{"id":6159,"date":"2014-03-01T07:00:58","date_gmt":"2014-03-01T14:00:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/manyvoices.soundstrue.com\/manyvoices\/?p=1945"},"modified":"2020-04-07T19:09:10","modified_gmt":"2020-04-07T19:09:10","slug":"really-want-adyashanti","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/resources2.soundstrue.com\/blog\/really-want-adyashanti\/","title":{"rendered":"What Do You Really Want? &#8230; with Adyashanti"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>One of the most important questions we can ask ourselves on the spiritual journey, according to <a href=\"https:\/\/www.soundstrue.com\/shop\/authors\/Adyashanti\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer\">Adyashanti<\/a>, is: What is it that I really want? Spending some time sitting quietly and contemplating this question \u2013 allowing it to take us into the depths of being \u2013 is a practice that each of us can do to learn more about what it is that is really inspiring and driving us at the deepest levels. 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