I'm definitely an "I'll be darned" person. I get annoyed at silly things but there's no denying this emptiness and lack of attachment to every thing I used to carry as a burden. Simply so much more than I ever thought possible. From not even physically moving a great deal like I used to towards endless goals.
Cool new video and channel that I’ve never seen before. Eckhart Tolle opened the door for me in 2007 with The Power of Now but Adyashanti became my personal favorite. He tends to say things that I don’t like more often than Eckhart, meaning he gives me more hard truths to swallow, which I ultimately appreciate.
@@primeawareness1971 Honestly I can't even remember. I have been following him since 2008, own most of his books, read most of his writings, seen most of his videos, even met him once. I just know over the course of years there's been various moments where I say "that's bullshit!" or something in regards to some point he makes, only to later realize he was correct. But it all blends together at this point so I can't cite anything specific.
As wonderful as Eckhart is, and admittedly I've not listened to him as of late, what he experienced is not the total Enlightenment people usually speak of. There's the realization that one is not the ego, which is what happened to ET, and after that the experience One is All. As far as I can tell ET has never spoken about that, which should say enough. ET safely sticks to anything to do with 'being present'. Not even necessarily contemplating ones own behaviour. Not to mention he didn't work his way into the realization he had, but he stumbled into it. Meaning he really can't explain how a being goes from an egoic state into the next level of awareness consciously. Wonderful teacher, but the teachings themselves are - as you say - been a bit non-challenging.
@Christopher Portway What do you mean with 'thoughts that differ from that'? I know ET would never describe it like you do. Because he never really talks about Enlightenment and I've never ever heard him suggest for one to be 100% present all the time. I doubt ET is himself...
How can you not like enlightenment if it's the emilination of fear and experience? If it's ever fresh how can you compare it to something you do or don't like? Surely only the mind can choose to dislike it therefore it\s not full enlightenment?
Amongst spiritual teachers and traditions, I've noticed 'enlightenment' is sometimes used to refer to the initial awakening and sometimes to the culmination of the path. In this case, he's talking about the initial awakening, which as you say is absolutely something the mind can have a problem with. The initial awakening doesn't eliminate fear and experience, but it does give a small flame of true inner security amongst the chaos. The job then is to grow the flame by trusting it and living out the implications of that. Eventually one's sense of self completely vanishes, but as far as I understand, the conditioning of the body and mind remains and is continually refined throughout one's life to be a more truly reflective expression of what was initially realised.
@@Shazbut0191 yeah, I hated my first taste of experiencing that this isn't real. I'm so dependent on this being the ultimate reality anything that showed me it isn't really real, I put my walls up. Even though I know it's not real now, when I'm proved to be right, it still scares the shit out of me. I'm just learning more and more to accept it and view it from the unshakeable seat of awareness, so I can handle future experiences better and not get lost and caught up in them, from only the minds perspective
Well, it's only unreal in the way that the mind interprets it. Prior to an awakening, one assumes that the world and the things in it are real in the way that one experiences them. We think there actually IS, for example, a planet and cities and people and cars and whatever all with their own individual existences living in a 3D world, and that is like bottom-line TRUE, but then when we glimpse reality as it is, the whole world starts being thought of as unreal, but it's not unreal, it's just the mind attempting to interpret what was seen in that glimpse. The reality that was glimpsed was entirely beyond all ideas. Not real or unreal. Not this or that. It's not mysterious or complex, it's just beyond the mind, and it's also where one already is. So it's not like something that is going to possibly come in from outside and swallow up your world (which I used to fear), because it's the seat you're already sitting in. When the ideas get out the way, it just reveals itself more and more. And the ideas do get out of the way the more one lives with this. The mind just gives up the fight in the end and stops arising. It can't deny reality any longer. Anyway, I wish you all the best with your journey! Anyone who gets anywhere with this stuff knows the struggle and the dark times, and we have the rest of our lives to keep deepening and deepening. :)
I’m a big fan of Adya But I think he could be a little bit more real and honest about the humanity of every day living. If he gets tweaked by simple technology and computer stuff, that means he’s bothered by the many slew of things the rest of us deal with. The problem with so-called enlightenment is the need to uphold the image. Even ET confesses to more issues and it holds up much better in his delivery. What I expected and would’ve been more cool is they explain more about every day life & challenges. Meaning that emotion still comes up but the difference is you don’t latch onto them, so there’s a lot more allowing for them to pass and process naturally. Also would say that enlightenment is not any place you go to or get to. It’s where we already are and is merely a shift in perspective which isn’t all that much of a big deal. People who are selling enlightenment are much more apt to uphold and support its allure.
