Accumulation...

"The mind, the body, and the emotions play this game called
accumulation. They evaluate one piece of conceptual knowledge against
another piece of conceptual knowledge. "How does this piece compare
to that one? And how does that compare to this?"

We like to compare our experiences with others. "What have you
experienced? Oh, I haven't experienced that, but I have experienced
this; have you?" "This is what I believe; what do you believe?"

Then the emotional body asks, "Is this it? Is this the right
experience? Am I having the experience? Why don't I have the
experience?" The body-mind collects more things to do, more
techniques, more this, more that.

The mind and body tend to follow old patterns, making horizontal
movements, collecting facts, teachings, teachers, beliefs, and
experiences. That's the predominant way most people live their lives
horizontally, not vertically. Then they bring that movement into
their spiritual lives. But it doesn't matter how much horizontal
accumulation of knowledge and experience you have; more information
does not equal greater depth.

Now, in this moment, you can realize that you are truly not going to
get anything from my words, that whatever your mind absorbs and
accumulates as knowledge is not going to get you any more depth.
None. Zero. Nothing.

It will just get you more horizontal movement. It will just get you
more knowledge.

Maybe that's what you want, maybe not. But as soon as you realize
the limitation of mind, the mind feels very disarmed because it has
so much less to do.

There is an invitation beyond the wall of knowledge, which is not to
some regressive state before the mind can operate, but a transcendent
state that's beyond where the mind can go. That's what spirituality
is. It's going where the mind cannot go."

~ Adyashanti
From the book, 'Emptiness Dancing'