Meditative Self Inquiry – Prerecorded Broadcast with Adyashanti (From 2019)

Why It Matters

By clarifying how meditation and self-inquiry actually work—observing the emergence of experience rather than identifying with it—listeners can accelerate psychological insight, reduce reactive patterns, and cultivate steadier presence, making spiritual practice more effective and practical.

Summary

In this prerecorded broadcast, Adyashanti frames meditation and self-inquiry as the two foundational practices of contemplative spirituality, emphasizing that both aim to turn conscious awareness inward toward the unconscious source of experience. He describes meditation as a reversal of ordinary mental dynamics: instead of the ego creating thoughts, practitioners observe how thoughts, feelings and sensations arise from an unconscious domain and cross into consciousness. Adyashanti explains that this inward orientation reveals the quiet, groundless origin of experience and undermines the ego’s illusion of authorship. He argues that understanding these underlying dynamics gives practitioners a clearer orientation and purpose in their practice.

Original Description

THIS REPLAY WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE UNTIL FRIDAY, MAY 15, 2026 (at 11pm PT). Welcome to our replay of an Adyashanti live broadcast which originally aired on November 13, 2019. An audio version of this recording is available for purchase here: https://adyashanti.opengatesangha.org/store/media/audio-downloads/1121.

It is both an art and a developed skill to integrate two of the most fundamental practices of contemplative spirituality—meditation and inquiry. Adyashanti explores how these two practices complement one another and are more powerful when performed together. He shows how employing meditative self-inquiry can take you to the source of your inner experiences and awaken you to the truth of your being.

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Music by Eric Fischer, "Silently Here."

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