As we spring ourselves forward, may we honor that which is falling away. Everything is in the process of disappearing, however we are likely conditioned to orient toward that which is appearing. Adyashanti’s satsang last week (3/25/12) was highlighting this concept (& practice) of letting go as this is the nature of the Universe: Everything comes, Everything goes. Adya was speaking specifically to our sense of psychological self ~ ego. Adya explained, the ego needs to maintain a state of being ‘in-process’ to be sustained (like wind needs sustained movement to be called, wind). The egoic ‘self’ seeks relative happiness for the sake of continuing the process of ego. When an individual experiences a momentary ‘falling away’ of this psychological process, there is an immediate ‘rising up’ of awareness, Self-realization, Freedom! The more we practice becoming aware of that which is falling away through meditation or in daily life (thoughts, feelings, exhalations, heart beats, musical notes, etc.) we simultaneously are letting go of the veils that obstructs the awareness of our core Self (the Self that survives All falling aways)! :)
Quotes and expressions shared by Adya at this Satsang (note: these are not all Adya's quotes):
“Die while you live, so you can truly live.”
“(Musical) Notes serve to highlight the space.”
“Awakening = disidentification with the psychological self.”
“To know yourself is to forget yourself. And to forget yourself is to be enlightened by the 10,00 things (everything).”
“The only thing you can hold on to is No-Thing.”
“It is all inside of you! No one has more than another. It is what is hear and now, looking and noticing, now.”
With Love,
Christy.
Live Fully.
Love Fiercely.
Lila/Play Freely.
