Seeing Through Your Own Illusions (Excerpt)

[@GratefulZen]

“We shall not cease from exploration, and the end of all our exploring will be to arrive where we started and know the place for the first time.”-T. S. Eliot

[@dudidas4]

So beautifully in tune with Adya's talk Could you please tell me where it's taken from?

[@GratefulZen]

@@dudidas4 a quote by T. S. Eliot from Little Giddings. The quote is a meditation on the journey of life, and a reminder that the quest for understanding is never-ending. It also suggests that many profound discoveries often lie within ourselves and our origins, not in distant lands

[@dudidas4]

Beautiful T.S Eliot is amazing Thanks !

[@rul4522]

This is exactly what my teacher said n a talk.

[@Jumpman1up]

It is so true.. you are born a child, think and or conditioned to believe you’re not a child, then through that struggle and confusion you come back to being a child once more

[@Always-There]

“Wherever you find Yourself… Stay. Go neither inside nor outside.” A quote from Abhinavagupta who lived in Kashmir about 1000 years ago. This great video reminded me of that.

[@timothyammons9011]

Upward Spiral Crack a smile Learn to Love and Let Love Stay awhile

[@clinttoner6239]

Wow. Adya has such a gift for making complexity easier to understand. A rare rare gift. Thank you !

[@Ionica777ful]

It always surprises me when humans can be on the “same page” like this. All he says is familiar to me.

[@Islaras]

same 😭

[@CT2507]

"So these are all gestures of Self." 2:23 Got it! Don't fall for all the gestures and manipulations of the Self. The Self is trying to confuse us, creating a smokescreen. I guess the Self doesn't like to be realized too soon. It needs to make the game hard for us.

[@renakmans3521]

This captures the highest step most of us need to practice. 🙏❤️

[@Jivano84]

Beautiful words Adya! Thank you 🙏

[@robertleslie5741]

This reminds me of Matthew 5:37 that talks about devotion or the vows we make or grow up in. "Just say a simple, ‘Yes, I will,’ or ‘No, I won’t.’ Anything beyond this is from the evil one." To avoid repeating temptation, it does require discipline to say no...

[@galah771]

A particularly deep and powerful one of Adya's videos.

[@eequalsemceeprayer]

💯 All of Adya's teachings resonate with such lucidity for me, but this one has such wonderfully profound practical utility. Powerful and deep indeed. Gratitude. Om

[@Islaras]

I share the feeling. This one is so practical.

[@richardpeters6852]

Wow ! So resonating ! Thank you so much for your pointing 🙏💙💛❤️💖

[@Will_14_years_ago]

I got it,and I lost it. That video was me. It wasn't but it was. I've watched adashanti ever since,what an amazing being.

[@THANGNGUYEN-qq6cs]

Wow. Adya, you are so good.

[@celinef3551]

Thank You! I love how your messages are straight, concise and simple. 🙏💜

[@AriElfyn]

‘It’s not a matter of belief, it’s just knowledge…but you have to decide to do it ; to make it a discipline, to start make different choices - and you will feel something in you resisting that because you’ve made the same choices for decades (your conditioning …). And you’re not trying to defeat your conditioning, not even trying to get rid of it, you’re just in the moment making a different choice than the one that’s habitual - which will seem the easiest because it’s the one you’re programmed with. But you just start making these little moments of decision a hundred times a day. This isn’t complex- it’s doing something very simple with great consistency. (…) What do I want to be devoted to right now, and what HAVE I been devoted to? Eye-opening when you start to see that you’ve been devoted to inward choices that cause so much pain.’ Ouch, and thank you Adya. I was actually just going to quote the difference between belief and knowledge (or knowing…just a word I prefe, somehow less intellectual) because it’s so central, and then found myself (once again) transcribing the whole thing (supposedly for myself, as a reminder, but I’ve decided to leave it here in the comments, disobeying the censor as a gesture of my willingness to choose differently) - and then he reached that point, about realising you’ve actually been DEVOTED to the cause of your own suffering; not a new idea but there was something about the phrasing… I’d been reflecting about it just prior to this coming up in my feed - the fact that when our brains are forming, we make gods of our parents, or more to the point, create belief systems and whole cosmologies due to the survival-based need to make meaning of what’s happening. And so that phrasing was very poignant for me, and also helped something very important to ‘land’ in a new way…I’ve literally been *devoted* to obeying lies - in spite of knowing that’s what they are - out of the same kind of fear of ‘hell’ that has made people obey the dictates of religion for centuries. In this case, it’s really about trying to stop something that’s already happened. The fact that it’s impossible doesn’t stop the ego from trying. It’s made the knowledge that I need to choose differently much more urgent- indeed, imperative. I need to devote myself to the truth (and therefore walk my talk, seeing as I always say that’s what matters most to me). And it helps to think of it as a discipline, and that it doesn’t matter if I ‘get it wrong’ (something I’m still always trying to avoid even though I know I can’t) - because I’m bound to, but in a different way to the previous helpless phrasing, if I’m reprogramming a system that’s pretty hardwired. The extent of the trauma meant I didn’t even know choice was an OPTION until a few years ago, unbelievably, so perhaps I can decide to be a bit kinder to myself. And to think of discipline in the truest sense - like something a loving parent knows their child needs (especially because my neurodivergent brain resists it, heheh, and makes it out to be disciplinarian instead. Clever ego…). Thank you Adya for making the complex simple yet again - even if I’ve gone and complicated it - and cutting through the resistance created by the patterns that think they’re keeping me alive from a threat that ended decades ago (obviously, I’ll need to remember this again and again and again - that helps too because my internal critic berates me mercilessly for not just getting it.) I love the way you can hear the same kind of thing almost countless times but then suddenly hear it almost for the first time, or with fresh ears (that sounds wrong 🤔😅). Or perhaps it’s simply about the readiness he talks about at the start…🙏

