The Awakening West - More Interview with Adyashanti

[Guest guest]

Thank you, Mazie, for that very lucid post which, for me, ties in with

the conviction that, when we stop fussing about ourselves and enter a

kind of stillness - even if it happens to be in Times Square, at

Sunset and Vine or plain old London Town, that which is needful

bubbles up to the surface. While we're looking for it, it's right

there waiting for us all the time. Would you not agree that we

'discover' what we already know ?

 

John......Silent Companion......

 

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LML (Lynn Marie Lumiere):People who have a yearning, or at least

curiosity, about awakening may wonder how they can find this freedom

we are speaking of. "What do I do?How do I get it?" These are

common questions.Adyashanti:There are two important elements as far

as I am concerned, maybe three. Number one is, before you get too

involved in teachings and teachers and conforming to the way you

think things should be spiritually, connect with the raw yearning at

the core of your own being. Basically, this means, "What do I yearn

for more than anything else?" For most human beings there will be

conflicting yearnings, but see what the core yearning is in you. That

very deepest core yearning is your red carpet to freedom. It's the

place that you follow. You follow backwards into that yearning. This

is something that many spiritual students don't take the time to do.

They just jump into the teachings and start imitating and doing

practices that they don't understand. They miss that the divine call

is in their own heart right from the very beginning. That's the

really important part.Once you hear that call, the other important

question to ask is, "Who am I really?Who am I really, truly, after

all is said and done, who am I really?" To go into the unknown of

that. The fact is that when someone asks, "Who am I?" the first thing

they notice is that they don't know. It's this running away from the

fact that they don't know who they are that is the cause of so much

suffering. So, simply to ask who I am and not to know, then to rest

ever deeper into the fact of not knowing. It's by resting in the fact

that you don't know who you are that you come upon the direct

experience of who and what you really are. These first two are the

most important by far. The last one, which is not a necessity - and

it's very important to understand that it's not a necessity, but it

can be very useful - is to find an enlightened teacher. I stated

these in the order of importance. Because, unless you've taken care

of the first two, the teacher is not going to be able to do a whole

lot for you. If you know what you want and you know that you don't

know who you are, then when you come into contact with a true

spiritual teacher the relationship between you and that teacher can

have a very dynamic quality.

LoveAlways,Mazie/join

All paths go

somewhere. No path goes nowhere. Paths, places, sights, perceptions,

and indeed all experiences arise from and exist in and subside back

into the Space of Awareness. Like waves rising are not different than

the ocean, all things arising from Awareness are of the nature of

Awareness. Awareness does not come and go but is always Present. It

is Home. Home is where the Heart Is. Jnanis know the Heart to be the

Finality of Eternal Being. A true devotee relishes in the Truth of

Self-Knowledge, spontaneously arising from within into It Self.

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LML (Lynn Marie Lumiere):

 

People who have a yearning, or at least curiosity, about awakening

may wonder how they can find this freedom we are speaking of. "What

do I do?How do I get it?" These are common questions.

 

 

Adyashanti:

 

There are two important elements as far as I am concerned, maybe

three. Number one is, before you get too involved in teachings and

teachers and conforming to the way you think things should be

spiritually, connect with the raw yearning at the core of your own

being. Basically, this means, "What do I yearn for more than anything

else?" For most human beings there will be conflicting yearnings, but

see what the core yearning is in you. That very deepest core yearning

is your red carpet to freedom. It's the place that you follow. You

follow backwards into that yearning. This is something that many

spiritual students don't take the time to do. They just jump into the

teachings and start imitating and doing practices that they don't

understand. They miss that the divine call is in their own heart

right from the very beginning. That's the really important part.

 

Once you hear that call, the other important question to ask is, "Who

am I really?Who am I really, truly, after all is said and done,

who am I really?" To go into the unknown of that. The fact is that

when someone asks, "Who am I?" the first thing they notice is that

they don't know. It's this running away from the fact that they don't

know who they are that is the cause of so much suffering. So, simply

to ask who I am and not to know, then to rest ever deeper into the

fact of not knowing. It's by resting in the fact that you don't know

who you are that you come upon the direct experience of who and what

you really are.

 

These first two are the most important by far. The last one, which is

not a necessity - and it's very important to understand that it's not

a necessity, but it can be very useful - is to find an enlightened

teacher. I stated these in the order of importance. Because, unless

you've taken care of the first two, the teacher is not going to be

able to do a whole lot for you. If you know what you want and you

know that you don't know who you are, then when you come into contact

with a true spiritual teacher the relationship between you and that

teacher can have a very dynamic quality.

 

 

LoveAlways,

 

Mazie