Guest guest Posted April 1, 2003 Report Share Posted April 1, 2003 ------ 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 and awake simply because they have had a very moving spiritual experience. They wear their enlightenment on their sleeve like a badge of honor. They sit among friends and talk about how awake they are while sipping coffee at a cafe. The funny thing about enlightenment is that when it is authentic, there is no one to claim it. Enlightenment is very ordinary; it is nothing special. Rather than making you more special, it is going to make you less special. It plants you right in the center of a wonderful humility and innocence. Everyone else may or may not call you enlightened, but when you are enlightened the whole notion of enlightenment and someone who is enlightened is a big joke. I use the word enlightenment all the time; not to point you toward it but to point you beyond it. Do not get stuck in enlightenment. ~Adyashanti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 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 and awake simply because they > have had a very moving spiritual experience. They wear their enlightenment > on their sleeve like a badge of honor. They sit among friends and talk about > how awake they are while sipping coffee at a cafe. The funny thing about > enlightenment is that when it is authentic, there is no one to claim it. > Enlightenment is very ordinary; it is nothing special. Rather than making > you more special, it is going to make you less special. It plants you right > in the center of a wonderful humility and innocence. Everyone else may or > may not call you enlightened, but when you are enlightened the whole notion > of enlightenment and someone who is enlightened is a big joke. I use the > word enlightenment all the time; not to point you toward it but to point you > beyond it. Do not get stuck in enlightenment. > > ~Adyashanti theres only one statement that is real and true, worth anything, its..It plants you right > in the center of a wonderful humility and innocence he's sweet. he give satsang in a building in santa cruz thats owned by my Gurus satsang...i look forwar to seeing him someday this year Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest guest Posted April 2, 2003 Report Share Posted April 2, 2003 this was my favorite quote from adyashanti: Ramana Maharshi's gift to the world was not that he realized the Self. Many people have had a deep realization of the Self. Ramana's real gift was that he embodied that realization so thoroughly. It is one thing to realize the Self; it is something else altogether to embody that realization to the extent that there is no gap between inner revelation and its outer expression. Many have glimpsed the realization of Oneness; few consistently express that realization through their humanness. It is one thing to touch a flame and know it is hot, but quite another to jump into that flame and be consumed by it. > > 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 and awake simply because they > have had a very moving spiritual experience. They wear their enlightenment > on their sleeve like a badge of honor. They sit among friends and talk about > how awake they are while sipping coffee at a cafe. The funny thing about > enlightenment is that when it is authentic, there is no one to claim it. > Enlightenment is very ordinary; it is nothing special. Rather than making > you more special, it is going to make you less special. It plants you right > in the center of a wonderful humility and innocence. Everyone else may or > may not call you enlightened, but when you are enlightened the whole notion > of enlightenment and someone who is enlightened is a big joke. I use the > word enlightenment all the time; not to point you toward it but to point you > beyond it. Do not get stuck in enlightenment. > > ~Adyashanti Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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