[@KJKali]

Thank you for posting this. Exactly what I needed to hear. Thank you Adya 🙏

[@msd1531]

Thank you for confirming my understanding and practice of Spirituality. If I may put it another way - "be yourself" for you are the knower, not the thinker.

[@johndempsey6142]

Thank you for this. 🙏 Been struggling with addictions lately and trying to find spiritually grounded practical advice and found this clip, which honestly should be shown in rehab centers. Thank you for being genuine and speaking about more than just attracting material junk.

[@KathleenMoore-fr5fm]

Thiw is the best! TOTALLY needed this today🎉🎉🎉

[@SScherliss]

Now that you tube and other platforms offer many earnest followers of non dual teaching expressing their understanding it is important to acknowledge the shortcoming of the intellect in its attempt to claim credit for comprehending a piece of the unbound inseparable unobtainable All. understanding is a necessary it seems contraction in the process of expanding beyond the limits of the mind. An attempt to integrate infinite experience into finite being. Fortunately something even more essential than that, witness it IS The Knowing before and after our personal experiences that moves us into the unknown and the unknowable . Thank you Adya for giving that a voice .

[@shravaka6241]

Self inquiry "SEEING"..... And refining a Discernment Practice resulting in clarity thus enabling "disengagement" of hooks/ attachments/ conditionings with ease and grace. So simple! Yet a challenge in a variety ways. Thank you Adya!

[@ChopChop-pe6dd]

Life is an equation of which the outcome is unpredictable, so we have a choice, but we have a hard time accepting that there is no 'right' choice because the future is literally unpredictable. Of course running into traffic will cause suffering lol, but that's not the type of choices our minds occupy themselves with. They are occupied with choices we can't predict the outcome of no matter how hard we think. That's why my new motto is to make the 'wrong' choice more often just to see what happens, and if my mind wants to go back and ruminate on it I say "This is what we're doing".

[@monasoufian2421]

Thank you! It was right time for me to hear this and listen with my heart’s ears. So enlightening! ❤🙏

[@altnarrative]

Thank you for this. Exactly what I needed. 🙏

[@RT-fr9tn]

Adya is just amazing..his words have the potency to take you to consciousness and he speaks so well and as English is my second laungague I always learn some new words :) !!

[@ksale22]

Thank you. Much love 🙏

[@inlightin111]

Really enjoyed this video, thank you. Totally agree with you when you talked about free will and how at the end, it is not important. There are "deeper questions" that are more "worthy" of spending time to examine.

[@Michael-t1o7e]

So grateful. It has been a one-on-one moment for me, an answer to the question I have been asking these last days. 🙏

[@pamkilner5815]

I love you and thank you.

[@DavidRivera-wr4up]

Very good! 👏I totally agree! And thanks for the reminder 🙏

[@Jo.And-so-on]

Thank you for this clear explanation. This is a key🙏🌼

[@itsmejanny]

Bless you, Adya, for all you have done for so many years to inspire us to remember our True Nature. Your pointings to Self have helped me and consistently remind me to rest in what is always Present. Sending happy thoughts that your retirement is joyful.

[@simonshine333]

I love your videos. Thank you so much. It's so helpful. I laughed out loud when you said (about having a choice) that "we do and we don't in the very same instant". Paradox is difficult to explain in linear terms :-).

[@francesbarker5292]

Gratitude as always for your simple and profound pointings. Deeply appreciate your presence in my life xxx

[@Darkpheria]

Gratitude.

[@yepsme21]

My oh my ... thank you for that simple clarity.

