Quotes by Adyashanti

“The Truth is the only thing youll ever run into that has no agenda.”

“Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, its not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment has not occurred. I meet a lot of people who think they are enlightened and...”

“When you argue with reality, reality always wins”

“Let go of all ideas and images in your mind, they come and go and arent even generated by you. So why pay so much attention to your imagination when reality is for the realizing right now?”

“The greatest dream that we can have is to forget that we are dreaming.”

“A spiritual teaching is a finger pointing toward Reality; it is not Reality itself. To be in a true and mature relationship with a spiritual teaching requires you to apply it, not simply believe in...”

“If you prefer smoke over firethen get up now and leave.For I do not intend to perfumeyour mind's clothingwith more sooty knowledge.No, I have something else in mind.Today I hold a flame in my left ...”

“The sacred dimension is not something that you can know through words and ideas any more than you can learn what an apple pie tastes like by eating the recipe. The modern age has forgotten that fac...”

“By identifying with a particular name that belongs to a particular body and mind, the self begins the process of creating a separate identity. Add in a complex jumble of ideas, beliefs, and opinion...”

“I have found over the years of working with people, even those who have had very deep and profound awakenings, that most people have a fear of being truthful, of really being honest-- not only with...”

“Enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being happier. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of untruth. Its seeing through the facade of pretense. Its th...”

“The changeless is what knows the change, the changeless is unconditioned”

“The aim of my teaching is enlightenment, awakening from the dream state of separateness into the reality of the One. In short, my teaching is focused on realizing what you are.”

“My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.”

“The Truth is the only thing you’ll ever run into that has no agenda.”

“Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special, it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment has not occurred. I meet a lot of people who think they are enlightened an...”

“Let go of all ideas and images in your mind, they come and go and aren’t even generated by you. So why pay so much attention to your imagination when reality is for the realizing right now?”

“My speaking is meant to shake you awake, not to tell you how to dream better.”

“I often tell people to make no mistake about it—enlightenment is a destructive process. It has nothing to do with becoming better or being more or less happy. Enlightenment is the crumbling away of...”

“The main purpose of the illusion of me is to keep you at all costs from realizing your own nothingness.”