That's exactly it. The moment you experience it, you feel an amazing high; "Yes, this is it!" But the high can never last because it comes from mixing the truth with your own mental projections, hopes and expectations, which are all things that have a certain neediness or desperate quality behind them. Anything you try to sustain will feel painful because it's unnatural. You want peace after all, not more searching and striving. You can never lose reality, so don't worry about it. You're fine!
wow, Wow, WOW! There is awakeness, and there is Master teaching. Mooji and Tolle and Adyashanti are Master teachers for here and now. Thank you, Adyashanti. Thank you for giving. Love, Tom
My experience of Adya is that he doesn't have a dogma of any kind. In fact he has said many times that he was a failure as a Zen Buddhist. And in being so-- woke up to the "truth". He talks from experience and a deep, deep and constant questioning of everything (his beliefs, cultural beliefs, experiences, traditions, etc). I have heard him reference many teachers including Ramana Maharshi, Jesus, Nisardadatta, and Rumi and more while also encouraging all to "see for yourself"(his core teaching)
I would say some teachers may call everything 'perfect' because by seeing things as they are, everything could very well feel perfect. But of course telling someone that will cause them to imagine how perfection must feel and then their mind gets in the way.
@NYCw66 I can say with all sincerity that I have experienced a small awakening and it has been absolutely life changing. An internal wisdom has arisen in me, problems have lost much their power and significance, and my desires and craving for materialistic success have been fading. Don't we wonder where all of our unease comes from? That quiet restless feeling that drives us to seek short lived pleasures? It's because we have forgotten what we are. We are God, essence, spirit, and eternal.
right on. there is Truth, Beauty, Good, Perfection, Being. the Thruth beyond true and false. Perfect with a capital P. perfect with a lowercase only arises with imperfection. both arise in the Perfection of Is.
that reminds me of a quote. something like "if you lose your smile, it is always somewhere nearby". In same way you cannot lose reality. Thanks for response!
It just dawned on me why morality is so contraproductive, the whole cycle of this natural feeling/thought is bad, you shouldn't feel that/think that do that, because you feel bad because you did, this feelings produces pain/anger/frustration, because you feel those you will do something bad, therefore you should feel bad, rinse and repeat. I have been in this cycle my whole life.
Such a clever man, so very helpful, the more i watch these vids the more i learn and realise and change, i love it, yet another wonderful lesson. Peace.
My thoughts of Buddhist scripture is that I wrote it a laid it around reality to remind me that I'm Not deluded, to protect me from getting irretrievably lost in reality, my own dream that I create. Which means the only reason I'm still here is that I don't want it to end yet... for some reason! Because I think I've forgotten how to get out! Help me me! That only leaves me wondering if I created me, if God created me or if I'm God, and if I am, what am I doing here anyway?
indeed. Adyashanti is great at "pointing out" the effortless natual state, which can be misleading to beginners (who can mistaken that presence for their ego's. "Its me!" we might say. no, it's that in you which is aware of you. do you like Ken Wilber?
Do you want to hear lots more Adyashanti for free? Click the "(more)" button in the description section in the right-top hand corner of this page and you will see different links in blue. I personally enjoy the cd's that I have made from downloading these audio samples. Enjoy...
@refuel829 The problem with saying it's perfect is that there's judgement in saying it's 'perfect'....the one doesn't judge it's just aware of what is....a choice-less universal awareness or attention....
You just could be right! You know, right now, that reflects how I'm feeling. Actually, I'm thinking like I suck. Maybe it is all one? My thought is everything is one, there is no other one but this one, there is no Buddha and no enlightenment to be separate from.
@Countrychiddler yes, so, God is still part of it and not separate from anything. THINGS may not appear perfect to our judgmental mind but when one goes beyond mind things may appear differently.
