Adyashanti - Buddha at the Gas Pump Interview

[rooruffneck]

Looks like Adya is in a Waldorf School....

[chuckthelumberjack]

1:01:30

Yup that's me; spiritual shipwreck, personal will extremely diminished, but not enlightened or guided by the whole yet. Its JUST like he says, its like the entire energy that was running your life previously just disappears. THANK YOU Adyashanti if you weren't here to talk about this I might as well assume that I'd gone completely insane. Now I just have to wait this thing out I guess.

[widestrides]

Nice interview.

What form of meditation does Adyashanti practice?

What form does he teach or recommend?

Just sitting in Silence?

Thanks.

[somethingcomes]

I really like Adyashanti. I wish I could attend one of his lectures, I bet it's just fantastic.

[michmonma]

It just simple love I feel after watching this. Thank You all.

[avedic]

awesome!! I've only very recently discovered Adya. I'm a huge fan of Alan Watts...and Adya seems to strike a very similar chord as Alan. Can't wait to listen to this while I work today. Thanks so much for all the great interviews you upload. You're doing the world a great service.

[writing314]

the way he describes awakening as giving up trying and accepting death or facing death and being ok with it because you dont give a shit if you live or die is true, i went into major depression for years and i fought it painfully but i ended up just accepting it one night and i felt the peace of god, i cried for ages and became very still for months, although my life had no structure after this awakening i felt this was what id been looking for my whole life

[avedic]

@writing314 I'm in the same boat as you were. I lost my job last year due to the horrid economy, lost everything, and had to move in with my parents at 28. I've become a shell of my former self. Questioning everything about life..wondering what the point of living even is. The depression is crushing. But..since stumbling on Adya's teachings(and Alan Watts) I feel like Im on the cusp of..something. I haven't crossed that "threshold" yet..but it feels close. Good luck to you! Glad you got better.

[avedic]

@writing314 well said. back in my younger born again christian days, i was rather judgmental of anything different. college, weed, and new people changed that. my first real friend in college was a muslim girl who totally changed my mind about "other" people. now, i value diversity more than just about anything. homogeneous ideas and lifestyles breeds stagnation and ignorance...and fear.

[writing314]

@avedic awesome......so to sum up our chat....do what you wanna do.....when you wanna do it....take no prisoners lol spirituality my ass x x x

[avedic]

@writing314 I agree. :) That's why I like people like Adyashanti and Allan Watts and Tim Freke(look him up! he's amazing). They aren't the usual milquetoast airy spiritual sorts you usually come across. They have a sense of humor and vigor for life. True spirituality is about being ENGAGED in life. Once you get the truth of oneness...it enabled you to truly let go and live freely, unconstrained by fear. That's the idea. Not to check out of reality and live in some blissed-out state.

[mrcraigholliday]

The most wonderful so far!!!! Love you adya!

[mrcraigholliday]

beautiful adya

[nowbellhere]

Very good interview. A DVD to see that goes hand in hand with this interview is "Journey After Awakening" of Adayshanti and Loch Kelly. That DVD is great. I have seen it more than 30 times. Adyashanti has been very open in this interview and willing to answer some difficult and penetrating questions. Thank you both Rick and Adyashanti.

[Enrique6299]

One of your best interviews.

[kscott0218]

this is a great interview. thank you

[Lasersharp]

Rick, your interviews are inspiring on different levels. So interesting to hear your guests giving their description of their Awakenings. Such a simple moment and so much work unraveling the complexity of our existence when one removes the veils-it happened to me. Thus I fully understand what's meant by paradox/ambiguity being signs of spiritual maturity. I am working on putting a nine year long quest into organized writing. Listening to you helps me. Thanks.

[AwakenedBuddhist]

i didnt know you interviewed Adyashanti!Great interview Rick!

[EdenConsciousness]

This is by far the best Adya interview in existence. Well done. And the audio's fine by me.

[DeDraakAap]

thank you!

[vajraloka1]

this is fascinating , all the diferent flavors of interviews,all the different techers

[TadRapidly]

BATGP--see if you can snare Murray Oxman up there in Corvallis, oregon. he wrote "the How to Easily Handle Difficult People handbook".

[ACIMpsychology]

Adya's words caused my enlightenment episode in 2006. 2 days prior I was awakened by Murray Oxman's book. thx, Adya :o)

[zakzikr]

Thanx !!

[BuddhaAtTheGasPump]

Not that I have heard. I should have asked him. Next time if there is a next time.

[oldbagge]

Does Adya ever say who/what he thinks that voice was? - The one telling him that there was still more to go?

[laserpig]

@oldbagge this answer based purely in my subjective experience: when ego and habitual self-definition are filtered out of thought in a moment of real conscious clarity, words can arise in the human mind which conform to the truth of what is perceived, but which hold no personal attribution. imo this is extremely similar to the ancient greek tradition of the "logos," an impersonal voice capable only of the clear expression of truth. our bodies don't need body-ers, and thoughts don't need thinkers

[BuddhaAtTheGasPump]

Ben is on the list. I'll add your vote for him. Thanks.

[BuddhaAtTheGasPump]

Thanks for the compliment. I added Richard to the list and will look into it. (I get new recommendations every day and only do one interview a week, so it may take a while.)

[MrJackted]

@BuddhaAtTheGasPump hi richard, great job. have you heard of ben smyth (think thats the correct spelling)

he talks well on this subject found him on youtube see what you think.

keep it up, like your style love john

[MrJackted]

@BuddhaAtTheGasPump i think its ben smythe

[MrJackted]

hi rick, keep up the great job, are you aware of ben smythe, he's an interesting man, found him on youtube take a look. love the show and you are the best part of it. love john

[mobymagg]

Thanks for this interview! I'm reading Emptiness Dancing, by Adyashanti and liking that.

[BuddhaAtTheGasPump]

Wow. Thanks for the beautiful comment. Do we know each other? Sorry about the poor technical quality of Adya's interview. We had bandwidth problems I think.

[chrysopoeia321]

@BuddhaAtTheGasPump I'm sure you have considered this, but for similar situations in the future, I would put in a vote for closing the video to improve audio quality.

[shunyam56]

Seeing Rick Archer into his "primordial peace" is so amazing, a sweet surprise for me. It is the first time that I feel you. I feel you as you are. A beautiful man. And this is not an interview, just two friends keep on sharing. Thank you very so much Rick, I saw a miracle.