[@yepsme21]

Broken wings? learn to fly, learn to sing. My oh my. .... Thanks for the candle Adya.

[@Islaras]

How is this so timely? I just began training myself to develop different habits. All this talk about conditioning and consistency is so damn relevant. Thanks Adya ❤

[@Mariuszzboczek-ok6dc]

Thanks a lot

[@Aaron-Hatefi]

Thank you for sharing these quick insights

[@richardsnyder6413]

Great pointers, Thank you 🙏 ❤

[@CamThuyNguyenThi-ks5le]

All the question lead u further

[@cosmosaic8117]

It’s like Alchemy

[@adamshawart]

Thank you for your clarity

[@p.l.champs6505]

Thanks a lot. Î’ll try not to forget to practice that.

[@DaleCrommie]

A fearless moral inventory.🔥❤️

[@rajneeshmilarepa6090]

thank you

[@barbrathompson9798]

Thank you 🎉 I will use this in future ❤

[@patviva9212]

Thank you so much Ady .

[@wisheswarmly8647]

so amazing .

[@lindaszlagowski8888]

Great pointer😮😊

[@Niki-uk333]

Thank you ❤

[@jakihall7015]

😊 amazing

[@_missreverie_]

Thank you adya. 💚🙏🏾

[@foxdenham]

My take, is that 'decision' is the amalgamation of 'Choice' and 'No Choice'. Both reside in the profound mystery of becoming 'both' and 'neither'. They stand at either side of the present moment, almost like they are just about to plop into alignment with 'the now'. Nudging us out of duality and into oneness. So pick whichever word/door floats your boat and step towards, or simply realise, 'What Is'.🙏

[@kimbirch1202]

We can only know Truth , by negating the illusions of ego.

[@Jack-Australia]

Thank you!

[@ParityASMR]

Oblivion that we notice is not true oblivion. True oblivion comes from never caring enough to take the time to look within. If you have the genuine desire to reach mental parity you will take to the actions necessary to arrive in the direct presence of being.

[@zerkton2648]

So good ❤

[@jayyaj53]

does he have book that expound on this idea? 2:06

[@afriend621]

I'm sure there is one in the works . . hope so.

[@emmaluciaev1938]

Following my breath

[@Lucyfer619]

thanks

[@kimulm0619]

Be the observer.❤

[@rayhilchey6706]

Listening to this as the sun rises outside my Window this morning raises my awarenes of the miracle of light. Can you dercribe that light in words? I myself cannot yet I am are of it

[@kimbirch1202]

We certainly dont have a choice about truth, or Reality, as it is a given thing.

[@afriend621]

Yes, and your body and mind are here, moving about in this truth/reality.

[@kimbirch1202]

@afriend621 No they're not. Both the body and world are illusory images in the mind .

[@kimbirch1202]

Great to hear a voice of sanity in this crazy world. My only question is how can we be aware of what is UNCONSCIOUS ?

[@windmonk3233]

"Forget the question.. follow your breath" any question to 'help' is just another hook of the mind to keep you within the mind. ❤️🙏

[@kimbirch1202]

@windmonk3233 It's impossible to awaken without asking for help from enlightened sources, as the ego is a closed illusory thought system. All religions use prayer .❤️

[@kimbirch1202]

@windmonk3233 Following the breath in meditation is a concentration exercise , and although brings about calm abiding, this can only be temporary. 90% of the mind is unconscious, and it is actually the unconscious ego mind running the whole show. Specifically guilt. The whole world, according to Christ is a projection of unconscious guilt and fear, which is why forgiveness of sin is the remedy. 🙏

[@windmonk3233]

@@kimbirch1202 Mind says "it's impossible to awaken..." Mind says "following breath...can only be temporary" Many movements of the mind to keep oneself within its own realm. If you believe the mind then it will most certainly feel true and experience it to be true. Simple, relaxed and direct perception of what's actually going on, without believing the movements or interpretations of the mind. 👁

[@kimbirch1202]

@windmonk3233 The Buddha knew that Mindfulness of breathing could only get one so far, which is why he developed Vipassana. Yet , only very few have the time and inclination to meditate all day, for years, like Adyashanti, in a monastery. ACIM proposes a different path.

[@kimbirch1202]

There must be something within us that doesnt want peace, joy freedom and love . Could that be guilt , and self - hatred ?

[@N1CK_B]

Beautiful, so glad you didn’t retire after all Adya. But…could you give some advice on where to draw the line?. Is there even a line? I mean act only on some thoughts, which ones? the practical ones? But where do I draw the line? My mind says that ALL my thoughts are practical.