It is tricky. On the one hand one realizes one Is All. Meaning that one realizes all moves exactly as is supposed to. There are no innate wrongs from that perspective. The peace that is experienced in life is understandable. I understand technology can be a pain for someone who has no affinity with it. Just like bureaucracy can be. However, I cannot imagine that one will experience eternal bliss when one has to deal with all the petty grievances of man? When 99% of the time you're listening to people rambling on things that really do not seem like a problem to you, and then when you do not react as emotionally or as predictable they may blame you for it too. That you feel free all the time, but the human system still binds you to do things (like pay taxes) wether you like it or not? Maybe Adya is just that innocent, but I've listened to highly spiritually evolved humans who get annoyed at these things. They don't care about a flat tire or losing a job, but having to interact with humans who's perspectives are so indoctrinated that you always have to water down what you say just to not insult their ego's - can be tiring?
As someone who hás big awakenings 10 years ago wirh massive cósmic downloads and was super earnest with spirituality......even then i was like.......enlightenment doesnt exist. And that is the truth! Enlightenment isnt an objective realization. Nor is triggerless existance a charrcteristic of a state of consciousness called enlightenment like Adya pointed to here. God isnt trying us to get to a stage called enlightenment. Consciousness IS evolving through and as us in a much more NONLINEAR way. Generally what we are.moving to is to a state of more love and wisdom.But expansion itself is infinite. There is no end to us anymore than theres and end to God. Which is why we dont hold on to spirirual tecahings used even 50 years ago. The longo changes etc.. .because all descriptions are still trying to make some finite and atatic ....while life os dynamic and ever evolving Its WE humans that idealized a state called enlightenment seeing some of our race evolve into Higher frequencies, but those souls themselves are still evolving Somewhere. There is no end point.
In my expierience what I've observed is that awakening experiences whether big or small never can take precedence over the body's own neural networking. So if one for instance was born with an enlarged Amygdala in the brain(the seat of the fight/flight response), its activity(whether it be it fear or rage)renders any notions of Enlightenment or Awakening pretty meaningless.
But isn’t it that very ‘big enlightenment’ felt by the very neural network? If you believe in the brain being the heart of consciousness, then anything big is what the network is doing and therefore attributing large meaning to it. Unless you mean big in another way
Neurons are duality, a thought, an ultimately your own imagination. If your Enlightment doesn't eliminate a whole good chunk of fear of your life, that ain't a deep Enlightment.
