Human beings have a drive for security and safety, which is often what fuels the spiritual search. This very drive for security and safety is what causes so much misery and confusion. Freedom is a state of complete and absolute insecurity and not knowing. There is no security in freedom, at least not in the sense that we normally think of security. This is, of course, why it is so free: there’s nothing there to grab hold of….
…When you rest deeply in the Unknown without trying to escape, your experience becomes very vast. The Unknown is more vast, more open, more peaceful, and more freeing than you ever imagined it would be.
~ Adyashanti, (read more here)
That quote also makes me think of Helen Keller’s thoughts below:
Security is mostly a superstition. It does not exist in nature, nor do the children of men as a whole experience it. Avoiding danger is no safer in the long run than outright exposure. Life is either a daring adventure, or nothing. – Helen Keller
More posts that feature Adyashanti on Beyond Meds:
● A conversation about suicide
● I want to speak to you about Love…
● Meditative Self-Inquiry: What is our true nature?
● Looking at things honestly, sincerely and truthfully may not be an easy thing to do
Below is some of Adyashanti’s work that I’ve read and listened to that I really like. There is also much available on youtube and his website.
● True Meditation: Adyashanti (book and CD)
● The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment
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