Sometimes i get get a strong feeling of joy/peace from nature. But it can be so strong it is in some way painful. it is excruciatingly strong and can somehow be painful (wirth the bliss). Does anyone else experience this? I guess it is painful because you know you cant maintain the feeling, and you go back to mundane state of mind.
damn...i feel the reality of reality now...well, i see that everything just...no mental projection. Now i feel upset because everything is real, and i know that the people i love and live with have the thickest egos you will ever see. Nothing is real for them....now to the next stage...oneness with everything, and shaking of whats left of the ego i have....shit.
@Cashify Gotcha. Because I can be awake seeing my body inseparable from the universe but at the same time feel like there is a 'me' as the 'ego'. it is like two identities, an ultimate seer AND a person i am controlling.
may this help all people. this is one of my teachings.if the i can not wake up,may you find love and peace in your dream,hate always has history, we live in the now .hate and love comes from the same place.your hate bonds you to people acts that hurt you or goes against your beliefs. more people hate the less they love.if you have no fear,hate,worries,beliefs,greed this includes beliefs system of governments,laws or religions the love grows and grows then it flows.love needs no laws or borders
The fact there is one truth does not mean it has to be the same from one place to the next. In fact, if there was, there would always be nothing. We need difference to know we exist. Although I do tend to think if I saw the real truth, I would see that I have created everything from my mind.
Which do you have as my second para? If it's spot on I'd better read it again to see if I learn anything! The only thing I have to boast about it that sometimes (even, more or less, during this posting session) my mind falls away and I forget who I am. I feel totally good, and it is as if there could never have been be a problem and there never will be, and everything I ever wanted or had was just a bad dream, or in fact, "just words and descriptions".
Don't know how to relate to people socially without some impression of character, so I wear one. If communicated as light as thought could be in equanimity guess it would sound stoned. A lot of people want you to boost their ego with their ideas so you just play along to humor them otherwise they might get upset.
@eaglerock999 Ah yes! I'm new to all this so I mistook the @ symbol for the speaker! Not even sure why I responded I usually don't say a thing. I guess my only response to you would lead us into something that I don't want to own (karmically that is.) So my response to your post about Buddha is good point!! It's silly for me to say anything when you have at your disposal Adyashanti! Namaste.
Yes, everything is meaningless, but instead redefine meaning as desire. Or going with the flow. Nothing is truly meaningful just like nothing is truly dual, but if you want fulfillment, it is the fulfillment of desire, or the fulfillment of rightness i.e going with the flow. And once that's all done up you will feel nothing in a good, way until not rightness and desire arise again, which arise both before and after enlightenment, only after it is not fear based,
+John Tao It's more so the end of attachment to any thing or idea, and in turn, experiencing non-duality, regardless of any apparent dualities in your experience.
This only leaves me with two questions: 1.If this truth is one's true nature then how did we ever become separated from it? 2.If there is only one then why is he devoting so much time talking about a difference between oneness versus not-oneness? 3.Even if it is all one this still leaves open the question of cause, effect and consequences. If he had resolved those why would he be talking whilst it makes no difference to the state of oneness, he wouldn't be able to bring about change.
I have seen real Spiritual Transmission and that is not a bunch of mind that carries words with it. When you look into the eyes of the Divine you can't settle for ego life.
@NYCw66 That state does not make 'me' feel good. The essence of it is completely selfless. And one would choose to 'do it' while they are alive because it is the only way to truly live.
My directions weren't as good as I thought they were. The description box for THIS video is to the immediate right of the video that is playing. It has the "date added", "subscribe to", and then below that is the "(more)" button. Much love.
@deliciousonionsoup Ok im in the state now... its like an invisible fuzziness emanating from you as you look around. Alive invisible fuzziness. It is the most subtle and basic thing in the world its unbelievable that it takes so long to calm the body enough to realise it. It is the closest thing to non-existence...its like you cannot explain how you even know its there.. IT JUST FREAKING IS. You will know when you feel it because it makes absolutely NO SENSE. Its impossible to name it.