Enlightenment is about deliberately perceiving things as they are. It's not about mastering the so-called fight or flight parts of the brain. In actual fact, we don't understand these parts of the brain at all, nor do we understand emotions. Words like 'fear' and 'rage' are attempts to dissect and label very small corners of an infinite dimension! Yes, emotions range all the way across the infinite! Emotional descriptors, e.g. 'joy', 'sadness', 'fear', 'rage', are linguistic symbols that we as a collective attribute to experiences that cannot be measured or quantified! If an fMRI lights up in correlation with some subjective experience - that's just another way to perceive the experience, not define it! You see, a truly enlightened being falls deliberately into such experiences when they occur. They will act with confidence IN what we might call 'fear' or 'rage'. But it isn't really confidence then, is it? And it definitely isn't bravado, nor is it of the mind. The enlightened simply act. Or to put it another way, they do not question. And they certainly don't ever judge a 'past self' (one that does not exist) for actions taken. Now, to attend more directly to your point. Enlightenment experiences for the most part, and for most people, are not lasting. The effects diminish over time. This is even more apparent if the experience is had through communing with substance or medicine and then dumping yourself back into the 'real world' the very next day. If such a state is to be maintained work needs to be done consistently until an equilibrium is found. Truly freeing oneself from the burden of pain requires a concerted effort that most people do not maintain, usually in virtue of ignorance. People can have 'ahuh' moments or enlightening experiences, but unless one immerses themselves in their own subjectivity, then they will fail to realize and maintain their natural state. A good analogy for our predicament is this: If we hold our fists in a tight ball for a couple of minutes, the muscles will become so tense that we have to utilize some concerted effort to stretch our hands back out again. And of course, we have been holding spiritual trauma for a lifetime - if we're going to realize and abide in our natural state then we'd better be attentive! In the same breath, awakening experiences inevitably leave imprints in our system - including our neural networking I would say - and I would say that with some confidence. The beginnings of change will have occurred, even if true freedom is a ways off. The next awakening experience will touch you more deeply - and again, and again.
@@gcg8187 when we were young we had to shoulder tap old people the buy us alcohol, now that we’re old you need to shoulder tap young people to score us drugs ☝️😸
@@gcg8187 If you're interested in growing mushrooms yourself there are sites like www.cylocybe.com/ where you can buy spores somewhat legally, because the spores don't contain psilocybin (only once they're grown into mushrooms)
What id like to know is Adyashantis house gets broken into at 2am, and he wakes up, wife next to him and meets eyes with a balaclavad stranger....and he has a katana within reach, what happens next? Would he take a life to save his or that of his wife? Continuation of his pure life, or end one that is the diametric opposite.
And an appropriate action carried out by a genius like Adyashanti would look like what exactly under the threat of immediate termination with only a fraction to react accordingly...and I love him as a spiritual teacher. Id just like to know how a powerhouse of compassion would react when its mindbody and that of its nearest is threatened in such a vile way..because unfortunately the PHYSICAL threats do exist and are a reality my friend.
The purity of life does not depend upon actions, thoughts, behaviour et cetera. No matter what Adya would choose, life is still what it always is, and in the end, life is all there is. Adya is just an expression of life, like all of us body-minds, and like everything else seen. None can know what choice life would make in that kind of situation, not even "adya" himself.
@@Litewiz Yeah, like Christopher said already: The situation you give is extremely limited to a yes-or-no question. I mean, having compassion doesn't mean one doesn't try and stop hurt from happening. And while, yeah, these extreme situations exist, I'd say, almost all the interactions we face in life have many more options and ways to react - and that is when these things get really interesting. So maybe Adya would reach for the katana, maybe he wouldn't. What would be the difference for you if the answer was yes or no? One more remark: The trolley experiment might interest you. It's rather close to what you described, with a few twists.
Your comment, and i say this with no intention of diminishing it, is assuming that “enlightened” people are different than us, they are not, there is no such thing. I believe adya would respond accordingly, meaning that if it comes to having to take a life to save his and his wife, he would do so, because life demanded it that way. Being spiritual does not mean being a pushover.
I really don't think he does that. He says that he has had experiences, points us to that space within us, but also makes clear that it does not solve all worldly problems, and that it's an ongoing process.
@@PeterOzanne Def think he is spiritual advanced but he has stated that he reached enlightenment at age 31. It could have been a genuine spiritual experience but most likely not final enlightenment. He has the right to be a teacher to try and help others but by thinking you have achieved the final goal, you stop yourself from advancing any further
Why is "being triggered" a gage? Seems like "triggered" might be exactly the right response to some situations. I know it gets complicated............... I suppose that's the problem with understanding or explaining anything. Probably why there are books. Sorry. Think I was triggered at the idea of "being triggered" as a "gage".... I'm almost ALWAYS triggered..... I'd rather that wasn't a gage!!!
