Between the dreama nd the reality falls the shadow

#Between the dreama nd the reality falls the shadow series
#Between the dreama nd the reality falls the shadow free

Once we lose our sense of self, itвЂ™s as if we have lost the whole world as we knew it. This momentum, this grasping and rejecting, is what forms a sense of a self that is distinct, or separate, from the world around us.Д«ut with the dawn of awakening, this outside world begins to collapse. It is the pushing away or pulling toward.

In that way, ego isnвЂ™t a thing as much as it is a verb. What we call ego is simply the mechanism ourВ mind uses to resist life as it is. Ultimately all of the images we have about ourselves and the world turn out to be nothing but a resistance to things as they are.

#Between the dreama nd the reality falls the shadow series

The ego may exist as a series of passing thoughts, beliefs, actions, and reactions, but in and of itself it has no identity. We realize-often quite suddenly-that our sense of self, which has been formed and constructed out of our ideas, beliefs, and images, is not really who we are. This discovery IвЂ™m talking about is traditionally referred to as spiritual awakening, because one awakens from the dream of separation created by the egoic mind. It is because of them that I am giving the teachings in this book. ItвЂ™s this yearning that underpins all spiritual seeking: to discover for ourselves what we already intuit to be true- that there is more to life than we are currently perceiving.Д«ut as time has passed, more and more people are coming to me who have already had glimpses of this greater reality. They were seeking to wake up from the limiting and isolated senses of self they had imagined themselves to be. In the beginning of my teaching work, most of the people who came to me were seeking these deeper realizations of spirituality. It can be likened to the experience of waking up from a dream-a dream you didnвЂ™t even know you were in until you were jolted out of it. The way they perceive the world suddenly changes, and they find themselves without any sense of separation betweenВ themselves and the rest of the world. But in that instant, the whole sense of вЂњself вЂќ disap- pears.

For some, the awakening is sustained over time, while for others the glimpse is momentary-it may last just a split second. These experiences of awakening differ from person to person. By this I mean that peopleВ seem to be having moments where they awaken out of their familiar senses of self, and out of their familiar senses of what the world is, into a much greater reality-into some- thing far beyond anything they knew existed.

More and more people are waking up-having real, authentic glimpses of reality. ThereвЂ™s a phenomenon happening in the world today. Here is the excerpt, entitled вЂњExploring Life After Awakening.вЂќ Consider this AdyaвЂ™s personal welcome to вЂњa new world.вЂќ вЂњItвЂ™s most often shared only between teachers and their students.вЂќ The End of Your WorldВ is his response to a growing need for direction on the spiritual path. And for many of them, the question becomes: Now what? вЂњInformation about life after awakening is usually not made public,вЂќ explains Adya. More and more people are waking up spiritually.

#Between the dreama nd the reality falls the shadow free

Friends, I wanted to share with you a free chapter from AdyashantiвЂs inspiring (and very provocative) book The End of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk on the Nature of Enlightenment.