3. It's just a thought I had: In principle the Universe is all one? If this is true then why wasn't the whole Universe enlightened when the first person was?
i can see reality now. What upsets me is, nothing means anything, but isnt meaningless....what the fuck do i do now? I know this is whats left of my ego making me feel really depressed. Everything is just still as fuck,and its beautiful. Swearing makes me feel more manly when use spirit-jargon haha. The feeling i have now, knowing everything has no meaning but isnt meaningless, is that there is nothing to achieve or do now..thats ego....what should i do about this? Its cool making progress.
@NYCw66 There is no problem in material things giving happiness to you... and there is no problem in them not giving it... don't fall into the trap of using buzzwords like enlightened, slightly enlightened, etc. ..... words are there to fool us :) ... it's only when you know that you are not whatever you think you are, and just something that is aware of itself and that the awareness will last only ephemerally, you realize the meaninglessness inherent in all such questions themselves :) :)
Thought for everybody in this thread: You're attacking, questioning and criticising each other. Ever wanted to quit trying to force others to believe you knoww better ways of being divine in order to support them instead?
I think when people think everything is perfect because they might see that they no longer judge something, therefore it is "perfect", accepting something without judgement. This tells me that the egos of these people say that "perfect" means not judging, so the only way they would judge would be if the thing is perfect.....thats some fucked up shit.
It seems to me that Adyashanti is using the term "eye of spirit" in place of the term "Awareness". Many teachers of the same ilk will use a lot of different terms for the same thing. One reason seems to be that they give many talks and try not to constantly repeat themselves. Another reason seems to be that it is challenging to talk about such a subject and agree on a universal terminology. Don't take my word-- these are just educated guesses.
Everything isn't spirit nor an expression of spirit, though it can be interpreted that way. Otherwise it's pure dualism. But it's possible he was speaking metephorically from the outset, and in that sense, everything IS connected as one, beyond the level of percepton and dualism. It certainly doesn't SOUND like it when he says from the start that bodies and everything else are an expression of spirit - it would be simpler to clear that up from the outset - but it's possible. Context is everythin
Eaglerock999 - God can't be "sent" anywhere, God IS all of those things, and you. God needn't worry about anything, that would be like your entire body worrying about your belly button... What would be the point of worry?
Damn right, Jesus was sometimes wrong, be ye perfect as the Kingdom of Heaven is perfect. Perfection is the perfecting itself. Buddha was much smarter.
humans judge things as perfect or imperfect, good or bad etc... and often disagree. God, beyond such duality and judgement, unconditionally accepts life as it unfolds. God is perfectly content with everything...humans often complain... who do you think has it right?
I kept hearing in a soft gentle voice simple "wake up!". Wake up! Come here.. you don't have to suffer! Words can't express my gratitude.
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That's exactly it. The moment you experience it, you feel an amazing high; "Yes, this is it!" But the high can never last because it comes from mixing the truth with your own mental projections, hopes and expectations, which are all things that have a certain neediness or desperate quality behind them.
Anything you try to sustain will feel painful because it's unnatural. You want peace after all, not more searching and striving.
You can never lose reality, so don't worry about it. You're fine!
Thanks for spreading truth :) after 11 years this comment was made reading this and watching this video, has an effect on this being so thank you
Amazing, basis of non dual universal teaching, the separate self divorcing itself out of the ONE, a hallucination of within wholeness.
wow, Wow, WOW! There is awakeness, and there is Master teaching. Mooji and Tolle and Adyashanti are Master teachers for here and now. Thank you, Adyashanti. Thank you for giving. Love, Tom
My experience of Adya is that he doesn't have a dogma of any kind. In fact he has said many times that he was a failure as a Zen Buddhist. And in being so-- woke up to the "truth". He talks from experience and a deep, deep and constant questioning of everything (his beliefs, cultural beliefs, experiences, traditions, etc). I have heard him reference many teachers including Ramana Maharshi, Jesus, Nisardadatta, and Rumi and more while also encouraging all to "see for yourself"(his core teaching)
Wow I'm hearing his voice for the first time now and only his voice i feel a certain silence in me. Wonderful
it's beyond perfection. It doesn't see whats perfect or imperfect. Everything is allowed.
