Our Unborn Nature/ Adyashanti

"This exceptionally clear and engaging satsang explores our most precious gift, 'the great silence of the unborn.' The unborn is that which we were before we were born, are during this life, and will be after death. Until there is a conscious realization of our unborn nature, our experience of life will forever be dominated by the egoic drive to survive. Recorded (full dvd) on February 26, 2005 in Oakland, CA." --- http://www.adyashanti.org

"If you filter my words through any tradition or '-ism', you will miss altogether what I am saying. The liberating truth is not static; it is alive. It cannot be put into concepts and be understood by the mind. The truth lies beyond all forms of conceptual fundamentalism. What you are is the beyond—awake and present, here and now already. I am simply helping you to realize that." -- Adyashanti

http://www.adyashanti.org/index.php?file=teachings (Adya's free "Teachings" web page with samples in audio, video, and writings)

http://www.peterspearls.com.au/adyainoz.htm (At the bottom of page there are 4 more audio samples of satsangs and interviews with Adyashanti not found anywhere else on the web)

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[Zenday23]

Adya...a brilliant mind...a zen master. I highly recommend reading his book "Emptiness Dancing" for those looking to delve deep into the meaning of their own true nature. A statement he makes, which for me describes the essence of what we seek... "Wake up! You are all living Buddhas. You are the divine emptiness, the infinite nothing. This I know because I am what you are, and you are what I am."

[shutterdog]

just completed an intensive with adya in san rafael this past weekend, and i just want to share with you that it was one of the most amazing times of my life. thank you adya

[stellarshore]

Were'nt we more "unego'ed" many thousands of years ago?? There was less a sense of self, right? But the problem was pain. So we pursued with our intellect to try and deal with pain and hunger, manage it, heal it, using our cognition, our thumbs, etc. So what now? How do we avoid physical pain? Meditation? Really? Our thoughts are not all useless but the problem is no one knows where our thoughts will take us. So its either thought or no thought. No one knows what this guy is truly talkin bout.

[Countrychiddler]

@winstono75 I apologize for making a rather crass statement about Adyashanti. I'm sure he is an extraordinary teacher. I am no one to judge. In answer to your question, I've spent years in the company of Adi Da Samraj and all I can tell you his Spiritual Presence and Transmission is undeniable Divinity in my perception. He was not a public figure. He took mahasamadhi in 2008 but is just as powerfully present now as when he was physically alive.

[winstono75]

@Countrychiddler Do you have an example of a public person who is divine in your perception?

[24031965GAV]

A finger pointing to the moon.Which are you looking at?

[inf1n1]

@Countrychiddler blah blah so what! maybe he is being this way to help noobs like you maybe i could be the divine one i am if noobs like you were not watching and judging pffff

[GeorgeGogle]

Thanks, Teacher!!

[muphart]

All he seems to be doing is dividing and labeling in this talk...nothing but stirring up conflict between different "natures" and whatnot. A guy like this is trying to help end people's inner conflict, yet he's adding more to that inner BS we all carry? There's NO unconditioned nature and we're all wasting our time searching for it. That's why it's called silence, emptiness, nothingness, etc...because it's not freaking there!! He's giving people hope by playing on their fear. He's lying. 6:50

[Countrychiddler]

This guys an ego. It takes one to know one. I've seen the Divine in human form and this guy is not that. He may have a lot of subtle knowledge and intrinsic wisdom but it's all secondary.

[DoNotBeHighandMighty]

@Santisantiago

It is a "state of being." So it does not exist as a "thing" you are right, but the "state of being" exists.