Metaphysics of Enlightenment

If we go back just a few decades to deeper forms of contemplative traditions, spirituality was defined mainly by people wanting to find enlightenment, to discover an ultimate reality that rendered peace, freedom, and well-being. Many still want this, but nowadays people want a further development—to live it and express it. In this illuminating satsang, Adyashanti explores how the metaphysical views of enlightenment have been emphasized differently in eastern and western cultures. Drawing on each culture’s traditions, he describes the antidotes they offer to transform our consciousness of separation and discover the redeeming love and “yes” to all of life that is essential for awakened living.

Topics Include:

• The Impulses for Eastern vs. Western Spirituality
• All Dharmas Are Empty
• Plunging into the Inner Life
• How the Breath Reflects Two Spiritual Views
• The Redeeming Quality of Love
• Healing the Fundamental “No”
• What Embodiment Really Means
• Complacency vs. Surrender

Quotes from this Download:

“From the eyes of God, everything is a ‘yes.’”

“To skim through life on the surface of your inner life is relatively unsatisfactory.”

“It’s the boundaries we create in our consciousness that cause us so much difficulty.”

“The infinite can only know itself through its creation.”

Recorded in Los Angeles, California on August 23, 2013.
© 2013 by Adyashanti. All rights reserved.