The Enlightened Mind

"The dawning of the enlightened mind is not at all what it is often imagined to be, and not as far away as you might think." ~ Adyashanti

There is endless talk in spiritual circles about how to deal with the thinking mind, but what is the nature of the enlightened mind? How do we awaken to it and function from it in daily living? In this 4-CD album of the 2014 Spirit Rock Intensive, Adyashanti offers profound teachings on how the enlightened view integrates the absolute, all-inclusive reality with our relative, human expression. He explores the capacity to flow from one perspective to another in a way that engenders a transformation in how we move in life.

Talk Topics Include:

• A Wider View of Mind
• Pointers from The Heart Sutra & The Sandokai
• Everything Is Everything Else
• Functioning from the Absolute & the Relative
• We Are the Imperfect Vehicle of Perfection
• Being Here vs. Chasing There
• The Art of Changing Lenses
• Enlightened Relativity

Q&A Topics Include:

• The Mystery of You
• The Reference Points of Awakening
• Reorientation to No Orientation
• The Paradox of Just Being vs. Expanding
• How Much to Meditate?
• Dysfunctional Relationships

Quotes from this CD Album:

"Enlightenment is the natural functioning of the absolute and relative."

"In order for you to sit on that seat, it takes an entire universe."

"It's hard to think clearly if you're stuck in the particular or stuck in the absolute."

"Having realization penetrate each speck of individuality is harder than realizing all of existence."

"Life is so much more comfortable when you're not judging it."

"Keep your reference for awakening in your direct experience."

"Just because you have a massive awakening experience doesn't mean anything about how much it will be part of your experience going forward."

"The more you look for orientation, the more you disorient yourself."

"You don't correct a wound, you heal a wound."

"The closer you get to the truth, the more paradoxical it becomes."

"There's no end to enlightenment revealing itself."


Recorded in Woodacre, California on November 1, 2014.