Adyashanti - The Enlightened Shoe

"Actually, all paths lead away from the truth..how's that? All paths. There's no such thing as a path to the truth. The truth's already here, where are you going?" - Adyashanti

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• adyashanti
• enlightenment
• truth
• spiritual
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• zen
• ground
• of
• silence

[Truthwillsetyoufree4]

I love this guy :D

[dingleberrys09]

beautifully put, wonderful metaphor. I love this man & the flowering of consciousness.

[trueqestion]

...to accept its own form, as dancingshoe, walking shoe, sandal or boot...it has to know in reality it is the total universe...expressing as this particular shoe, expressed by nature to fulfill being itself in this form...then, when it starts walking, it is functioning, not searching, and it finally feels ok, serving its purpose in context of the whole.

[trueqestion]

the shoe knows it is a shoe, but it imagines to be meant as "Supershoe" that will 1) will save him from the sharp pebbles ( would a REAL shoe feel difficulties???) 2) and will be appropriate in all circumstances ( you can't dance elegantly on walking boots...) this way it does not appreciate its shoe-ness...it stops functioning as shoe, it becomes "walking, searching" as the movement of ego looking for a bigger identity...and the loss of self-esteem coming from that reinforces its believes...

[TukenNuken]

@Fishpigg Oh dear...I can't believe you made the same mistake twice. Oh, where have all the bright people gone? But if that wasn't the point, then what was? I'm sorry, my simple mind just doesn't understand the deep wisdom of your comment. And why should I look up pedantic for you? If someone called you pedantic and you don't know what it means then you should look it up yourself, not tell some total stranger to do it for you. Not to mention the fact that you told me to take shrooms! Scandalous!

[Fishpigg]

@TukenNuken YES shoes -plural -they usually come in pairs -"hey do ya like my new shoe ?" are at least 2 inanimate objects ,they still cant talk ...........thats not really the point ...and look up Pedantic ,keep taking the shrooms ,and remember to rest as awareness

[TukenNuken]

@Fishpigg that's some deep shit genius...but you see, you're wrong - shoes(take notice of the "S" in the end of the word) are at least TWO inanimate objects, possibly more... so, your comment = FAIL

About the "talking" part though - if you eat the wrong type of mushrooms...you never know...

[NondualAwareness]

This is one of the simplest ways you can put it :) a gem video

[Fishpigg]

Er....shoes are an inanimate object ......they can't Talk

[kareemdemon]

Nice one Steve