[@billusher2265]

he did retire, these are clipped from old videos

[@Adyashanti]

@nickbaigent2714 - Sorry to disappoint, but Adyashanti retired from teaching in October 2023. This video was excerpted from an online broadcast he gave in 2015. Adya doesn't read or respond to comments. However, his wife, Mukti, is a teacher in his lineage. She offers a free live online broadcast once a month, during which she responds to questions submitted via email. If you would like Mukti to address your question, you can send it to [e-mail]. Her next broadcast will be on Wednesday, May 8. Here is a link to more information: mukti.opengatesangha.org/programs/online/broadcasts/ ~ Amy from the Open Gate Sangha Support Team

[@N1CK_B]

@@billusher2265 oh 😔

[@N1CK_B]

@@Adyashanti many thanks for that Amy. I’ll do that 🙏

[@TerryFimbres]

Catch Kiss Let Go!

[@drwitch13]

Wholesome greetings, I just paid for a basic membership to watch the full length of this video, but I am unable to see it. May I be pointed in the right direction? Thank you.

[@Adyashanti]

@drwitch13 - Welcome to Basic Membership! For future reference, if you check the description under one of our Excerpt videos, it will tell you the name of the full-length talk and you can search for it on Adya's channel. In this case, the full-length talk is called "Exploring Revelatory Moments". Here is the direct link: kzbin.info/www/bejne/p5LQgnucoqiCsNE Enjoy! ~Amy from the Open Gate Sangha Support Team

[@Corteum]

Is seeing through ones own illusions the same as seeing through shared or collective illusions? does it operate on the same principle?

[@Corteum]

@@afriend621 But how can they be ones own illusions if those illusions existed in other people before you were born?

[@Corteum]

@@afriend621 You're right. I only know my own experience. We have privileged access to our own first person experience. How do I correct my breathing

[@Corteum]

@@afriend621 Thank you. So switch the emphasis from controling it, tot more observing it, is what it sounds like youre saying. Are there other people? Yes there are other personas. Some could even be highly conscious, or become highly conscious! Was I born? This body was born. 👍

[@Corteum]

@@afriend621 When you say feeling life, you mean like the actual sensation or vibration of felt, moment-to-moment experience, in your body?

[@Corteum]

@@afriend621You mean felt /bodily sensation boundaries? Tbh, it doesnt feel like there's a felt boundary when i just feel it through, as opposed to thinking or questioning. There appears to be some mental ideas about boundaries (of the body, the person/ego, identity, culture, etc) that were learned or adopted at some point.

[@trevorfurness5695]

A fun suggestion, why not decided, right now, to discover whether or not there is choice- your choice!

[@windmonk3233]

It is indeed a fun suggestion. Different minds are always great ways to learn in life. Some minds are beautiful, others are destructive. Your mind is one of the beautiful things there is. ❤🙏

[@trevorfurness5695]

@@windmonk3233 Oh thank you so much! I've just remembered- it takes one to know one! Bless you Windmonk3233......

[@Sylar-451]

Are you the same Adyashanti from the Waking Up app??!? ❤

[@ostentatiouscat899]

Yes

[@msbeecee1]

🙏 🙏 🙏

[@cbligerman]

❤

[@AwakenedEmptiness]

Mind Control or Mind Controlled 🌝

[@gameofthrones5655]

Jep...its the job and only job 2 be worthy called a job...lol. The rabbit hole can run deep...as Buddha said: Gate gate paragate...parasamgate...bodhi svaha. My heart Self Satguru said...never stop anywhere and when u arrived...noone have 2 tell u;)). Be devoted 2 ur Heartself only...the mind= indeed a liar and blind without a Master in the house as Gurujideff also mentioned... . I ❤Ramana...Nisargadatta...Gurpreet...all sages.. who bring the end 2 this futile mental hospital and bow down only 4 those who speak prior 2 this insane play...even spiritual futile play= called Maya or illussion.The real will succeed...the unreal never was anyway...what a Awakening❤Aum shanti shanti Aum. May all return home 2 the HeartSelf...the real Master of All who knows and is infinite perfect Love and Light and the End of all darkness and ignorance Maya plays apparently out as a dreamdelirum.❤

[@windmonk3233]

Different minds pointing to the truth. ❤🙏

[@lauragibson777]

💖🙏

[@CamThuyNguyenThi-ks5le]

Observe don't react

[@KendricksMaragoudakisE]

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[@markbrad123]

LOL, drama queens are going to breath a sigh of relief as they abandon that hype.

[@sophiajp1]

Thanks 🙏🏼❤️

[@rupalim8565]

Thank you 🙏

[@pb2970]

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[@elisabethk7103]

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[@kattlaydee8160]

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[@SnakeAndTurtleQigong]

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[@alfreddifeo9642]

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[@sarajohn6855]

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[@viviennecarty2418]

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