Adyashanti: heartful awareness...sense of intimacy/closeness...simple immediate presence of being

~ from "The Wide Expanse of Enlightenment (2021)" by Adyashanti
The audio clip is part of his response to an email asking Adya to comment on this quote below:
"There is no 'how' here. Just keep in mind the feeling 'I am', merge in it, till your mind and feeling become one. By repeated attempts you will stumble on the right balance of attention and affection and your mind will be firmly established in the thought-feeling 'I am'. Whatever you think, say, or do, this sense of immutable and affectionate being remains as the ever-present background of the mind." ~ Nisargadatta Maharaj
"...there is a beyondness but he doesn't really ever describe beyondness. He doesn't define it and I think that was very wise of him. He just says 'stay in the sense of I amness; abide with that and that itself at some point, at any point will take you beyond..." ~ Adyashanti
link to "The Wide Expanse of Enlightenment (2021)":
adyashanti.ope...
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Dedicating this broadcast to emailed questions, Adyashanti offers pointers that help illuminate subtle distinctions and facets of the awakening journey. He particularly explores not only realizing the essence of what we are but living the wide expanse and wholeness of our true nature.
Topics Include:
The Most Intimate Dimension of Being
Our Desire for the Deepest Connection
The Ever-Present Background of Mind
Feeling the Sense of I AM
Affectionate Attention
Therapy vs. Healing & Awakening vs. Transformation
A Prescription for Surrender
Teachings on Silence, Inquiry, and Intuition
Awareness vs. Consciousness
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Adyashanti, author of The Direct Way, Sacred Inquiry, Emptiness Dancing, The Way of Liberation, Falling into Grace, True Meditation, and The End of Your World, is an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence.
Adyashanti (whose name means “primordial peace”) is an American-born spiritual teacher. Asked to teach in 1996 by his Zen teacher of 14 years, Adyashanti offers teachings that are free of any tradition or ideology. "The Truth I point to is not confined within any religious point of view, belief system, or doctrine, but is open to all and found within all."
For more please go to his website: adyashanti.ope...
Free teaching materials, including videos, audios, articles, and free PDF of The Way of Liberation: adyashanti.ope...
Adyashanti youtube channel: / @adyashanti
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My post re: How I experience or relate to Adyashanti's Retiring from Live Teachings
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[@roubaix11]

So grateful for these precious teachings. Remarkable in their depth, authenticity, and wisdom. 🙏🏼❤🕉️

[@pamelamelvin5998]

Thank 🙏 You for sharing these inspirational videos. I resonate with Adyashanti and grateful there are videos to be had. Will miss him

[@KungWu]

Here is a list of the emailed questions in this full-length talk, available FREE UNTIL FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 2024 (at 11pm PT): ua-cam.com/video/V6nhI1y_UUI/v-deo.html&ab_channel=Adyashanti
#1 @23:22 Would you please comment on a Nisargadatta Maharaj quote***
#2 @44:20 What is the difference between therapy and healing, between awakening and transformation?
#3 @1:00:30 Could you describe the level of surrender needed for realization?
#4 @1:02:58 What constitutes effective practice?
#5 @1:15:45 a question re "awareness" and "being", same or different?
#6 @1:25:45 "There's always going to be the appearance of a self..."

[@johnhogendoorn3786]

I justed missed the January 26th before listening. Can you help me out to listen to this through an other link? 🙏

[@KungWu]

🙏Here is the link to the talk at Open Gate Sangha: adyashanti.opengatesangha.org/store/media/audio-downloads/1179