– Our spiritual search can be initiated by the ego as a reaction to the challenges of life or from the immensity of the Self. Adyashanti looks into both of these avenues of spiritual discovery and into what role the ego plays in our spiritual search. Even if our search is mainly driven by the ego at the beginning, something beyond ego can begin to move within you as the true spiritual instinct arises. Video Excerpted from November 6, 2019 Broadcast, “The Immensity of Self”:
Quotes from this Video:
“To look within—as a way to eliminate or mitigate as much suffering as possible—is a totally rational impulse within the ego.”
“The Self is an immensity. The ego is this infinitesimally small part of the psyche compared to the Self.”
“When the Self begins to move within you, there is no ambiguity that you are being acted upon—you as an ego are being acted upon by something that is completely outside of and beyond the ego.”
“Your own spiritual search doesn’t belong entirely to you. There is something outside of the ego that is almost imposing itself upon the ego.”
“The ego is the recipient, not the creator, of the real spiritual impulse.”
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