Silent Retreat Vol. 61

This 7-download set contains all of the Talks from the October/November 2017 silent retreat at Mt. Madonna Center, including the first evening talk and the morning talks. This set also includes the evening talk on Day 3, and the final morning talk (on Day 6); these last two files are also included in the Q&A download set, because they contain dialogues as well as the talks.

Please Note: The Q&A Sessions and Guided Meditations from this retreat are available for purchase separately.

Talk Topics Include:

• Closing the Gap of Untruthfulness
• Endless Interpretations of the Moment
• Game Changing Attention
• Clarifying Your Orienting Values
• Step Out of Your Virtual Reality
• Applied Peace
• The You beyond the Thought of You
• The Pure and Direct Experience of Being
• Will vs. Willingness
• The Two-Edged Sword of Self-Consciousness
• How Meditation Serves Aligning with Life
• Existence Exists Everywhere
• Being Devoted to Your North Star
• Trusting the Unknown to Reveal Truth
• Committing to Intention for Life

Quotes from this Download Set:

“Retreat is really about the deepest, truest, and most profound experience of being.”

“90% of emotion is thought created.”

“This isn’t about thought or no thought. It’s about ‘Where is your attention?’ That’s the game changer.”

“Your life is an expression of what you value and cherish.”

“Existential unity doesn’t guarantee psychological unity.”

“Forget about looking for truth—just start by seeing what is untrue.”

“Grant the world its freedom to be as it is.”

“Everything you think about yourself is not you.”

“Transcendence does not mean ‘apart from.’ It’s very intimately engaged with every shape, form, and color.”

“Go through the gate of nothing and everything will come to you.”

“Connectedness is not a spiritual fantasy; it’s a biological reality.”

“The more deeply connected you feel, the more profound the love you feel.”

“Nobody actually disturbs you.”

“Most of what’s causing you to suffer is how you’re relating to an experience.”

Recorded in Watsonville, California, October 31-November 5, 2017.
© 2017 by Adyashanti. All rights reserved.