An Intimate Connection with the Essential

Connecting to the Essential is the key factor for liberation. In this heartfelt broadcast, Adyashanti emphasizes the vital importance of brushing away the surface layers of our experiences and beliefs so that we may connect intimately with our essential true nature. In making this connection, we access a quality of compassion that can heal the suffering in our lives.

Topics Include:

• Transcendent Wisdom and Earthly Compassion
• What Is Essential about You
• An All-Encompassing View
• Suffering as a Disconnection
• Alleviating Optional Suffering
• The Protective Instinct to Relieve Suffering
• Caring without Being Overwhelmed
• Healing through Connection to the Essential
• Meeting Grief with Dignity

Quotes:

“Any time you feel an intimate connection, there is always a quality of compassion, caring, and love that comes with it.”

“Suffering is a result of disconnection.”

“All the various forms of suffering—95 percent of our suffering—at the end of the day are optional. This is caused in large part by our resistance to what is.”

“Awakening itself is a moment of connection. Living your awakening is a moment of connection.”

“The experience of connection is healing. All forms of psychological, emotional, and spiritual healing take place because of connection.”

Recorded in San Jose, California on May 13, 2020.
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