right in front of your eyes
Awakening is not about opening your eyes for the first time and seeing something different. You are already had your eyes open but you didn't realise what was right in front of your eyes. - Adyashanti
Awakening is not about opening your eyes for the first time and seeing something different. You are already had your eyes open but you didn't realise what was right in front of your eyes. - Adyashanti
that Awareness which I am talking about is HERE RIGHT NOW. When you are 'enlightened' it will be realised that 'you' always were the Awareness which is your very core RIGHT NOW as we speak. There is NOTHING new to achieve. It's just a case of mistaken identity.
when it is realised that you are nothing ... that is wisdom, and when it is realised that you are everything ... that is love. My life is a movement between the two.
Look, "you" and "I" have never existed. It is sheer nonsense to consider oneself as having a family or caste. Truly I am Brahman – the Supreme Reality. How can I make salutations to It? Avadhuta Gita
I have told you the quintessence of the Supreme Reality. There is neither "you" nor "I" nor superior nor teacher nor disciple. The Ultimate Reality is simple and spontaneous. I am Existence-Knowledge-Bliss and boundless as space.
Once there was a man who hated his own shadow. When he walked and found that his shadow was close behind him, he began to walk faster and faster. But the faster he moved, the closer his shadow came. So he ran like a madman, and in the end, he dropped dead.
Those who do not understand the Tao are just like the man who hated his shadow. It is actually very easy to be rid of one's shadow – just rest under a tree. Just rest!