Guest guest Posted September 29, 2001 Report Share Posted September 29, 2001 Adyashanti on stillness, silent emptyness & stoping the mind. -------------- Just stop and be still. Make no effort to be still. In the absence of all effort, stillness is revealed to be your natural condition. Thoughts and emotions may come and go, but stillness is the permanence within which they come and go. In all of your effort, you have overlooked what is most present and available – the stillness you are seeking. Realize this stillness to be your own Self, and It will reveal everything to you. -------------- The purpose of meditation is to find the meditator. When you look for the meditator, you will not find him, her, or it. All you will find is silent emptiness. In finding emptiness, the mind stops. If you let it, emptiness will stop the mind – unless you run back into samsara, into the mind drama of thinking, striving, and confusion. When you allow emptiness to stop your mind, you will awaken and realize that you are that emptiness. You will realize that you are not the mind, or the body, or any meditative phenomena. You are emptiness. Emptiness means limitless, boundless, immaculate consciousness. ---------------- Experience the core of stillness. Dive into it and surrender fully. In full surrender to stillness, you directly experience That to which the concept of God points. In that direct experience, you awaken from the dream of the mind and realize that the concept of God points to who you truly are. ----------------- You do not need techniques to be as you truly are. Simply be still. Don't try to be still. Trying is effort, make no effort and stillness comes to you. Let go of all concepts, ideas, beliefs, identities, hopes, pasts and futures. ---------------- Be an open space for whatever arises to arise. Notice that you are the space that everything arises in. When everything is allowed to arise you have the opportunity to perceive That which does not arise or subside. You Are That. ______________________ With Love, Cyber Dervish ```````````````````````````````````````` Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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Guest guest Posted September 29, 2001 Report Share Posted September 29, 2001 Hi Jan, Ah well. The dude Adya seems to be following me. Just now, in another List, I was trying to decipher what was being actually peddled by Adyashanti and got howls of protest as to how I could question, that beauty, that bliss, that serenity, that stillness, etc etc. Maybe it's time for me to get thrown of another List, eh Judi? Some conceptual deciphering, (evidently a crime being committed, called deconstruction)....... - Jan Sultan sworkalpha Saturday, September 29, 2001 05:21 PM Adyashanti: Be still, stillness, silent emptiness Adyashanti on stillness, silent emptyness & stoping the mind.--------------Just stop and be still. San: To whom is A addressing this to? -------- Make no effort to be still. In the absence of all effort, stillness is revealed to be your natural condition. Thoughts and emotions may come and go, but stillness is the permanence within which they come and go. In all of your effort, you have overlooked what is most present and available – the stillness you are seeking. Realize this stillness to be your own Self, and It will reveal everything to you. San: So there is stillness which is revealing everything to a "you" who is still around to receive the revealations? --------------The purpose of meditation is to find the meditator. San: And here I thought meditation was the end of the meditation. When you look for the meditator, you will not find him, her, or it. All you will find is silent emptiness. San: Who will find this silent emptiness? In finding emptiness, the mind stops. If you let it, emptiness will stop the mind – unless you run back into samsara, into the mind drama of thinking, striving, and confusion. When you allow emptiness to stop your mind, you will awaken and realize that you are that emptiness. You will realize that you are not the mind, or the body, or any meditative phenomena. You are emptiness. Emptiness means limitless, boundless, immaculate consciousness. San: Can anybody tell me, what does this mean? Am a bit dense tonight? When you have uttered "limitless", you have given rise to "limits". When you have uttered "boundless", you have given rise to bounds. When you speak about immaculatness, you have given rise to dirt. Who will be around to make these affirmations and to actually have a basis for comparison? ----------------Experience the core of stillness. Dive into it and surrender fully. In full surrender to stillness, you directly experience That to which the concept of God points. In that direct experience, you awaken from the dream of the mind and realize that the concept of God points to who you truly are. San: Is it an experience? Any experience, no matter how profound or exalted, needs an "experiencer" and the "experienced". And thus is it any different to the same round and round the mulberry bush game? -----------------You do not need techniques to be as you truly are. Simply be still. Don't try to be still. San: Not