The Impact of Awakening Quotes

“As long as you are trying to become, trying to get somewhere, trying to attain something, you are quite literally moving away from the Truth itself.”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the teachings of Adyashanti

“The door to God is the insecurity of not knowing anything. Bear the grace of that insecurity, and all wisdom will be yours.”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the teachings of Adyashanti

“Those who are free don’t want anything. They don’t want anything from their mind, they don’t want anything from their emotions, they don’t want anything from anyone, and they don’t want anything from life. They don’t want anything. If you don’t want, all that’s left is an incredible sense of being free.”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the teachings of Adyashanti

“Abiding means letting everything be as it already is – no matter what it is. If you're feeling good, let that be as it is. If you're feeling bad, let that be as it is. No matter what your emotional, physical, or mental state, let it be as it is and don't wish it to be otherwise. If you want it to be different from what it is, you're not abiding; you're picking and choosing and trying to control your experience. (p. 29)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“As long as you perceive that anyone is holding you back, you have not taken full responsibility for your own liberation. Liberation means that you stand free of making demands on others and on life to make you happy. When you discover yourself to be nothing but Freedom, you stop setting up conditions and requirements that need to be satisfied in order for you to be happy. It is in the absolute surrender of all conditions and requirements that Liberation is discovered to be who and what you Are. Then the love and wisdom that flows out of you have a liberating effect on others. (p. 119)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“The correct attitude is one where you have no more time to waste. This means that everything is oriented toward the now. The correct attitude is that there is no such thing as an awakening that happens tomorrow. Tomorrows never come. The time is now. You must be sincere. Sincerity and earnestness are the most beneficial attitudes to have. (p. 109)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“That which comes and goes is not real; quit chasing it. It doesn't matter. What haven't you lost? That is what‘s important. What always is? What is there in bliss and in misery? Who you are is always present and is always the same. That which doesn't come and go is real. That is where Freedom is found – nowhere else. (p. 31)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Everything depends upon your readiness and willingness to let go into the Unknown and live from that mysterious and precious condition. The question is: Are you ready to give up everything when God comes knocking at your door? This willingness to completely let go and surrender to the divine determines how free you will ultimately become. Whatever you hold back for yourself will become your prison. My advice is to give your whole heart, mind, body, and soul to Grace when it comes. Ask yourself now: Am I ready? (p. 116)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“This (liberation) isn't something I can help you with. I can tell you what you need to do, but you have to do it. In the beginning, teachers can help a lot. But the deeper you go, all they can do is point, and clarify, and tell you what you need to do. Only you can take this step. Nobody can push you into this place. It's like Buddha's final night under the Bodhi tree. What did he do when confronted with this? He reached down and touched the ground and said, „I will not be moved.“ Finally – when everything that could be thrown at him was thrown, and he was still unmoved – it was done. He never looked back. (p. 99)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“The human being is what links consciousness to its own infinite expressions in form. Through the form of an awake human being, consciousness becomes conscious of itself as both formlessness and as all forms. This is why, to the true sage, everything is divine, whole, and complete. Everything is God, the Self. (p. 71)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“In order to find what the concept of God is pointing to, you must let go of your image of God and every concept you have about God. You must dare to be void of all concepts and enter into perfect Emptiness, perfect stillness, and perfect silence. You must forget everything you have ever learned about God. It won‘t help you. It may comfort you, but such comfort is imaginary; it is an illusion. Let go of all the false comforts of the mind. Let them all come to an end. The end must be experienced full yin Stillness. When you let all images, all concepts, all hopes, and all beliefs end, Stillness is experienced. 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.

(p. 20-21)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Enlightenment depends to a large extent on believing that you are born for Freedom in this lifetime, and that it is available now, in this moment. The mind, which creates the past and future, keeps you out of the moment where the Truth of your Being can be discovered. In this moment, there is always Freedom and there is always peace. This moment in which you experience Stillness is every moment. Don‘t let the mind seduce you into the past or future. Stay in the moment, and dare to consider that you can be free now. (p. 8)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Questioner: What‘s the best thing I can do for my awakening?

Adyashanti: Be with an enlightened teacher and listen.”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Do not seek after what you yearn for;
seek the source of the yearning itself.”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the teachings of Adyashanti

“There is a freedom that can be discovered in relationship, whether it be with spiritual community or with another individual, where something much bigger than any individual is born. What I am speaking about is an intimacy that flowers in the presence of Truth. The depth of this intimacy can be a vehicle through which oneness is experienced. For some, this degree of intimacy is positive beyond belief; for others, it is the cause of mistrust and fear. True intimacy always threatens the sense of separateness. (p. 121-122)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Sincere students find sincere teachers, and sincere teachers find sincere students. The two go together like a box and its lid. (p. 108)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Who am I? Meditate on that. Seek the Seeker. (p. 32)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“Be an open space for whatever arises. Notice that you are the space in which everything arises. When everything is allowed to arise, you have the opportunity to perceive That which does not arise or subside. You Are That. (p. 32)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

“In order to find what the concept of God is pointing to, you must let go of your image of God and every concept you have about God. You must dare to be void of all concepts and enter into perfect Emptiness, perfect stillness, and perfect silence. You must forget everything you have ever learned about God. It won‘t help you. It may comfort you, but such comfort is imaginary; it is an illusion. Let go of all the false comforts of the mind. Let them all come to an end. The end must be experienced fully in Stillness. When you let all images, all concepts, all hopes, and all beliefs end, Stillness is experienced. 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.

(p. 20-21)”
― Adyashanti, The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti