Adyashanti, Spiritual Perfectionism & Being Human (w/Simon Brown)

Dueling reactions to Adyashanti's retirement letter, spiritual perfectionism and the imperfection of the human condition. Clip from my recent interview with Simon Brown, full video here: • Opening The Heart Of C...
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[@TheEvaluna1975]

Adya's retirement letter shocked me at first since I had no idea about these issues he was dealing with, but immediately after, I also felt that deep sense of relief, knowing that as enlightened as he can be, he's always been as human as any of us... and I told myself, hey! relax, you're doing just fine! Get some popcorn and enjoy the show! 😉🙏❤️

[@stephenfosker6066]

"Ring the bell that still can ring
Forget your perfect offering
There is a crack, a crack in everything
That's how the light gets in..."
Leonard Cohen

[@bdillon1011]

I have followed Adya for many years. He has occasionally brought his chronic pain into a teaching though hasn't dwelled on it. If that helps your friend, it hasn't been a secret.

[@utinsutiwi]

Wow, quality content. Thank you so much!! ❤

[@splashesin8]

Sometimes there's nothing to do except wait through the pain, or try to distract from it. Depending what the person in the pain feels up to simultaneously, moment to moment.

[@ideapage]

When one is in physical pain, especially excruciating pain, how does one live through that? I'm thinking about a friend of mine who has been in and out of the hospital for some six months now, and he says his pain is a 9 out of 10. If he can sit still, without moving, his pain is not too bad. But when he moves, be it getting out of bed or walking a couple feet to a chair, his pain level is back to a level of 9.

[@aoifekeogh2057]

I only watch you now cause all these spiritual teachers sound like they're about to birth a unicorn . Please don't turn into that .