Embrace suffering, and you transform your relationship with what causes you to suffer, as well as your relationship with suffering itself.
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In True Meditation, we're in the body as a means to transcend it. It is paradoxical that the greatest doorway to the transcendence of form is through form itself.
Interpretation
What this quote means
True meditation allows us to go beyond the physical self by fully experiencing it.
In this quote, Adyashanti highlights the paradox that to achieve a higher state of consciousness or transcendence, one must first fully engage with and understand their own physical existence. True meditation is not about escaping the body, but rather embracing it as a key to spiritual awakening and deeper understanding.
Themes
MeditationTranscendenceFormAwarenessSpirituality
In practice
Example use cases
This quote can be used in a meditation retreat to inspire participants to deepen their practice.
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