' The Prerequisite '...

You know when you boil it all down to something much simpler than it is often presented; all of spirituality down to something very simple, a prerequisite to the whole of spiritual yearning, impulse, search, whatever you want to call it. It's very simple. The prerequisite is that you are open and you're available. That's the prerequisite.

Sadly for a lot of people, they don't become open until they suffer tremendously. And then maybe they become open, available. Too difficult to keep the pretense going. Other people have a bit easier time opening up and being available.

But understand this, that that openness, availability is the whole entire prerequisite for spirituality. That's what makes everything possible.

And it doesn't really matter if you've been open before. Maybe you were very very open yesterday. It does not matter today. Maybe you're very very open today. Who knows about tomorrow. One never knows, do they? You never know from moment to moment whether there will be that availability, that true openness of heart, openness of mind, openness of spirit. There are so many way that we can close down. Whether we close down into some sort of emotional protection, close down into some sort of intellectual protection. We can even close down as a consequence of having some sort of spiritual realization. The mind can decide, "I know. I have awoken, i am one of the awakened ones...and I know."

And I hope you can feel the armoring just in those words. The great mental armoring that comes around one's entire being.

So this is my invitation to start from a place of openness, a place of real availability. Because that's what makes everything possible.




- Adyashanti, Mount Madonna 2009 First CD, posted to adyashantigroup