My Secret Is Silence: Poetry and Sayings of Adyashanti

by Adyashanti

Book Overview

This is a beautiful and inspiring collection of spiritual teachings by Adyashanti, woven together as poetry and brief sayings culled from his journals, dharma talks and dialogues with students. These... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971703612
• ISBN13: 9780971703612
• Release Date: January 2003
• Publisher: Open Gates Publishing
• Length: 141 Pages
• Weight: 0.56 lbs.

Customer Reviews

Awakening accessible anytime through this delightful book.

I find Adyashanti's writing and speaking about spiritual awakening the clearest and simplest and most accessible of the many enlightened writers and thinkers in this arena. I particularly love this book, because I find that whenever I get stressed and very much stuck in future anxiety and past beliefs. I can just dive in anywhere in the book and read a poem and/or several aphorisms, and return to the now quickly, with a minimum of fuss and usually with a belly laugh at myself and with myself. I keep a dog-eared copy by my left hand at my desk and in my travel valise, so Adyashanti's wisdom is always wonderfully available.

Hanging out with the truth

For the comparing mind there might others who are "better" but Adya doesn't come from that world. His poetry is like a fresh touch for those of us who are craving clarity, resonance and most of all the tender touch of the awakened. Meet yourself in this poetry and know your own beauty.

Truth

Adya dispenses truth without apology in these beautiful lines of poetry and dharma. The words are so direct that the deepest part of me seems to respond. There is no soothing of the ego. As a matter of fact, Adya takes no prisoners as he gently allows me to come to a new understanding... that nothing needs to be done and the only thing standing between me and God, is nothing.

Liberation Poetry from the Heart of Being

Poetry can be a profound communication like no other. Yet I seldom read poetry as it is usually so bad that I feel embarrassed for the writer. They seem to be trying to be clever, deep and profound... and it usually doesn't work. Too much mind! And so it is surprising that I have read My Secret is Silence a number of times, enjoying it more deeply each time. Why? Because the author, Adyashanti, is an awakened spiritual teacher. He is able to express the apparent process of awakening and the truth of awakening in very humorous, direct and impactful ways that go much deeper than the conscious mind, as poetry is able to do. These poems and sayings have the potential to awaken us from the trances of limitation and separation. I enjoy reading this book just before I go to sleep. And I often go to sleep laughing like Ho Tei. Adyashanti is a pretty funny type of guy in a deadly sort of way. If you are sincerely interested in spiritual awakening, I highly recommend all of Adyashanti's books, tapes, CDs, DVDs and programs.

The Dance of Emptiness

In the world of spiritual poetry, this is as good as it gets! But readers should know that Adyashanti is not out to indulge their minds with sweet words of the Eternal. Like he himself says: "I'm not one of those spiritual comfy guys. I'm one of those spiritual alarm clocks." If you are ready for some serious questioning of who you are, there is really no book I would recommend more than this one. Adyashanti comes to life on the page, one instant as a laughing Buddha, the next as a teacher out to behead you. What could be better?