Adyashanti(b. 1962)

There is something about you brighter than the sun and more mysterious than the night sky. Who are you when you are not thinking yourself into existence? What is ultimately behind the set of eyes reading these words? In Emptiness Dancing, Adyashanti invites you to wake up to the essence of what you are, through the natural and spontaneous opening of the mind, heart, and body that holds the secret to happiness and liberation. From the first stages of realization to its evolutionary implications, Adyashanti shares a treasure trove of insights into the challenges of the inner life, offering lucid, down-to-earth advice on topics ranging from the ego, illusion, and spiritual addiction to compassion, letting go, the eternal now, and more. Whether you read each chapter in succession or begin on any page you feel inspired to turn to, you will find in Adyashanti's wisdom an understanding and ever-ready guide to the full wonder of your infinite self-nature.

Adyashanti asks us to let go of our struggles with life and open to the full promise of spiritual awakening: the end of delusion and the discovery of our essential being. In his 15 years as a spiritual teacher, Adyashanti has found that the simpler the teaching, the greater its power to change our lives. In Falling into Grace, he shares what he considers fundamental insights that will "... spark a revolution in the way we perceive life". Available in CD or book format, here is a progressive inquiry exploring: The human dilemma—the concept of a separate self and the choice to stop believing the thoughts that perpetuate suffering"Taking the backward step" into the pure potential of the present momentWhy spiritual awakening can be a disturbing processIntimacy and availability—feeling absolute union with every part of our experienceTrue autonomy—the unique expression of our own sense of freedom In the same way that we fall into the arms of a loved one or drop our heads on the pillow at night, we can surrender into the beauty and truth of who and what we really are. Falling into Grace is an investigation into the core of why we suffer. It's also Adyashanti's invitation "... to be taken by a moment of grace and fall into a sense of life when it is not separate from you, when life is actually an expression of something indefinable, mysterious, and immense."

In this beautiful collection of spiritual teachings given through poetry and short quotations culled from his journals, dharma talks and dialogues with students, Adyashanti celebrates life and invites the mystery to wake up in the heart of each reader. This is a remarkable selection of writings from a profoundly enlightened teacher in the universal mystical tradition of Rumi, Hafiz and Kabir.

For almost two millennia, the story of Jesus has shaped the lives of countless people. Yet today, even though the majority of us grew up in a culture suffused by the mythos of Jesus, many of us feel disconnected from the essence of his teachings. With Resurrecting Jesus, Adyashanti invites us to rediscover the life and words of Jesus as a direct path to the most radical of transformations: spiritual awakening. Jesus crossed all of the boundaries that separated the people of his time because he viewed the world from the perspective of what unites us, not what divides us. In Resurrecting Jesus, Adya embarks on a fascinating reconsideration of the man known as Jesus, examining his life from birth to Resurrection to reveal a timeless model of awakening and enlightened engagement with the world. Through close consideration of the archetypal figures and events of the Gospels, Adya issues a call to "live the Christ" in a way that is unique to each of us. "When the eternal and the human meet," writes Adya, " that's where love is born—not through escaping our humanity or trying to disappear into transcendence, but through finding that place where they come into union." Resurrecting Jesus is a book for realizing this union in your own life, with heart and mind wide open to the mystery inside us all. With an all-new foreword by Episcopalian priest and scholar Cynthia Bourgeault.

Join renowned spiritual teacher Adyashanti for a practice-based journey out of the thinking mind and into the awakened awareness beyond perceptual reality. For renowned teacher Adyashanti, every single moment contains a doorway into spiritual awakening. But what does it actually mean to “wake up” to the truth of reality? And what does it take to recognize these opportunities? In The Direct Way, Adya (as his students call him) offers a sequence of thirty practices intended to connect with and cultivate ever-greater awareness of the unseen dimensions of your being. From the simple expression of “I am,” to an exploration of the Spiritual Heart, and all the way into the fundamental Ground of Being, these exercises emphasize that the process of awakening takes “many small glimpses, experienced many times.” Adya concludes with practical pointers on how to integrate transcendent experiences into the everyday fabric of life—including your career, personal goals, and intimate relationships. Here you will discover: • How to dis-identify from conceptual, ego-based thinking • Perceiving the ego as a tool to navigate consciousness rather than an obstacle • The “knowing yet empty” quality of foundational awareness • The surprising route to realizing awareness of the Spiritual Heart • Feeling through the Spiritual Heart as a way to experience true interconnection • The meaning of the Zen teaching phrase, “This very body is the Buddha” • Exploring the exhilarating paradox of Being and Becoming • How to establish anchor points to stabilize your journey into the Ground of Being • What it means to live each day with “enlightened relativity” • How awakening puts control of your experience in your hands—but also the responsibility for it No one experiences awakening quite the same. With The Direct Way, join Adya to discover pathways toward an awareness as wide as the sky and as personal as your innermost heart.

