In a rare meeting of minds, Gabor Mate asks Adyashanti explore whether there is a predilection for spirituality and expand on passages from Adyashanti’s recent book My Secret Is Silence.  Discussion topics in this episode: The influence of trauma on the spiritual path The need for specialists help Spiritual bypassing The power of silence The relationship between spiritual insight and emotional growth In a rare meeting of minds, Dr. Gabor Maté asks Adyashanti explore whether there is a predilection for spirituality and expand on passages from Adyashanti’s recent book My Secret Is Silence Discussion topics in this episode: The influence of trauma on the spiritual path The need for specialists help Spiritual bypassing The relationship between spiritual insight and emotional growth. Dr. Gabor Maté Rather than offering quick-fix solutions to these complex issues, Dr. Maté weaves together scientific research, case histories, and his own insights and experience to present a broad perspective that enlightens and empowers people to promote their own healing and that of those around them. After 20 years of family practice and palliative care experience, Dr. Maté worked for over a decade in Vancouver’s Downtown East Side with patients challenged by drug addiction and mental illness. The bestselling author of four books published in over thirty languages, Gabor is an internationally renowned speaker highly sought after for his expertise on addiction, trauma, childhood development, and the relationship of stress and illness. His book on addiction received the Hubert Evans Prize for literary non-fiction. For his groundbreaking medical work and writing he has been awarded the Order of Canada, his country’s highest civilian distinction, and the Civic Merit Award from his hometown, Vancouver. His books include In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts: Close Encounters With Addiction; When the Body Says No; The Cost of Hidden Stress; Scattered Minds: The Origins and Healing of Attention Deficit Disorder; and (with Dr. Gordon Neufeld) Hold on to Your Kids: Why Parents Need to Matter More Than Peers. His next book, The Myth of Normal: Trauma, Illness & Healing in a Toxic Culture is due out on September 13, 2022. His second next book, Hello Again: A Fresh Start for Parents and Their Adult Children is expected in 2023. Gabor is also co-developer of a therapeutic approach, Compassionate Inquiry, now studied by hundreds of therapists, physicians, counselors, and others internationally. More on his books and programs can be found here. https://drgabormate.com Dr. Gabor Maté Adyashanti (whose name means “primordial peace”) is an American-born spiritual teacher who has been teaching for 26 years. His teachings include evening meetings, weekend intensives, silent retreats, live internet broadcasts, and online courses. He has taught throughout the US and also in Canada, the UK, the Netherlands, Denmark, Switzerland, Germany, and Australia. More than 30,000 people in 120 countries are connected to his website through free email subscription. He is the author of eleven books. https://www.adyashanti.org. Find out more at scienceandnonduality.com/podcastReach out to us at podcast@scienceandnonduality.com

Adyashanti, a spiritual teacher and author, discusses self-inquiry and navigating the spiritual path. Topics include awakening and enlightenment, the role of a teacher, letting go of attachments, balancing guidance with intuition, and the power of self-inquiry for personal understanding.

Adyashanti, a spiritual teacher known for his nondual teachings, discusses the importance of fresh inspiration, the power of intention in awakening, the need to recognize different facets of truth, and the erosion of personal will in spiritual awakening. They also explore building emotional walls, the levels of awakening, and the shift in approach among non-dual teachers regarding language.

In this podcast, spiritual exploration and self-inquiry expert, Adyashanti, discusses how to navigate your spiritual path through self-inquiry. Topics include the hindrances of spiritual striving in meditation practice, embracing the mystery of just being, building a sustainable meditation practice, investigating your relationship with failure and expectations, and practicing gratitude for enhanced relationships and well-being.

Renowned spiritual teacher Adyashanti discusses his meditation style and journey of awakening with Loch Kelly. They explore the transition from narrative mind to pure awareness, emphasizing the integration of awareness and love in everyday life. Adyashanti's retirement announcement adds significance to this last public interview.