trying to be still is still a trying. On the other hand if there is total lack of concern with either frenzy or stillness, whatever happens in the moment, would that not be stillness? Trying is effort, make no effort and stillness comes to you. Let go of all concepts, ideas, beliefs, identities, hopes, pasts and futures. San: Who is to let go of concepts? A concept is to let go of concepts? ----------------Be an open space for whatever arises to arise. Notice that you are the space that everything arises in. When everything is allowed to arise you have the opportunity to perceive That which does not arise or subside. You Are That. San: In That, is there any relevance of the knowingness that one is That? If I am all that there is, is there any need for the arising of this fact? Dan, Judi, do you have any idea about this dude? Cheers Sandeep Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted September 30, 2001 Report Share Posted September 30, 2001 In what list is this exchange happening? Trace > > Hi Jan, > > Ah well. > > The dude Adya seems to be following me. > Just now, in another List, I was trying to decipher what was being actually > peddled by Adyashanti and got howls of protest as to how I could question, that > beauty, that bliss, that serenity, that stillness, etc etc. > > Maybe it's time for me to get thrown of another List, eh Judi? > > Some conceptual deciphering, (evidently a crime being committed, called > deconstruction)....... > > - > Jan Sultan > sworkalpha > Saturday, September 29, 2001 05:21 PM > Adyashanti: Be still, stillness, silent emptiness > > > Adyashanti on stillness, silent emptyness & stoping the mind. > -------------- > Just stop and be still. > > San: > > To whom is A addressing this to? > > -------- > > Make no effort to be still. In the absence of all > effort, stillness is revealed to be your natural condition. Thoughts and > emotions may come and go, but stillness is the permanence within which they > come and go. In all of your effort, you have overlooked what is most > present and available - the stillness you are seeking. Realize this > stillness to be your own Self, and It will reveal everything to you. > > San: > > So there is stillness which is revealing everything to a " you " who is still > around to receive the revealations? > > > > -------------- > The purpose of meditation is to find the meditator. > > San: > > And here I thought meditation was the end of the meditation. > > > > When you look for the > meditator, you will not find him, her, or it. All you will find is silent > emptiness. > > San: > > Who will find this silent emptiness? > > > In finding emptiness, the mind stops. If you let it, emptiness > will stop the mind - unless you run back into samsara, into the mind drama > of thinking, striving, and confusion. When you allow emptiness to stop your > mind, you will awaken and realize that you are that emptiness. You will > realize that you are not the mind, or the body, or any meditative > phenomena. You are emptiness. Emptiness means limitless, boundless, > immaculate consciousness. > > San: > Can anybody tell me, what does this mean? > > Am a bit dense tonight? > > When you have uttered " limitless " , you have given rise to " limits " . > When you have uttered " boundless " , you have given rise to bounds. > When you speak about immaculatness, you have given rise to dirt. > > Who will be around to make these affirmations and to actually have a basis for > comparison? > > > ---------------- > Experience the core of stillness. Dive into it and surrender fully. In full > surrender to stillness, you directly experience That to which the concept > of God points. In that direct experience, you awaken from the dream of the > mind and realize that the concept of God points to who you truly are. > > San: > > Is it an experience? > Any experience, no matter how profound or exalted, needs an " experiencer " and > the " experienced " . > And thus is it any different to the same round and round the mulberry bush > game? > > > > > ----------------- > You do not need techniques to be as you truly are. Simply be still. Don't > try to be still. > > San: > > Not trying to be still is still a trying. > > On the other hand if there is total lack of concern with either frenzy or > stillness, whatever happens in the moment, would that not be stillness? > > Trying is effort, make no effort and stillness comes to > you. Let go of all concepts, ideas, beliefs, identities, hopes, pasts and > futures. > > San: > > Who is to let go of concepts? > A concept is to let go of concepts? > > > ---------------- > Be an open space for whatever arises to arise. Notice that you are the > space that everything arises in. When everything is allowed to arise you > have the opportunity to perceive That which does not arise or subside. You > Are That. > > > San: > > In That, is there any relevance of the knowingness that one is That? > > If I am all that there is, is there any need for the arising of this fact? > > > Dan, Judi, do you have any idea about this dude? > > Cheers > > Sandeep > > > Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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