Aadyashanti, is ENLIGHTEN BUSINESS MAN, He Never Says " No Master in PRESENT TIME give YOU ENLIGHTENMENT " because ENLIGHTENMENT is HAPPENING as Your BIRTH & DEATH is HAPPENING. But in WEST Master says PEACE & HAPPINESS. The PURE BUSINESS .SHAME on their APPARENT HONESTY..
@@gcg8187 My dear friend What is not the ANSWER. The Answer is HOW to MAKE MONEY in the NAME of PEACE & HAPPINESS. Because to give ENLIGHTENMENT is not in the Hands of Franceis Louis, Rupert Spira or AADYASHANTI ,& The most Amazing Thing is THEY Never Start their Retreats by CLARIFYING this. My CHALLENGE to so called NEO ADVAITA GURUS Start Your RETREAT with HONESTY not with DIPLOMACY of Peace and Happines.c🎉🙏🎉
It sounds to me you're criticizing the western modern enlightenment spiritual teaching movement. I agree that there are problems with the industry, it's a big business. Adyashanti is a successful business man, however I think he's pretty genuine and down to earth. In other lectures of video he has actually said "teachers can't give enlightenment" and "he can't make you enlightenment." Adyashanti simply says, "I can point you in the right direction so you can find it for yourself." Adyashanti and Rupert Spira is pretty genuine compared to alot of the scam artists on the internet I think. He has definitely been very helpful for my growth. I totally still feel you that the west makes big money business out of spirituality and it's toxic, hence I understand why you feel the way you do.
Osho AKA Razneesh was a pretty clear cut instance of someone coming from what appeared as an enlightened perspective yet his life was rather chaotic and eventually got him kicked out of the U.S. possibly due to tax evasion and if so is proof positive that you don't go messin' with the IRS no matter how awakened you might seem.
Congratulations- if you’re reading this comment, you’ve just read the first UA-cam comment in history where the commenter doesn’t pretend to be enlightened or possess some knowledge that you don’t. You’re welcome.
The only perfection in this statements is the Nonsense justification for the lack of enlightenment. There are true gurus and false gurus Enlightened and ignorant Just because various teachers are famous or charismatic and like a parrot can repeat the words of Indian scriptures does not necessarily equal liberation. What is the measure by which one can assess if someone is enlighten. Just because you admire someone it does not mean they have achieved the final state. Perhaps rather than listening to self proclaimed enlightened people we should study the ancient doctrines as the concept of enlightenment is clearly defined. Finally, I might add that There is another category and it is called charlatan, and the history has been filled with it.
"I'm always growing in to what I always and already am."
I'm definitely an "I'll be darned" person. I get annoyed at silly things but there's no denying this emptiness and lack of attachment to every thing I used to carry as a burden. Simply so much more than I ever thought possible. From not even physically moving a great deal like I used to towards endless goals.
"Well I'll be darned" describes every realization I've had. Or maybe "Huh. I think I get it". It keeps happening though, which is kind of exciting.
Cool new video and channel that I’ve never seen before. Eckhart Tolle opened the door for me in 2007 with The Power of Now but Adyashanti became my personal favorite. He tends to say things that I don’t like more often than Eckhart, meaning he gives me more hard truths to swallow, which I ultimately appreciate.
That's really cool! What kind of things has Adyashanti said that you didn't like?
@@primeawareness1971 Honestly I can't even remember. I have been following him since 2008, own most of his books, read most of his writings, seen most of his videos, even met him once. I just know over the course of years there's been various moments where I say "that's bullshit!" or something in regards to some point he makes, only to later realize he was correct. But it all blends together at this point so I can't cite anything specific.
As wonderful as Eckhart is, and admittedly I've not listened to him as of late, what he experienced is not the total Enlightenment people usually speak of. There's the realization that one is not the ego, which is what happened to ET, and after that the experience One is All. As far as I can tell ET has never spoken about that, which should say enough.
