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Suffering is caused by identification with egoic consciousness. When we identify with egoic consciousness, we go unconscious or become unaware of our true nature as conscious spirit.

— Adyashanti The Basic Teachings - Part 1: Principles of the Teaching (2009)

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The main purpose of the illusion of me is to keep you at all costs from realizing your own nothingness.

The Undivided Self (2004)

Perhaps the most important element of any spiritual teaching is what we bring to it, because this dictates what the teaching will reveal within ourselves.

It is the basics that are most important. Never leave this foundation. From this, an incredible depth is to be found - an ongoing revelation of the truth of existence.

The beautiful thing is that anybody has the potential for a massive shift in perspective... even if they're a complete mess.

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You can't get rid of thoughts, and you can't get rid of thinking. To battle your mind is one of the most deceptive ways that the mind keeps you in its own domain.

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