Adyashanti biography of abraham
“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.
No, I have something else in mind.
Today I hold a flame in my left hand
and a sword in my right.
There will be no damage control today.
For God is in a mood
to plunder your riches and
fling you nakedly
into such breathtaking poverty
that all that will be left of you
will be a tendency to shine.
So don't just sit around this flame
choking on your mind.
For this is no campfire song
to mindlessly mantra yourself to sleep with.
Jump now into the space
between thoughts
and exit this dream
before I burn the damn place down.”
― Adyashanti
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Explore t Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview: #1 Enlightenment means waking up to what you truly are and then being that. It means realizing and being, realizing and being. realization alone is not enough. The completion of Self realization is to act, do, and express what you realize. This is a very deep matter. #2 When I became the Oneness of everything, I also became the consciousness or spirit that woke up out of all identification. When the Oneness disappeared, there was still a basic awakeness, but it had two different aspects: I'm everything and I'm absolutely nothing. #3 When we really start to take a look at who we think we are, we become very grace-prone. We start to see that while we may have various thoughts, beliefs, and identities, they do not individually or collectively tell us who we are. #4 The biggest barrier to awakening is the belief that it is something rare. When this barrier is dropped, or at least you start to tell yourself that awakening is difficult, then everything becomes available to you. When you start to take in this awakeness, it is mind-boggling.Summary of Adyashanti's Emptiness Dancing
The Art of Listening to the Still, Small Voice Within
“Every time you don’t follow your inner guidance, you feel a loss of energy, loss of power, a sense of spiritual deadness.”
Shakti Gawain
I saw the film “Crazy Heart” yesterday. Jeff Bridges plays an alcoholic country singer who connects with Jean, the lovely mother of a 4-year-old son. At the climax of the story, Jeff Bridges’ character loses the little boy in a mall while he is at a bar having a drink. In the aftermath once the boy is recovered, Jean screams something like, “I knew in every bone of my body not to get involved with you, but I did.”
This got me thinking. How is it that we know in our bones the best course of action for ourselves, yet we take another path? And how often does it come back to bite us? We even have a phrase for it – against our better judgment. If our judgment is so good, why are we going against it?
The “Yes!”
Let’s begin our exploration of this important topic by looking at what it is like to know something in your bones. For me, I just know it. There is a definitiveness, an undeniable truth, a “yes!” This knowing does not arise from the logical and rational mind. It is not caused by emotions. It is clarity, pure and simple, that seems to just appear in my consciousness.
I was recently speaking to someone who was deliberating about a decision. I asked her if she ever had the experience of “yes,” of knowing something was absolutely true for her. She brightened, and told me about her clarity in deciding to marry her husband and in choosing a fulfilling career.
Isn’t this something we all know – this deep inner certainty?
Listening and Turning Away
Spiritual teacher Adyashanti says that truth is always speaking to us. The voice might be quiet, but it is ever present, guiding us to navigate the river of our lives with perfect intelligence. Are we listening, or is the inner cacophony too deafening to hear?
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