ET safely sticks to anything to do with 'being present'. Not even necessarily contemplating ones own behaviour. Not to mention he didn't work his way into the realization he had, but he stumbled into it. Meaning he really can't explain how a being goes from an egoic state into the next level of awareness consciously.
Wonderful teacher, but the teachings themselves are - as you say - been a bit non-challenging.
@Christopher Portway What do you mean with 'thoughts that differ from that'?
I know ET would never describe it like you do. Because he never really talks about Enlightenment and I've never ever heard him suggest for one to be 100% present all the time. I doubt ET is himself...
@Christopher Portway You're dodging my comment with a curveball, not answering my exact words, but thats ok. You can think whatever you want about ET.
Reading between the lines, I think he said that he never gets upset socially or with anyone or any situation other than a technical one.
He is being gracious
I've watched Adya field a question and avoid felt annoyance by taking a deep breath as the question was coming in.
Experiences are of the mind. Liberation is from the mind.
"thought"
Love both people so much. 🙏
Thank you. ❤️🙏
It's just the person getting annoyed.
Thank you
With all that said I still like Adya and his teachings
Love Gabor and his very honest questions
How can you not like enlightenment if it's the emilination of fear and experience? If it's ever fresh how can you compare it to something you do or don't like? Surely only the mind can choose to dislike it therefore it\s not full enlightenment?
Amongst spiritual teachers and traditions, I've noticed 'enlightenment' is sometimes used to refer to the initial awakening and sometimes to the culmination of the path. In this case, he's talking about the initial awakening, which as you say is absolutely something the mind can have a problem with.
The initial awakening doesn't eliminate fear and experience, but it does give a small flame of true inner security amongst the chaos. The job then is to grow the flame by trusting it and living out the implications of that. Eventually one's sense of self completely vanishes, but as far as I understand, the conditioning of the body and mind remains and is continually refined throughout one's life to be a more truly reflective expression of what was initially realised.
@@Shazbut0191 yeah, I hated my first taste of experiencing that this isn't real. I'm so dependent on this being the ultimate reality anything that showed me it isn't really real, I put my walls up. Even though I know it's not real now, when I'm proved to be right, it still scares the shit out of me. I'm just learning more and more to accept it and view it from the unshakeable seat of awareness, so I can handle future experiences better and not get lost and caught up in them, from only the minds perspective
Well, it's only unreal in the way that the mind interprets it. Prior to an awakening, one assumes that the world and the things in it are real in the way that one experiences them. We think there actually IS, for example, a planet and cities and people and cars and whatever all with their own individual existences living in a 3D world, and that is like bottom-line TRUE, but then when we glimpse reality as it is, the whole world starts being thought of as unreal, but it's not unreal, it's just the mind attempting to interpret what was seen in that glimpse.
The reality that was glimpsed was entirely beyond all ideas. Not real or unreal. Not this or that. It's not mysterious or complex, it's just beyond the mind, and it's also where one already is. So it's not like something that is going to possibly come in from outside and swallow up your world (which I used to fear), because it's the seat you're already sitting in. When the ideas get out the way, it just reveals itself more and more. And the ideas do get out of the way the more one lives with this. The mind just gives up the fight in the end and stops arising. It can't deny reality any longer.
Anyway, I wish you all the best with your journey! Anyone who gets anywhere with this stuff knows the struggle and the dark times, and we have the rest of our lives to keep deepening and deepening. :)
The happiest I feel is when I have a bowl of ramen
Garlic 🧄 included
A really good bowl, like the oxtail ramen at Nakamura in Honolulu.
@@delcapslock100 I'll have to keep that in mind the next time I visit.
Trouble is we " want our cake and eat it too"
why bother with cake if you can't eat it?
Haha that’s me all the way. Life seems easy but a computer or worse government forms on a computer. Ahhhh.
