with is literally how do I connect in with somebody who doesn’t see things the same way as I do? In what place do we have a mutual meeting point?” Continue reading… »
“In the heart of a human being,
emptiness becomes love.
When we touch that Source,
instantly the love is present.
Literally, the divine becomes human
and the human becomes divine.”
~ Adyashanti
Adya ♥
This is a partial transcript from one of Adyashanti’s talks about the falling away of the position of the external witness. This resonates very much with my experience…
My god, that's a beautiful mat!
I’m like one of them welcome mats that you have in your doorway. The idea of a welcome mat is that you step on it and you step over it and you go in the door. Wouldn’t it be silly if a neighbor came over and looked at the mat and said »My god, that’s a beautiful mat!« dropped to their knees and worshipped it for the rest of their lives? »This mat, this mat will take me in to the house, I’m sure!« Hehehe… »I know this mat will take me into the house; if I just love it enough, beg it enough or worship it enough or think it’s the best mat – better than all other welcome mats.« Meanwhile it’s at the doorway, right? The house is right there, you can walk in anytime you want. But no no no no no… I’ll worship The Mat. Hehe…
So, remember that the idea is receive the welcoming, that’s what the teaching is. It’s the welcoming. It’s like… go in this direction, look… this is the restoration of true perception, which is awakening. But it’s the true perception that is important. It’s realizing what we actually are.
~ Adyashanti
Mooji, Ramana Maharishi, Buddha, Shiva, Adyashanti, Papaji and Panda
A huge, heartfelt thank you to the satguru, Shiva, Mooji, Adya, Ramana, Panda, Papaji and Buddha.
A huge, heartfelt thank you also goes to all my yoga, tai chi, thai yoga massage, ayurveda and meditation teachers; sangha friends and family; Måns Broo; Tobias the fakir; David Frawley and everybody else who ever helped or is still helping dispell the darkness of ignorance.
Turn toward the light and you will see only light, not your shadow.
~ Papaji
Om namah Shivaya ♥
Ganga-ji's goats. Photo by Sol
The ultimate freedom from the nonexistent ego is to see that it is actually irrelevant.
~ Adyashanti
Adyashanti ♥
You know how in spirituality they are always encouraging »be centered«? »Be centered, centered, find your center, your location, find your…, be here now… centered« etc. Awakening is the falling away of the centre, it’s like the bottom is dropping out.
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I’m a big lover of books, and although the ultimate Truth can’t be captured by mere words… some really do seem to come close! The following ones are my current top favourites when it comes to non-duality (or whatever you want to call it). These books are all filled to the brim with beautiful and clear pointers, heartfelt poetry, stunning insights and gorgeous inspiration. Each and every single one of them is highly and warmly recommended. Enjoy! ♥
Quietly breathing through the bittersweetness of Shiva's tough love; discovering the art of becoming empty, disentangled, being undone... ॐ
ooh!! dharma!! beginning good ... middle good... end good...
"It's all stardust, equally so."~ Adyashanti
Quietly breathing through the bittersweetness of Shiva's tough love; discovering the art of becoming empty, disentangled, being undone... ॐ