Adyashanti on Living in the Service of Truth - Part 2

The One You Feed | Personal Growth, Emotional Resilience & Purpose

Eric Zimmer, The One You Feed

Buddhism, Mental Health, Education, Self-improvement, Health & Fitness, Religion & Spirituality

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🗓️ 26 June 2019

⏱️ 55 minutes

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Summary

Adyashanti is an American born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence. Adyashanti also runs the Omega retreat which Eric has taken part in many times. In this episode, part 2 of a 2 part interview, Eric and Adya continue their conversation about his latest book, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life. Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year. But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you! In This Interview, Adyashanti and I Discuss… How his relationship to his wife has become more of a mystery over their 23 years together The role of play and being silly How our spiritual striving can get in the way – in meditation, specifically How meditation is the relinquishing of an agenda The way we engage with the mystery of being The curiosity that was sparked when he realized he was a mystery unto himself That spirituality is an experiential encounter with the unknown The paradox we’re embracing with meditation Start meditation by listening to the quiet spaces inside, let go of trying to control what’s happening in your mind When you realize you’re lost in thought during meditation, kindly and gently encourage your attention back to your meditation anchor or listening Observe your relationship with failure – or things going some other way than the way you want them to – during meditation Gratitude for popping out of the dream or trance state Encountering life attitudes during meditation Spiritual insight during real life – what do you value at any given moment? Chasing a spiritual high Asking “what am I in service to?” Not having to have the feeling in order to engage in right action Adyshanti Links: adyashanti.org Twitter Facebook Instagram The Upper Room – a global ministry where you can join a worldwide community of Christian believers in daily prayer and devotional practice. Go to www.upperroom.org/welcome to get a free 30-day trial TalkSpace – the online therapy company that lets you message a licensed therapist from anywhere at any time. Therapy on demand. Non-judgemental, practical help when you need it at a fraction of the cost of traditional therapy. Visit www.talkspace.com and enter Promo Code: WOLF to get your first week free! If you liked this episode, you might also enjoy these other episodes: Adyashanti (Part 1) 2018 Adyashanti (Part 2) 2018 Adyashanti (2017) See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices

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0:00.0	Admittedly, there's a significant part of me that's still a four or five year old little boy, which isn't uncommon for men.
0:07.0	Welcome to the One You Feed.
0:18.0	Throughout time, great thinkers have recognized the importance of the thoughts we have,
0:22.5	quotes like garbage in, garbage out, or you are what you think, ring true.
0:28.0	And yet, for many of us, our thoughts don't strengthen or empower us.
0:32.0	We tend toward negativity, self-pity, jealousy, or fear.
0:37.0	We see what we don't have instead of what we do.
0:40.0	We think things that hold us back and dampen our spirit.
0:43.0	But it's not just about thinking. Our actions matter.
0:47.0	It takes conscious, consistent, and creative effort to make a life worth living.
0:51.0	This podcast is about how other people keep themselves moving in the right direction,
0:56.0	how they feed their good wealth.
1:12.0	Thanks for joining us.
1:13.0	Our guest on this episode is Adia Shanti.
1:16.0	And this is part two, so for those of you who heard last week's episode,
1:20.0	this is the second half of the interview.
1:23.0	He's an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving, the awakening of all beings,
1:28.0	and his teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true in liberating at the core of all existence.
1:36.0	Adia Shanti also runs the Omega retreat, which Eric has taken part in frequently.
1:41.0	We are back for part two of this two-part series, so thank you.
1:46.0	I'm going to change gears a little bit for a second before we go into how sometimes
1:52.0	the seeking and the spiritual practice that's focused on results stands in the way of us finding what we're seeking.
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