Restoring the Sovereignty of Being

"Until being is restored to its rightful sovereignty, we are sleeping walking through life, all the while imagining we are awake. Until being is restored, the radiance cannot shine, light cannot come into the world. And no matter how much we may accomplish, it all takes place in the realm of unconscious being." - Adyashanti

The first task of spirituality is to awaken to being, the source and substance of our existence. Yet, awakening not only opens the door of realizing our existential reality, but also inspires the possibility of functioning from that reality in the world of time and space. In this 4-CD album recorded live at Spirit Rock Meditation Center, Adyashanti explores how we can restore the sovereignty of being to its rightful place -- the fundamental ground from which we live and act.

Topics Include:

• Meditating vs. "Meditatoring"
• The Real Meaning of Nirvana
• Who Are You Beyond Thoughts?
• Encountering Existential Presence
• Bringing Forth the Dimension of Being
• Reality's Bait & Switch
• Attending to the Small Stuff
• Retraining Habits from Childhood Trauma
• Liberating Your Uniqueness
• Reorienting to Life with No Center
• The Way of Unknowing
• Experiencing Now What We're Seeking
• Releasing Generational Energy

Quotes from this CD Album:

"Life is not inherently miserable."

"You came into the world as a presence and will go out of the world as a presence."

"The only thing that creates separation is believing a thought."

"It costs nothing to wake up; to live it costs everything."

"The realization of unity liberates uniqueness."


Recorded in Woodacre, California on November 2, 2013.