' Back to Silence '...

You have to become more interested in the silent background than in the foreground, the phenomena: thoughts, emotions, sounds, smells, etc.

Most people are focused on the foreground and what their five senses bring them, but the Self is discovered in the background.

The Self is the source from which the phenomena spring and the ground in which this display of phenomena is happening, from the subtlest feelings and experiences to the grossest matter.

When you rest as this background, you can taste your Self.

You just give yourself to it.

Actually, you’re giving your idea of yourself to your true Self.

The idea comes out of the silence, so you give the idea of who you are back to silence.


~ Adyashanti
The Impact of Awakening
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