The Gift of Wanting

In this powerful introduction to Adyashanti's teachings, he describes how wanting gives rise to profound dissatisfaction and suffering, and shares how temporary pleasures are only quick fixes, while a simple stopping to see the truth of one's being reveals abiding joy and the end of seeking. Adya offers key pointers to self-realization as he guides both the questioner and the viewer in an experiential inquiry into the following topics: the limitation of thought, fear of death, sex and ego, and how traveling from the head to the heart reveals the hidden gift of wanting.

Quote from this video: “When we get what we want, we experience this blissful moment—we got what we wanted. We don’t want anything else. The joy we experience, the release that we experience, the happiness, is not because we got what we wanted, but because we’re no longer wanting. We, for a moment, experience the great happiness of not wanting anything.”

Please Note: This recording was formerly available on DVD.

Recorded in Santa Barbara, California on May 19, 2003.
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