From esteemed teacher Adyashanti, a collection of writings on the search for the ultimate reality beneath the narrative of our lives "Our inner lives are every bit as astonishing, baffling, and mysterious as the infinite vastness of the cosmos." —Adyashanti We all define our lives through the lens of stories. Whether we see ourselves as heroes or victims, good people or bad, everyone lives according to interwoven strands of narrative. "And yet," teaches Adyashanti, "the truth is bigger than any concept or story." Drawn from intimate, deep-dive talks, The Most Important Thing presents writings devoted to the search for the ultimate reality of a self that exists beyond the bounds of storytelling. Here you will find vivid anecdotes and teaching stories that illuminate the felt experience of Adyashanti's teachings—those moments of grace in which every stone, tree, ray of light, and fraught silence reveal that none of us is alone and no one is ever truly isolated from the whole of existence. These selections consider: Exploration of the true meaning of birth, life, and deathWhy grace can arrive both through struggle and as an unexpected giftMeditation as the art of "listening with one's entire being"Why a good question can be far more powerful than a concrete answerHow the things you choose to serve shape your lifeDiscovering the wisdom found in surprise, sadness, and uncertaintyEmbodying your innate and inextricable connection with the total environmentThe nature of ego and the ways it manifestsThe moments of grace upon which all great religions pivotWhat is the story of your life? Is it happy or adventurous? Sad or lonely? In The Most Important Thing, Adyashanti shows you how to look past your personal narratives, delve inward, and connect with the truths that fundamentally animate all of us.

Invites seekers to open themselves to the authentic experience of meditation, revealing ways to ask spiritually powerful questions and determine the real answers.

靈性導師阿迪亞香提的覺醒修練手冊 每天一練習，簡單不繁複 從不安中解脫，找回自己的本來面目 這是一本關於如何達到開悟，並在開悟之後如何繼續生活的書 開悟最弔詭之處在於「不用努力」，不去試圖讓任何事情發生 真正的開悟和解脫是： 覺醒於你真實的自己 覺醒於覺性的無相的「在」 覺醒於身體及一切現象的一體性 但這一切將需要練習： 如何不去認同小我的頭腦遊戲？ 如何把小我當成回到覺醒的工具，而非阻礙？ 如何穩定自己的心，建立定錨點？ 本書共分為三十堂課、二十九個練習 以你的步調前進即可 做這些練習時，不要求快；相反的，好好享受它們 這本書將引領你一步一步過上覺醒的生活 本書簡介 靈性覺醒指的是領悟某種洞見，這種體驗很像半夜從夢中醒來的感覺。它是從分裂的「我」及其感受生活的方式的夢境中醒來，而覺悟到遍一切處的「在」及無分裂的實相。這種覺醒不是逃避生活，也不是排斥自己或人間，而是接受「在」的真相，這包括你自己和一切眾生的「在」。 本書的教導並不是用來哲學或神學上的概念，而是用來實踐的，每天自選一項練習。每一個練習，都是直接喚起你特定的生命狀態或意識狀態的方法。每一個練習可以在一天當中的靜心時段，或是在安靜而不受打擾的時候，例如散步或獨自一人時來進行。 開悟並不是一個轉瞬即逝的事件，開悟是一種看待及體驗人生的眼光。靈性的覺醒有深有淺，有持續性或非持續性的。靈性的覺醒並非靈性探索的結束，而是探尋者的終結，卻是探索實相無盡本質之旅的開端，透過你的肉身載具，在日常生活的挑戰中體現你所覺悟的實相。

Uncensored straight talk on what happens after spiritual awakening, addressing common pitfalls and the journey from nonabiding to abiding realization.