Love you all 🙏
I’m a big fan of Adya But I think he could be a little bit more real and honest about the humanity of every day living. If he gets tweaked by simple technology and computer stuff, that means he’s bothered by the many slew of things the rest of us deal with. The problem with so-called enlightenment is the need to uphold the image. Even ET confesses to more issues and it holds up much better in his delivery. What I expected and would’ve been more cool is they explain more about every day life & challenges. Meaning that emotion still comes up but the difference is you don’t latch onto them, so there’s a lot more allowing for them to pass and process naturally. Also would say that enlightenment is not any place you go to or get to. It’s where we already are and is merely a shift in perspective which isn’t all that much of a big deal. People who are selling enlightenment are much more apt to uphold and support its allure.
Very well said, I agree. Would love to hear more about how it works for him day to day
nah dude don't fall for it. enlightenment is a big ass deal bro the conclusion you've presented makes no sense man
It is tricky. On the one hand one realizes one Is All. Meaning that one realizes all moves exactly as is supposed to. There are no innate wrongs from that perspective. The peace that is experienced in life is understandable.
I understand technology can be a pain for someone who has no affinity with it. Just like bureaucracy can be. However, I cannot imagine that one will experience eternal bliss when one has to deal with all the petty grievances of man? When 99% of the time you're listening to people rambling on things that really do not seem like a problem to you, and then when you do not react as emotionally or as predictable they may blame you for it too. That you feel free all the time, but the human system still binds you to do things (like pay taxes) wether you like it or not?
Maybe Adya is just that innocent, but I've listened to highly spiritually evolved humans who get annoyed at these things. They don't care about a flat tire or losing a job, but having to interact with humans who's perspectives are so indoctrinated that you always have to water down what you say just to not insult their ego's - can be tiring?
As someone who hás big awakenings 10 years ago wirh massive cósmic downloads and was super earnest with spirituality......even then i was like.......enlightenment doesnt exist.
And that is the truth! Enlightenment isnt an objective realization. Nor is triggerless existance a charrcteristic of a state of consciousness called enlightenment like Adya pointed to here.
God isnt trying us to get to a stage called enlightenment. Consciousness IS evolving through and as us in a much more NONLINEAR way.
Generally what we are.moving to is to a state of more love and wisdom.But expansion itself is infinite. There is no end to us anymore than theres and end to God.
Which is why we dont hold on to spirirual tecahings used even 50 years ago. The longo changes etc..
.because all descriptions are still trying to make some finite and atatic
....while life os dynamic and ever evolving
Its WE humans that idealized a state called enlightenment seeing some of our race evolve into Higher frequencies, but those souls themselves are still evolving Somewhere. There is no end point.
Even after enlightenment, you have to do laundry - dalai lama
In my expierience what I've observed is that awakening experiences whether big or small never can take precedence over the body's own neural networking. So if one for instance was born with an enlarged Amygdala in the brain(the seat of the fight/flight response), its activity(whether it be it fear or rage)renders any notions of Enlightenment or Awakening pretty meaningless.
But isn’t it that very ‘big enlightenment’ felt by the very neural network?
If you believe in the brain being the heart of consciousness, then anything big is what the network is doing and therefore attributing large meaning to it.
Unless you mean big in another way
Neurons are duality, a thought, an ultimately your own imagination. If your Enlightment doesn't eliminate a whole good chunk of fear of your life, that ain't a deep Enlightment.
@@JavierSuarezJournal Amen!
That observation is not a completely unbiased one as assumptions where made beforehand.
Enlightenment is about deliberately perceiving things as they are. It's not about mastering the so-called fight or flight parts of the brain. In actual fact, we don't understand these parts of the brain at all, nor do we understand emotions. Words like 'fear' and 'rage' are attempts to dissect and label very small corners of an infinite dimension! Yes, emotions range all the way across the infinite!
Emotional descriptors, e.g. 'joy', 'sadness', 'fear', 'rage', are linguistic symbols that we as a collective attribute to experiences that cannot be measured or quantified! If an fMRI lights up in correlation with some subjective experience - that's just another way to perceive the experience, not define it!