Adyashanti is an American born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence. Adyashanti also runs the Omega retreat which Eric has taken part in many times. In this episode, Eric and Adya talk about his latest book, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life.Need help with completing your goals in 2019? The One You Feed Transformation Program can help you accomplish your goals this year.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Adyashanti and I Discuss…His book, The Most Important Thing: Discovering Truth at the Heart of LifeAttention and IntentionThe inquiry at any given time: Where are we giving our attention to?Considering the question: What is worthwhile orienting your life around?The limitations that come with aging How the definition of happiness changes as we ageWholeness of beingLife as it is rather than the image of lifeTwo interpretations of the fact that sometimes those who are the most unhappy tend to be seeking happiness the mostShooting for meaning rather than happinessHow meaning is an experience of beingThe inquiry: What am I in service to?That we don’t seem to do well as human beings when we live exclusively for ourselvesWhat does it mean to really serve what you realize (rather than trying to realize more and more)The mistaken thinking that an act of service must be grand in scale or scope or must be visible to really count or matterHow it’s easy to be noble when you are noticed but in most of our lives that’s not what’s taking placeThat giving time and attention when someone needs it can make for transformative momentsSeeing the importance of the things you do in your life now that are in serviceThat you can’t make yourself awaken but what you do DOES have an impact – it’s just indirectThe yearning itself comes from the very thing we’re yearning for (in terms of awakening)Adyshanti Links:adyashanti.orgTwitterFacebookInstagramDaily Harvest – they deliver absolutely delicious organic, carefully sourced, chef-created fruit and veggie smoothies, soups, overnight oats, bowls and more! To get 3 cups free in your first box, visit www.daily-harvest.com and enter promo code: FEEDFabFitFun is a seasonal subscription box delivered 4 times a year with full-sized beauty, fashion, home, fitness, and wellness products for just $49.99 a box – though the box is valued at more than $200. The summer box is valued at over $400! Eric’s girlfriend absolutely loved the box they sent and has already signed up to receive their fall box. Use the code FEED to get $10 off your first box at www.fabfitfun.comPhlur makes stunning, non-toxic perfumes, listing every ingredient and why it’s there. Visit www.phlur.com and enter promo code WOLF to get 20% off first custom sampler setIf you liked this episode, you might also enjoy these other episodes:Adyashanti (Part 1) 2018Adyashanti (Part 2) 2018See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Please Support The Show with a DonationAdyashanti is a renowned and gifted spiritual teacher. He's written many books, hosts meditation retreats and speaks around the world to large audiences at a time. With such a wide audience, it's amazing that when you experience Adya's teaching, it's as if he's speaking directly to you - to your very heart. Whatever your experience with or preconceived notions of spiritual awakening, allow yourself to re-engage with the idea through this interview. As you turn the inquiry towards yourself this time, you may be surprised, moved and/or transformed by what you find - if you are brutally honest in the process.our inner life. Visit oneyoufeed.net/transform to learn more about our personal transformation program. In This Interview, Adyashanti and I Discuss...Eric's awakening experienceThe awakened state in perpetuityThe shift in perception that happens with awakeningThe paradox of wanting something like awakening yet wanting it stands in the way of having itWill gets you to the cushion and once there, it's important to let go of itDoes one need a spiritual teacher when seeking awakening?The teacher evoking something from vs the teacher giving something to the studentHow people work with unconscious patternsHow you can't not be awakened - even if you don't feel it, it's thereEmotional conflictPaying attention to what's recurring in youAnything that's happened to us that was too big for us to remain conscious while we experienced it, gets trapped in our system - turned into some other emotion or it just gets stuffed and is now just there waiting for you. The universe is now asking, "can you experience this now?"Being fine with being sadLet everything be exactly the way it isHow dealing with life's experiences as they come transforms youA clinched fist vs an open hand metaphor"Let" vs "Let go"If you can't let it go, can you let it beFailure as part of triumphFailing your way through something consciously can cause a sort of transformationWhat it looks like to build a spiritual practiceDaily quiet meditation, Engage in some precise self-inquiry (a wonderment of "being")How spirituality is the direct investigation of YOUR experienceThe only way to get self-inquiry wrong is not to be ruthlessly honest about what's happening in your experienceThe fear of getting something wrongThink of your spiritual teacher kind of like a college professorPlease Support The Show with a DonationSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

This is Adyashanti’s fourth time as a guest on the show! He’s an American spiritual teacher who offers talks, online study courses, and retreats in the U.S. and abroad. He’s also the co-founder of the Open Gate Sangha Meditation Center and is the author of many books, including the one he and Eric discuss in this episode, The Direct Way: Thirty Practices to Evoke Awakening.But wait – there’s more! The episode is not quite over!! We continue the conversation and you can access this exclusive content right in your podcast player feed. Head over to our Patreon page and pledge to donate just $10 a month. It’s that simple and we’ll give you good stuff as a thank you!In This Interview, Adyashanti and I Discuss Spiritual Awakening and …His book, The Direct Way: Thirty Practices to Evoke AwakeningThe evolution of his innate competitive nature and its role in his spiritual growthThat we tend to go towards our strengths in any situation, regardless of whether or not it’s what the situation actually calls forHow he describes spiritualityHis teacher’s instruction to him: “Always and only teach from your own experience.”His answer to the question What do you trust?The Spiritual HeartThe difference he sees in awakening and enlightenmentThe damaging myths of awakeningAdyashanti Links:Adyashanti’s WebsiteTwitterInstagramFacebookBiOptimizers: Just 2 capsules of their Magnesium Breakthrough taken before bed gives you all 7 forms of magnesium so that you sleep better at night. Go to www.magbreakthrough.com/wolf and use the promo code WOLF10 at checkout to save 10%.If you enjoyed this conversation with Adyashanti, you might also enjoy these other episodes:Adyashanti on Living in the Service of Truth (Part 1)Adyashanti on Living in the Service of Truth (Part 2)Awakening in Life with Ryan OelkeSee omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

Join Loch Kelly as he welcomes meditation teacher Adyashanti for a profound discussion on awakening experiences, emphasizing embodiment and love. They explore the transition from narrative mind to pure awareness, integrating awareness and love into everyday life. Adyashanti's retirement announcement adds significance to this dialogue, offering valuable insights into the journey of awakening and various phases encountered along the way.

Adyashanti, a renowned spiritual teacher known for his insights on enlightenment, shares profound ideas on the journey of awakening. He discusses the significance of emptiness and the illusion of the self, revealing how recognizing unity can lead to peace. The transformative power of relinquishing control is explored, showing how this can unlock love and creativity. Adyashanti also emphasizes personal responsibility for change, underscoring the importance of unity and sharing experiences on the path to spiritual realization.