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I have been searching on Gaia for discussions around Kundalini for some time now, and delighted to read people's posts here. I had a spontaneous Kundalini awakening about ten years ago, having practiced meditation for... More »
I downloaded one of the Satsang recordings from 2004 which was recorded in Palo Alto. It was very good and I learned a lot from it. I'm also having great fun reading "Silence Is My... More »
The 1st Twin Cities Conference on Awakening Saturday, May 30th 12 Noon – 5 PM “Many people think that enlightenment is an altered state of consciousness. Actually, what we perceive every day through the... More »
Not to assert that "I am right" (the ego just love it!), but Adya was given the birth name of Steven Gray. You might want to check out his entry on Wikipedia (Danger! Controled Mindspace!):... More »
Never mind... (as Roseanne Rosannadanna used to say) I think it's fixed. I had to change the name of the group to "Adyashanti" without the tag to the name. I think I was confusing the... More »
I've found that if I search for this group using the Gaia.com search feature, I don't get directed to "Adyashanti" when I put in "Adyashanti". What's wrong? I can't figure it out. It's a bit... More »
So are you any different than Isha, then? I would say no. However, i'm not sure what she would say? I wonder if she is open to what they teach or merely insists that they... More »
So are you any different than Isha, then? I suppose I'm curious about what you're trying to achieve. Should gurus be banned? Should spiritual teachers be licensed? If people feel they want a guide, what's... More »
Did you know that Adyashanti has a website which lists his Sat sangs and retreats? It's at www.adyashanti.org.
The beauty of Adyashanti's teachings is that they are more important than he is. He is a realized/awakened being whose name was Greg. His teacher told him, after he had a series of profound experiences... More »
Centria
This is an update. From my birthday blog when awareness woke up for a day. And then stayed mostly awake (although back and forth) for the next three weeks or so. And then I....zoom....snore! snore!....fell... More »
Laura
When you become quiet, you let yourself relax into the moment, into your true nature. When this happens, you realize you cannot avoid any part of your experience. If you are looking for quietness to... More »
Michael
Wow this got to be far longer than I realized before I pasted it in. I initially started with the word grok . Maybe later I'll try to whittle it down, but for now, I swiped some... More »
Michael
DeadIcant is about holding all life as sacred and not eating anything that is still alive. Imagine that, eating something still alive. Disgusting. I just feel, strongly and intuitively that this shouldn't... More »
Michael
In Walking, Thoreau said, "In wildness is the preservation of the world," yet when he submitted his talk, the publisher re-wrote it as "In wildneress is the preservation of the world," as if it were... More »
Michael
Is it me? I mean, am I like crazy to be triggered by everything I know or read or hear about Islam? I wonder. Maybe I'm a twit. Let me take a look at the... More »
Michael
I haven't joined The God Pod because there is more evidence for the boogeyman than there is for God. I've seen the boogeyman. And I'm not worrying about not believing in one god. Christians don't... More »
Michael
I'm inspired to speak about how New Age and Tibetan Buddhism are close together, both merging three of the four religion-types. Commonly, attributes of the four are mixed into each other, clouding things up, so... More »
Michael
Integrative Awakening , while not well-known, offers a clear view of complicated reality: replace Body, Mind and Spirit, with Body, Mind, Belief and Spirit The brain thinks, thoughts are about spirit, manifesting beliefs... More »
Tucan
Without taking care, the teaching role can lead to corruption of relationship, and since we're dealing with wide open hearts, to me, any error is tatamount to an abuse of authority. So I tread very carefully. After having... More »
All that is necessary to awaken to yourself as the radiant emptiness of spirit is to stop seeking something more or better or different, and turn your attention inward to the awake silence that you are.
As soon as the mind pulls out an agenda and decides what needs to change, that's unreality. Life doesn't need to decide who's right and who's wrong. Life doesn't need to know the "right" way to go because it's going there anyway.
A Tendency to Shine
If you prefer smoke over fire then get up now and leave. For I do not intend to perfume your mind's clothing with more sooty knowledge. No, I have something else in mind. Today I hold a flame in my left hand and a sword in my right. There will be no damage control today. For God is in a mood to plunder your riches and fling you nakedly into such breathtaking poverty that all that will be left of you will be a tendency to shine. So don't just sit around this flame choking on your mind. For this is no campfire song to mindlessly mantra yourself to sleep with. Jump now into the space between thoughts and exit this dream before I burn the damn place down.
Awareness yields to itself, to its inherent creativity, to its expression in form, to experience itself.
We are birthed into sangha, into sacred community. It is called the world.
Serving the Truth becomes our life instead of just an isolated event. It takes the abstractness out of spirituality. That’s the opportunity of real spirituality: to be in service to the silence of the heart.
You must choose between your attachments and happiness.
All that is necessary to awaken to yourself as the radiant emptiness of spirit is to stop seeking something more or better or different, and to turn your attention inward to the awake silence that you are.
Since everything is already the Supreme Buddha Nature, where are you going to find it?
Awakening to the truth is a deep realization of what you are as an experience. What is it that is listening? What is it that is feeling? Feel it. Sense it. Welcome it.
A place where like-minded individuals can discuss the teachings of Adyashanti, specifically his book "The End Of... More »
This pod is for individuals who have the "disease" of seeking, are currently taking the "medicine" of... More »
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