The Pivotal Point

It is a pivotal point of spiritual maturity to see the limitation of chasing happiness. While many seekers realize this about the outside relationship with cars, “toys,” people, or even God, they often seek inside with the same pursuit of abiding fulfillment. In this compelling talk, Adyashanti unmasks the many guises of egoic motivation, structure, and resurgence. He also explores aspects of spiritual maturity beyond the transcendence of ego that lead to a deep transformation of being human.

Topics Include:

• The Unsatisfactoriness of Seeking Happiness
• How the West and East Respond to Division
• The Ego’s Experience of Nothingness
• The Resurfacing of Ego after Transcendence
• Expressions of Spiritual Maturity
• Taking It All the Way
• What Compels Adya to Teach

Quotes from this Download:

“When we reach psychological and spiritual maturity, we’re not looking in or out for things to make us happy.”

“If you want truth, you always need to see what is not true.”

“The pursuit of unending happiness has its own sorrow in it.”

Recorded in Grass Valley, California on October 19, 2012.
© 2012 by Adyashanti. All rights reserved.