You see, a truly enlightened being falls deliberately into such experiences when they occur. They will act with confidence IN what we might call 'fear' or 'rage'. But it isn't really confidence then, is it? And it definitely isn't bravado, nor is it of the mind. The enlightened simply act. Or to put it another way, they do not question. And they certainly don't ever judge a 'past self' (one that does not exist) for actions taken.
Now, to attend more directly to your point. Enlightenment experiences for the most part, and for most people, are not lasting. The effects diminish over time. This is even more apparent if the experience is had through communing with substance or medicine and then dumping yourself back into the 'real world' the very next day. If such a state is to be maintained work needs to be done consistently until an equilibrium is found.
Truly freeing oneself from the burden of pain requires a concerted effort that most people do not maintain, usually in virtue of ignorance. People can have 'ahuh' moments or enlightening experiences, but unless one immerses themselves in their own subjectivity, then they will fail to realize and maintain their natural state. A good analogy for our predicament is this: If we hold our fists in a tight ball for a couple of minutes, the muscles will become so tense that we have to utilize some concerted effort to stretch our hands back out again. And of course, we have been holding spiritual trauma for a lifetime - if we're going to realize and abide in our natural state then we'd better be attentive!
In the same breath, awakening experiences inevitably leave imprints in our system - including our neural networking I would say - and I would say that with some confidence. The beginnings of change will have occurred, even if true freedom is a ways off. The next awakening experience will touch you more deeply - and again, and again.
I had an aha moment when i took 5 grams of mushrooms, I recommend that route ❤️👌
I’m somewhat interested in microdosing. I’ve had many big trips but curious of the effects of the micro dose route.
@@cosmosaic8117 I’ve heard great reviews on micro dosing, I’d follow that impulse 👍
that's nice, idk where to get any drugs so it's always sober aha moments for me
@@gcg8187 when we were young we had to shoulder tap old people the buy us alcohol, now that we’re old you need to shoulder tap young people to score us drugs ☝️😸
@@gcg8187 If you're interested in growing mushrooms yourself there are sites like www.cylocybe.com/ where you can buy spores somewhat legally, because the spores don't contain psilocybin (only once they're grown into mushrooms)
Who is the crow sitting in front of Adyashanti?
What id like to know is Adyashantis house gets broken into at 2am, and he wakes up, wife next to him and meets eyes with a balaclavad stranger....and he has a katana within reach, what happens next? Would he take a life to save his or that of his wife? Continuation of his pure life, or end one that is the diametric opposite.
And an appropriate action carried out by a genius like Adyashanti would look like what exactly under the threat of immediate termination with only a fraction to react accordingly...and I love him as a spiritual teacher. Id just like to know how a powerhouse of compassion would react when its mindbody and that of its nearest is threatened in such a vile way..because unfortunately the PHYSICAL threats do exist and are a reality my friend.
The purity of life does not depend upon actions, thoughts, behaviour et cetera. No matter what Adya would choose, life is still what it always is, and in the end, life is all there is. Adya is just an expression of life, like all of us body-minds, and like everything else seen. None can know what choice life would make in that kind of situation, not even "adya" himself.
@@Litewiz Yeah, like Christopher said already: The situation you give is extremely limited to a yes-or-no question. I mean, having compassion doesn't mean one doesn't try and stop hurt from happening. And while, yeah, these extreme situations exist, I'd say, almost all the interactions we face in life have many more options and ways to react - and that is when these things get really interesting. So maybe Adya would reach for the katana, maybe he wouldn't. What would be the difference for you if the answer was yes or no?
One more remark: The trolley experiment might interest you. It's rather close to what you described, with a few twists.
Your comment, and i say this with no intention of diminishing it, is assuming that “enlightened” people are different than us, they are not, there is no such thing. I believe adya would respond accordingly, meaning that if it comes to having to take a life to save his and his wife, he would do so, because life demanded it that way. Being spiritual does not mean being a pushover.