I would say some teachers may call everything 'perfect' because by seeing things as they are, everything could very well feel perfect. But of course telling someone that will cause them to imagine how perfection must feel and then their mind gets in the way.
@NYCw66 I can say with all sincerity that I have experienced a small awakening and it has been absolutely life changing. An internal wisdom has arisen in me, problems have lost much their power and significance, and my desires and craving for materialistic success have been fading. Don't we wonder where all of our unease comes from? That quiet restless feeling that drives us to seek short lived pleasures? It's because we have forgotten what we are. We are God, essence, spirit, and eternal.
Thank you 🙏
Yes, "grok" is from Stranger in a Strange Land. It's such a great concept/word that it has been absorbed into the general language by a lot of people.
right on. there is Truth, Beauty, Good, Perfection, Being. the Thruth beyond true and false. Perfect with a capital P. perfect with a lowercase only arises with imperfection. both arise in the Perfection of Is.
that reminds me of a quote. something like "if you lose your smile, it is always somewhere nearby". In same way you cannot lose reality.
Thanks for response!
It just dawned on me why morality is so contraproductive, the whole cycle of this natural feeling/thought is bad, you shouldn't feel that/think that do that, because you feel bad because you did, this feelings produces pain/anger/frustration, because you feel those you will do something bad, therefore you should feel bad, rinse and repeat. I have been in this cycle my whole life.
Such a clever man, so very helpful, the more i watch these vids the more i learn and realise and change, i love it, yet another wonderful lesson. Peace.
Thank you Adya. Really.
My thoughts of Buddhist scripture is that I wrote it a laid it around reality to remind me that I'm Not deluded, to protect me from getting irretrievably lost in reality, my own dream that I create.
Which means the only reason I'm still here is that I don't want it to end yet... for some reason! Because I think I've forgotten how to get out! Help me me!
That only leaves me wondering if I created me, if God created me or if I'm God, and if I am, what am I doing here anyway?
indeed. Adyashanti is great at "pointing out" the effortless natual state, which can be misleading to beginners (who can mistaken that presence for their ego's. "Its me!" we might say. no, it's that in you which is aware of you. do you like Ken Wilber?
this brings me great joy....paul
Do you want to hear lots more Adyashanti for free? Click the "(more)" button in the description section in the right-top hand corner of this page and you will see different links in blue. I personally enjoy the cd's that I have made from downloading these audio samples. Enjoy...
Love Adyashanti
ahh so refreshing.... ive come such a long way in a short amount of time. so proud of me lol
@refuel829 The problem with saying it's perfect is that there's judgement in saying it's 'perfect'....the one doesn't judge it's just aware of what is....a choice-less universal awareness or attention....
Yes so true :) it is all just this... :)
You just could be right! You know, right now, that reflects how I'm feeling. Actually, I'm thinking like I suck. Maybe it is all one?
My thought is everything is one, there is no other one but this one, there is no Buddha and no enlightenment to be separate from.
@Countrychiddler yes, so, God is still part of it and not separate from anything. THINGS may not appear perfect to our judgmental mind but when one goes beyond mind things may appear differently.
Sometimes i get get a strong feeling of joy/peace from nature. But it can be so strong it is in some way painful. it is excruciatingly strong and can somehow be painful (wirth the bliss).
Does anyone else experience this? I guess it is painful because you know you cant maintain the feeling, and you go back to mundane state of mind.
thanks tktoadE, I spoke too soon, I found it the moment I wrote down that I couldn't find it. Thanks for the uploads. Awesome
I really am just talking to myself now. Anyway, what a lovely person!
