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Adyashanti – Within the Field of Stillness: Reflections on Meditation (April 12, 2014)Recorded April 12, 2014, at Santa Cruz.2 hrs, 4 mins of teachings.As Adyashanti says in introducing this focused satsang on meditation, “The pitfall of discussing meditation is that it’s misunderstood to be a technique that can be perfected.” Adyashanti explores two common approaches to meditation, limitations of those practices, and how meditation fits into the bigger context of spirituality and truth.Topics Include:  • Two Types of Meditations  • The Futility of Bringing Meditation into Daily Life  • Acknowledging What’s Already Here  • The Energy of I Am  • The Cocktail of Ego  • Being Done with Improving Thought or Energy  • Gaining Absolutely Nothing  • Co-Dependent Relationships  • The Eyes of Truth and LoveQuotes from this Satsang:  • “Whether mind moves or not is irrelevant because movement occurs within a field of stillness.”  • “The ego’s play is to seek for freedom which is already there.”  • “Like your dog walking you, we are on a leash controlled by our thoughts.”  • “If you can relinquish your obsession with thinking and energy, you can remain undisturbed.”  • “Meditation is not a means to truth but an expression of it.”  • “Meditation is an expression of everything except self.”http://www.adyashanti.org/cafedharma/