@@XxXjuan96carlosXxX Why do you say "different than US", you sound like one of the enlightened ;P
Who becomes enlightened?
I like adyshanti but it seems like he has not reached liberation and is deluding himself by holding up this idea that he is enlightened
I really don't think he does that. He says that he has had experiences, points us to that space within us, but also makes clear that it does not solve all worldly problems, and that it's an ongoing process.
@@PeterOzanne Def think he is spiritual advanced but he has stated that he reached enlightenment at age 31. It could have been a genuine spiritual experience but most likely not final enlightenment. He has the right to be a teacher to try and help others but by thinking you have achieved the final goal, you stop yourself from advancing any further
Why is "being triggered" a gage? Seems like "triggered" might be exactly the right response to some situations. I know it gets complicated............... I suppose that's the problem with understanding or explaining anything. Probably why there are books. Sorry. Think I was triggered at the idea of "being triggered" as a "gage".... I'm almost ALWAYS triggered..... I'd rather that wasn't a gage!!!
isnt the voice of the host similar to johnny depp's?
yes, and Adya sounds like Jordan Peterson
Aadyashanti, is ENLIGHTEN BUSINESS MAN, He Never Says " No Master in PRESENT TIME give YOU ENLIGHTENMENT " because ENLIGHTENMENT is HAPPENING as Your BIRTH & DEATH is HAPPENING. But in WEST Master says PEACE & HAPPINESS. The PURE BUSINESS .SHAME on their APPARENT HONESTY..
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@@gcg8187 My dear friend What is not the ANSWER. The Answer is HOW to MAKE MONEY in the NAME of PEACE & HAPPINESS. Because to give ENLIGHTENMENT is not in the Hands of Franceis Louis, Rupert Spira or AADYASHANTI ,& The most Amazing Thing is THEY Never Start their Retreats by CLARIFYING this. My CHALLENGE to so called NEO ADVAITA GURUS Start Your RETREAT with HONESTY not with DIPLOMACY of Peace and Happines.c🎉🙏🎉
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@@is-ness Eat the food of Your HARD WORK Earned Money. Don't use RETREAT Money to eat food if you are HONEST ENLIGHTENED MASTER.
It sounds to me you're criticizing the western modern enlightenment spiritual teaching movement. I agree that there are problems with the industry, it's a big business. Adyashanti is a successful business man, however I think he's pretty genuine and down to earth. In other lectures of video he has actually said "teachers can't give enlightenment" and "he can't make you enlightenment." Adyashanti simply says, "I can point you in the right direction so you can find it for yourself." Adyashanti and Rupert Spira is pretty genuine compared to alot of the scam artists on the internet I think. He has definitely been very helpful for my growth. I totally still feel you that the west makes big money business out of spirituality and it's toxic, hence I understand why you feel the way you do.
Osho AKA Razneesh was a pretty clear cut instance of someone coming from what appeared as an enlightened perspective yet his life was rather chaotic and eventually got him kicked out of the U.S. possibly due to tax evasion and if so is proof positive that you don't go messin' with the IRS no matter how awakened you might seem.
Congratulations- if you’re reading this comment, you’ve just read the first UA-cam comment in history where the commenter doesn’t pretend to be enlightened or possess some knowledge that you don’t.
You’re welcome.
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The only perfection in this statements is the Nonsense justification for the lack of enlightenment.
There are true gurus and false gurus
Enlightened and ignorant
Just because various teachers are famous or charismatic and like a parrot can repeat the words of Indian scriptures does not necessarily equal liberation.
What is the measure by which one can assess if someone is enlighten. Just because you admire someone it does not mean they have achieved the final state.
Perhaps rather than listening to self proclaimed enlightened people we should study the ancient doctrines as the concept of enlightenment is clearly defined.
Finally, I might add that There is another category and it is called charlatan, and the history has been filled with it.
Ok. So, he is not enlightened.