Pure Presence

In this broadcast, Adyashanti clarifies the true meaning and practice of presence, noting the importance of operating with an awareness of that presence in all facets of our lives. He points to the inevitability of being, even as our awareness of awakening vacillates, and encourages us to tune into the subtleties as that aperture opens and closes. In dialoging with students, he explores energetic fluctuations and the various ways our mind can relax into the experience of being, and he encourages us to relax into the gifts inherent in the simple here and now, even in challenging situations.

Topics:

• Recognizing Presence
• Energy Unfoldings after Awakening
• The Subtleties of Awakening
• When What You Know and What You Experience Come Together
• Allowing Unexpected Gifts

Quotes:

“The sense of pure existence is quite beyond or quite independent of your idea of yourself, your egoic identity—that primal sense of existence itself is something that’s not defined by your personality structure.”

“You have to begin to have a direct experiential connection with your own being—that’s for certain.”

“There’s often this closing down of the aperture of perception—only to open again, only to close down, only to open.”

“Spiritual awakening isn’t defined by the quality of the first rush of realization. The byproducts will inevitably settle, and when they settle, your consciousness has to become aware of something much more subtle.”

“When what you know and what you experience come together as one, there’s that feeling of rightness, of ‘yes!’ and you’re not divided anymore.”

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