This was something
Absolutely - but I wonder how many look at the moon the finger is pointing at, and how many actually focus entirely on the finger...
damn...i feel the reality of reality now...well, i see that everything just...no mental projection. Now i feel upset because everything is real, and i know that the people i love and live with have the thickest egos you will ever see. Nothing is real for them....now to the next stage...oneness with everything, and shaking of whats left of the ego i have....shit.
The ego is falling away, don't worry about it :) the "you" that is trying to shake away any remanent of ego is not what is.
Yonatan Katz ya haha 8 years ago. I cringe at this comment I made now lol.
@@DesertSmeagle haha yeah I understand. :) Peace to you :)
Total truth!
@Cashify Gotcha. Because I can be awake seeing my body inseparable from the universe but at the same time feel like there is a 'me' as the 'ego'. it is like two identities, an ultimate seer AND a person i am controlling.
Sting wrote a song about it! We are spirits in the material world
may this help all people. this is one of my teachings.if the i can not wake up,may you find love and peace in your dream,hate always has history, we live in the now .hate and love comes from the same place.your hate bonds you to people acts that hurt you or goes against your beliefs. more people hate the less they love.if you have no fear,hate,worries,beliefs,greed this includes beliefs system of governments,laws or religions the love grows and grows then it flows.love needs no laws or borders
thanks for posting these videos
The fact there is one truth does not mean it has to be the same from one place to the next. In fact, if there was, there would always be nothing. We need difference to know we exist.
Although I do tend to think if I saw the real truth, I would see that I have created everything from my mind.
Which do you have as my second para? If it's spot on I'd better read it again to see if I learn anything!
The only thing I have to boast about it that sometimes (even, more or less, during this posting session) my mind falls away and I forget who I am. I feel totally good, and it is as if there could never have been be a problem and there never will be, and everything I ever wanted or had was just a bad dream, or in fact, "just words and descriptions".
Don't know how to relate to people socially without some impression of character, so I wear one. If communicated as light as thought could be in equanimity guess it would sound stoned. A lot of people want you to boost their ego with their ideas so you just play along to humor them otherwise they might get upset.
@eaglerock999 Ah yes! I'm new to all this so I mistook the @ symbol for the speaker! Not even sure why I responded I usually don't say a thing. I guess my only response to you would lead us into something that I don't want to own (karmically that is.) So my response to your post about Buddha is good point!! It's silly for me to say anything when you have at your disposal Adyashanti! Namaste.
@5tranger God is prior to manifest existence. How perfect can you get?
Yes, everything is meaningless, but instead redefine meaning as desire. Or going with the flow. Nothing is truly meaningful just like nothing is truly dual, but if you want fulfillment, it is the fulfillment of desire, or the fulfillment of rightness i.e going with the flow. And once that's all done up you will feel nothing in a good, way until not rightness and desire arise again, which arise both before and after enlightenment, only after it is not fear based,
I see...the dropping away of the ego would be the end of the perception of duality
...waiting for it...
+John Tao It's more so the end of attachment to any thing or idea, and in turn, experiencing non-duality, regardless of any apparent dualities in your experience.
+John Tao Don't hold your breath. ^^
And don't believe you'd like it before you've been there. ;-)
This only leaves me with two questions:
1.If this truth is one's true nature then how did we ever become separated from it?
2.If there is only one then why is he devoting so much time talking about a difference between oneness versus not-oneness?
3.Even if it is all one this still leaves open the question of cause, effect and consequences. If he had resolved those why would he be talking whilst it makes no difference to the state of oneness, he wouldn't be able to bring about change.
I have seen real Spiritual Transmission and that is not a bunch of mind that carries words with it. When you look into the eyes of the Divine you can't settle for ego life.
how is this guy conning anyone?
@Cashify Am I right in saying you can still be awake as consciousness. but still with the ego in play
@NYCw66 That state does not make 'me' feel good. The essence of it is completely selfless. And one would choose to 'do it' while they are alive because it is the only way to truly live.
dont do anything..just be..greetings from colombia.
