Adyashanti

For true transformation to occur within oneself, and within humanity as a whole, there must be an inner revolution. Such a revolution is not static; it is alive, ongoing, and continuous. It requires an emptying out of the old structures of consciousness and the birth of a living and fluid intelligence.

This inner revolution is the awakening of an intelligence not born of the mind but of an inner silence of mind, which alone has the ability to uproot all of the old structures of one’s consciousness. This intelligence restructures your entire being—body, mind, and perception. It cuts the mind free of its old structures that are rooted within the totality of human consciousness.

Unless there is an inner revolution, nothing new and fresh can bloom. Only the old, the repetitious, and the conditioned will express itself in the absence of this revolution.