Unity and Uniqueness

The depth of spiritual inquiry is not just about the revelation of unity beyond separation—it’s also about the discovery of unity experiencing and expressing itself both as unity and individuality. In this 5-download set of the 2017 Ithaca Intensive, Adyashanti encourages us to strip away everything we know about ourselves and life. It is in opening to the domain of the unknown that enlightened recognition can arise and we can perceive the ever-present, nameless unity of all existence as well as its ever-unfolding, unique expressions.

Talk Topics Include:

• The Blessings and Barriers of Self-Consciousness
• The “I Am” without Adjectives
• Life Becoming Conscious of Itself
• The Highest Embodiment of Truth
• The Paradox of Relinquishing Self and Being Autonomous
• Proving Teachings in Your Own Experience
• Enlightenment Comes from the Unknown
• Living in “I Don’t Know”

Q&A Topics Include:

• How We Engage with Political Differences
• Letting Go of How We Should/Shouldn’t Be
• Using the Body to Tune into Truth
• The Emptiness of All States
• The Irrelevant Mind
• Letting Go of Seeking Certainty
• Working with Strong Emotions
• Facing Emptiness and Death

Quotes from this Download Set:

“The spiritual life is most properly approached as an exploration instead of a pursuit, a discovery and not a goal.”

“Revelation is not about a state of being we try to remain in.”

“Forever being and forever becoming—that is the human experience. It's always moving in the direction of greater embodiment of that experience.”

“If there’s no end point, your anxiety about not being there is gone.”

“The unknown domain in another is the same as the unknown domain in yourself.”

“When you have a deep profound sense of being, you’re not worried about the meaning of your life.”

“If you pursue any state of being, you can drop into a place where there is no experience of it.”

“When you get clear about what your spiritual evolution is about, at some point you stop avoiding fear.”

Recorded in Ithaca, New York on August 5-6, 2017.
© 2017 by Adyashanti. All rights reserved.