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Chasing Enlightenment by Adyashanti (a 9 min. video):

http://www.adyashanti.org/listen.php?fi ... &type=high

WARNING: a large (34.5MB) file

Do no harm,
clyde

What the essential point he makes, Clyde? I'm not sure I'm up to 9 minutes of Adya.

Dan Rowden wrote:What the essential point he makes, Clyde? I'm not sure I'm up to 9 minutes of Adya.

I looked into that guy some time ago. He had a few beginner analogies, plus waffle. Nothing special, a long long way from the dragon's gates. I reckon it's time he came here, it might clarify a few things for people.

I'm quite familiar with him, which is why I'm not really prepared to watch a 9 minute video without some fore-warning. As you say, he is a mix of sound Zen teaching and waffle. Not to mention interesting bank statements.

Hush, lest ye awaken the god Samadhim.

Dan Rowden wrote:What the essential point he makes, Clyde? I'm not sure I'm up to 9 minutes of Adya.

STOP!

Oh, right. And his reasoning for that? Actually, never mind. I think I'll watch it and post it in the video analysis thread.

clyde wrote:WARNING: a large (34.5MB) file

There is a low quality option that is half the size of that download.

Low Quality Adya - pun intended

Pah, the essential message of that seems to be if you stop thinking about reality you'll somehow find it. That's bullshit. If he believed that it would be his one and only teaching. What he said about thinking about ways in which you're unenlightening yourself is fair enough, but it's mostly just a play on words. You can't really consider such a thing if you don't have an understanding to contrast it to.

Jebus,if that's the highlights I'd hate to see the filler.

He didn't say anything.

Well, if you want to see the whole thing it'll only cost you $25US

Adya's Bookstore

Dan Rowden wrote:Pah, the essential message of that seems to be if you stop thinking about reality you'll somehow find it. That's bullshit. If he believed that it would be his one and only teaching. What he said about thinking about ways in which you're unenlightening yourself is fair enough, but it's mostly just a play on words. You can't really consider such a thing if you don't have an understanding to contrast it to.

Dan;

I think he was saying this:

The path to enlightenment is simply one of halting deluded mental habits. Because Reality is the totality of all there is, we are already fully immersed in it. So there is no "place" in particular where we have to go, either physically or mentally, in order to experience it. All that needs to be done is to halt the habitual projection of false assumptions upon what is experienced. [emphasis added]

-- from Chapter Six “Emptiness”, The Wisdom of the Infinite, by David Quinn
( http://members.optushome.com.au/davidqu ... sdom06.htm )

clyde

I have watched some Adyashanti talks at youtube before. I find him very inspiring talker. I have to admit that he has a bit of a 'boiled frog' approach, though.

He is very nice and comfortable.

His writings make an interesting read but sometimes they remain a tad superficial. This was ok:

Adyashanti - Truth Comes at a Cost