The Reality of You

In this broadcast, Adya describes the progression from the virtual reality most of us live in to the ultimate reality of who and what we really are that is beyond any spiritual teaching or construct of mind. He speaks of how we are caught in the domain of the mind, sometimes creating a new spiritual dream from there. Pointing to our tendency to grab onto one or another facet of reality when we experience the sacred, he encourages us to open beyond the various facets to their encapsulation in the heart of true realization.

Topics:

• The Useful Fictions of Sacred Teachings
• Relinquishing the Effort of Mind
• What Is Sacred?
• Go Deeper vs. Sustain Longer

Quotes:

“The true, deep teachings of spirituality offer us a way to reconnect, to remember, to awaken to the totality of what we are, to that which is sacred and that which is ultimately real.”

“The best spiritual teachings in all the world are nothing but useful fictions—useful fictions in the sense that they are fingers pointing toward the reality that’s beyond the teachings.”

“The sacred is that which lies beyond the domain of the known—of what the mind knows, of what it thinks it knows. The sacred is even beyond the domain of the sacred teachings and the sacred teachers.”

“We’re living in an imagination. We’re living in mind, in a virtual reality. In other words, we’re living in something that’s not really real.”

“Recognition of mind, awareness of mind, or awareness of thought, doesn’t take effort. In fact, it takes the relinquishing of effort because all the effort, all the struggle, happens in your mind.”

“What it’s ultimately about is the realization of what you actually are.”

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