The Impact of Awakening - 3rd Edition: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti
"Adyashanti's 'The Impact of Awakening' is a guide that helps us see where we are on the 'awakening' map. It is a book that can be read and reread each time our location changes. Common misperceptions, beliefs, and 'blind alleys' are pointed out clearly and compassionately through a question and answer format. Through his writings, intensives and retreats, what impresses me most about Adyashanti is his integrity. This book contains as honest an explanation of what awakening is and is not as you will find anywhere. There are a few books that I consider spiritual treasures. This is one of them." --Amazon review by reikimd"Adyashanti spells out the 'Impact of Awakening' with incredible clarity and directness, and with an accessible and down-to-earth language and style that many will find a welcomed relief from the typcial 'spiritual speak'. Whether one has had the good fortune to see him in person, listen to the many tapes of his satsangs and intensives or is meeting him for the first time through his books, the sublimity with which he cuts through the egoic trance is unmistakable, as is the authenticity empowering his words. Adyashanti genuinely embodies the non-dual awakeness of which he speaks and the twelve chapters of questions and answers found in this gem are destined to be seen as a spiritual classic for years to come." --Amazon review by Roscoe"This is one of the very best books on the awakened state that I have read. It is simple, clear and easy to read. I read the entire book in less than a few hours. Adyashanti speaks of the direct path to enlightenment, which is simple but profound. Come to realize that the limited 'self' does not exist by surrendering to complete emptiness. When we let conceptualization, judgment, attachments, aversions and the like go, when we let everything go, we find that there is only unbounded awareness. Life becomes effortless. It is filled with wonder and grace. Unconditional love flows freely. I love the line, 'Cessation of struggle is like free falling through space without a care in the world.' Read the book to get a sense of the awakened state and then just yield to it." --Amazon review by Brad VanAukenAdyashanti spells out the "Impact of Awakening" with incredible clarity and directness, and with an accessible and down-to-earth language and style that many will find a welcomed relief from the typcial 'spiritual speak'. Whether one has had the good fortune to see him in person, listen to the many tapes of his satsangs and intensives or is meeting him for the first time through his books, the sublimity with which he cuts through the egoic trance is unmistakable, as is the authenticity empowering his words. Adyashanti genuinely embodies the non-dual awakeness of which he speaks and the twelve chapters of questions and answers found in this gem are destined to be seen as a spiritual classic for years to come. --Amazon review by RoscoeThis is one of the very best books on the awakened state that I have read. It is simple, clear and easy to read. I read the entire book in less than a few hours. Adyashanti speaks of the direct path to enlightenment, which is simple but profound. Come to realize that the limited "self" does not exist by surrendering to complete emptiness. When we let conceptualization, judgment, attachments, aversions and the like go, when we let everything go, we find that there is only unbounded awareness. Life becomes effortless. It is filled with wonder and grace. Unconditional love flows freely. I love the line, "Cessation of struggle is like free falling through space without a care in the world." Read the book to get a sense of the awakened state and then just yield to it. --Amazon review by Brad VanAukenAdyashanti spells out the "Impact of Awakening" with incredible clarity and directness, and with an accessible and down-to-earth language and style that many will find a welcomed relief from the typcial 'spiritual speak'. Whether one has had the good fortune to see him in person, listen to the many tapes of his satsangs and intensives or is meeting him for the first time through his books, the sublimity with which he cuts through the egoic trance is unmistakable, as is the authenticity empowering his words. Adyashanti genuinely embodies the non-dual awakeness of which he speaks and the twelve chapters of questions and answers found in this gem are destined to be seen as a spiritual classic for years to come. --Amazon review by RoscoeThis is one of the very best books on the awakened state that I have read. It is simple, clear and easy to read. I read the entire book in less than a few hours. Adyashanti speaks of the direct path to enlightenment, which is simple but profound. Come to realize that the limited "self" does not exist by surrendering to complete emptiness. When we let conceptualization, judgment, attachments, aversions and the like go, when we let everything go, we find that there is only unbounded awareness. Life becomes effortless. It is filled with wonder and grace. Unconditional love flows freely. I love the line, "Cessation of struggle is like free falling through space without a care in the world." Read the book to get a sense of the awakened state and then just yield to it. --Amazon review by Brad VanAuken