Anyone know what Adyashanti DVD this clip is from?
Shanti
😊
My directions weren't as good as I thought they were. The description box for THIS video is to the immediate right of the video that is playing. It has the "date added", "subscribe to", and then below that is the "(more)" button. Much love.
@deliciousonionsoup Ok im in the state now... its like an invisible fuzziness emanating from you as you look around. Alive invisible fuzziness. It is the most subtle and basic thing in the world its unbelievable that it takes so long to calm the body enough to realise it. It is the closest thing to non-existence...its like you cannot explain how you even know its there.. IT JUST FREAKING IS. You will know when you feel it because it makes absolutely NO SENSE. Its impossible to name it.
Excellent, "i" enjoyed this lol
...quoth the hyperinflated Ego!
3. It's just a thought I had: In principle the Universe is all one? If this is true then why wasn't the whole Universe enlightened when the first person was?
Is truth not perfect? ;p
i can see reality now. What upsets me is, nothing means anything, but isnt meaningless....what the fuck do i do now? I know this is whats left of my ego making me feel really depressed. Everything is just still as fuck,and its beautiful. Swearing makes me feel more manly when use spirit-jargon haha. The feeling i have now, knowing everything has no meaning but isnt meaningless, is that there is nothing to achieve or do now..thats ego....what should i do about this? Its cool making progress.
@NYCw66 There is no problem in material things giving happiness to you... and there is no problem in them not giving it... don't fall into the trap of using buzzwords like enlightened, slightly enlightened, etc. ..... words are there to fool us :) ... it's only when you know that you are not whatever you think you are, and just something that is aware of itself and that the awareness will last only ephemerally, you realize the meaninglessness inherent in all such questions themselves :) :)
a finger pointing at the moon!
makes me laugh:) thank you...
Thought for everybody in this thread: You're attacking, questioning and criticising each other. Ever wanted to quit trying to force others to believe you knoww better ways of being divine in order to support them instead?
I think when people think everything is perfect because they might see that they no longer judge something, therefore it is "perfect", accepting something without judgement. This tells me that the egos of these people say that "perfect" means not judging, so the only way they would judge would be if the thing is perfect.....thats some fucked up shit.
It seems to me that Adyashanti is using the term "eye of spirit" in place of the term "Awareness". Many teachers of the same ilk will use a lot of different terms for the same thing. One reason seems to be that they give many talks and try not to constantly repeat themselves. Another reason seems to be that it is challenging to talk about such a subject and agree on a universal terminology. Don't take my word-- these are just educated guesses.
Everything isn't spirit nor an expression of spirit, though it can be interpreted that way. Otherwise it's pure dualism. But it's possible he was speaking metephorically from the outset, and in that sense, everything IS connected as one, beyond the level of percepton and dualism. It certainly doesn't SOUND like it when he says from the start that bodies and everything else are an expression of spirit - it would be simpler to clear that up from the outset - but it's possible. Context is everythin
Eaglerock999 - God can't be "sent" anywhere, God IS all of those things, and you. God needn't worry about anything, that would be like your entire body worrying about your belly button... What would be the point of worry?
Why is this titled "Falling Away?" It makes me think Adya actually speaks about the feeling of falling away. Quite missleading.
no, there is something wrong with thinking.
But there is something wrong in the world, no?
Excuse me... are you ME? You sound like me, you feel like me and you write like me.
Maybe we are one?
Damn right, Jesus was sometimes wrong, be ye perfect as the Kingdom of Heaven is perfect. Perfection is the perfecting itself. Buddha was much smarter.
Of course, I don't think I'm God... I daren't blaspheme, maybe that my problem?
go google living waters and take the good test!
so if God is everything and everything isn't perfect dose that mean God isn't perfect?
humans judge things as perfect or imperfect, good or bad etc... and often disagree. God, beyond such duality and judgement, unconditionally accepts life as it unfolds. God is perfectly content with everything...humans often complain... who do you think has it right?