Identity & Spiritual Awakening

Describing the fundamental shifts of identity as they relate to the unfoldment of awakening, Adyashanti dispels the mistaken notion that all spiritual awakening is the same or that there is only one type of true awakening. He continues with insightful responses to emails and then dialogues with callers from Thailand, Indiana, and Oregon.

Topics Include: A Shift of Identity into Unity / The Death of Identity / The Abyss of Emptiness / Dreaminess in Meditation / The Desire for Worldly Things / Seeing Others as an Obstacle to Truth / A Lack of Intimacy / The Illusion of “Having It All” / Avoiding the Void / Knowing Through Unknowing

Quotes from this Download: When we relinquish trying to get somewhere, we naturally start to arrive fully where we are. Have trust in your own way. There’s something in the unfolding of your own life that is your greatest teacher. • It’s not that the world needs to change, it’s that your perception needs to be a bit deeper. • Nonattachment is a byproduct of the enlightened state, not a means to it. • There’s a type of knowing that is totally synonymous with unknowing. • Orient toward the vividness of Awareness. It’s like popping yourself out of a small trance. Get the feel of that vividness, that spontaneous luminosity. When mind gets dreamy in meditation, you’re actually resting in mind. Come back to the vividness of Awareness.

Recorded on November 9, 2011.
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