Ego as a Shapeshifter (Excerpt)

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Adyashanti explores the dynamics of the ego and how it subtly, and almost imperceptibly, shifts from one form to another to avoid being dismantled. Video Excerpted from March 30, 2019 Oakland Meeting, “Liberating the Guises of Ego”: bit.ly/2IfXFzK
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Quotes from this Video: “There is no self that is holding on, there’s just holding on. There is no self that lets go, there is just letting go.” adyashanti.org
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@shambo1287 Жыл бұрын

So grateful for your light in consciousness. I stumbled across your teachings in 2005 upon getting clean & sober "again". Celebrated 18 years this past January. Thank you!

@veritas2222 Жыл бұрын

Congratulations! Great work🫶

@alanarcher Жыл бұрын

Adya is so wonderful. He is so *precise* in his descriptions and metaphors. It's such a blessing to have him share a place and a time with us all.

@johnpienta4200 Жыл бұрын

Yeah. Always incredible.

@shawnjohnson1835 Жыл бұрын

Witnessing the deepening of his manifestation, from earlier talks to current talks, is truly astounding.

@bywaternyc7856 Жыл бұрын

Bless you, dear Adya.

@bethhayes1 Жыл бұрын

Checkmate - when the ego has run out of moves. Thank you!

@robertleslie5741 5 ай бұрын

Just a thought... In a single breath, I found myself in the darkness with only my thoughts and the breath who brought me there. 🕯️

@sahamal_savu Жыл бұрын

I listened to the entire talk this excerpt is from today, thank for making it available on The Stream. This has to be one of his best, along with "The Dream of Me" Very grateful for these teachings 🙏Namaste 🕉

@MrFritemayo Жыл бұрын

I'm sorry what exactly is this Stream you're talking about? I'd be very much interested in listening to the full talk as well. Thanks :)

@mikkelm.2184 Жыл бұрын

@@MrFritemayo you can sign up for a membership here on youtube (at the top), then you should be able to watch the full lenght 🙏

@Adyashanti Жыл бұрын

@Guillaume -- there are three ways to access the full-length talks from any of the video excerpts on Adya's channel: 1) You can purchase an audio recording from Adya's online store (there is a direct link in the description of the video excerpt) 2) You can subscribe to our audio streaming service called The Stream. More info here: adyashanti.opengatesangha.org/store/media/the-stream 3) You can become a member of Adya's KZfaq channel. More info here: kzfaq.infojoin ~ The Open Gate Sangha Support Team

@markcounseling Жыл бұрын

This is so awesome! Check! Check! Check! Mate!!!!

@youarewhatyourelookingfor4496 Жыл бұрын

Failure is incredibly valuable. It shows me many things. I don’t like, agree with or approve of it but it can be useful.

@rul4522 Жыл бұрын

I love this! My path is likewise.

@MarkKap Жыл бұрын

There is no way of dodging it. We get away only with what we give away.

@fortissimoX Жыл бұрын

Thank you!

@Etna11 Жыл бұрын

Thank you 🌠

@Bexatronica1 Жыл бұрын

Wow!

@daliacezar Жыл бұрын

Good no more strategies because ego is using it to shapeshifting “becoming “ more subtle indictable now calling it the awakened version. I am not implying that anyone is not aware but is quite tricky because any identification is no other than the ego. I love this talk ,thank you Ady because it is the perfect way of describing it as infinity shapeshifter.

@ThePokerCats Жыл бұрын

Agreed - and in my experience it has a cunning and insatiable ability to make every practice/technique etc it’s own. I love Adya never shares anything the Ego can grab onto and attempt to own.

@danny3374 Жыл бұрын

Thank you

@InquirywithHelena 4 ай бұрын

Puts me in mind of that classic book - Cutting Through Spiritual Materialism by Trungpa - where he talks about the Royal Road of Disappointment. Thinking I need to reread it....

@gracev4186 Жыл бұрын

🐦🎶😇💌 Thanks again. 🌈🪶💕 Grace V. Love ya.🦋

@apriltate3955 Жыл бұрын

My path feels like a path of exile and overcoming betrayal.

@DrMusicStarr Жыл бұрын

💖🔥

@jeffrey5013 Жыл бұрын

love listening to John Malkovic spitting

@riccardoc1711 Жыл бұрын

The pathless path ;)

@johnk8174 Жыл бұрын

manasam tu kim ("but what is the mind?") ....marga arjavat ("the straightforward, direct path")

@robinhood6954 Жыл бұрын

Quicksilver..? Sure looks like it!

@fongponto Жыл бұрын

There is the possibility to play pat in stead of checkmate...

@lunkerjunkie Жыл бұрын

you too huh?

@Misslotusification Жыл бұрын

Liberation is not of the self, but from the self.

@deionutz Жыл бұрын

hey mate that mating movement wants to check mate or to not be check mated?

@ThePokerCats Жыл бұрын

It thinks it can do the check mating but deep down it KNOWS it can’t and that it’s the one who can be check mated. And as Adya said, it’s the last thing it wants to admit because it’s game over once it does. Its helpful to remember that this whole thing is very paradoxical. On the one hand, the Ego is an illusion - it’s not real. But, on the other hand, it has a relative truth to it because it’s a creation of the mind and nothing is separate. Yet, like he says, while it feels solid/real because of the emotional energy wrapped up in it, we can never find it because ultimately, it doesn’t exist. Hence, the paradox.

@Buddhishgirl Жыл бұрын

Can someone tell me how to write him a question (email) for his monthly talks when he answers questions he receives? Thanks 🙂

@Adyashanti Жыл бұрын

@Priscilla - thank you for your question. Information about Adyashanti's live broadcasts, including instructions for sending questions, can be found on his website here: adyashanti.opengatesangha.org/programs/online/broadcasts/ ~The Open Gate Sangha Support Team

@Buddhishgirl Жыл бұрын

@@Adyashanti ❤️

@MariaM-wi7ix Жыл бұрын

How is the ego shapeshifting?

@sahamal_savu Жыл бұрын

If you pay close attention you'll notice that once the ego is identified in one form, it will promptly manifest in another form to avoid being "found out" or backed into a corner, like being checkmated as Adyashanti put it in this talk. In my personal experience I've noticed it will manifest in a more subtle way, presenting itself through a more deeply entrenched pattern that hasn't been as thoroughly investigated. The more you practice self inquiry the more you'll begin to see that the ego is merely a psychological process, albeit a persistent one that will present in many different forms to attempt to keep you entranced, so to speak.

@peacelovejoy8786 Жыл бұрын

The ego sees everyone as an enemy. It is this judgment that maintains the sense of individuality the ego needs to keep its special specialness. It fears anything or anyone that would seem to question its carefully constructed separate image. The ego is fearful. But the ego is not our identity. Our true identity is the self created by Love and held eternally one with Love. The ego - mind, suspicious at best and vicious at worst. The ego mind - the greatest "con - artist" of all! Nothing real can be threatened. Nothing unreal exists. Herein lies the Peace of God 🙏 Love and Light 💛