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The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts From the Teachings of Adyashanti

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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.

This is a very good collection of Satsang commentary with primarily a Q&A format. Adyashanti is very clearspoken and obviously has a mastery of his subject. While there is nothing really new in this book, (is there ever?) the message can indeed be earthshakingly new to a "person" who has not yet sensed their own true identity. Beyond that, it is just good solid refresher course Wisdom. This teacher apparently has seen through the idea of the separate existence we tend to believe in for "ourselves." And as other great teachers have insisted, this seeing of our ultimate Oneness, pure Beingness, is itself the final and greatest triumph of life. This is a very good book for the reader whose outlines are fading and whose inlines are brightening, i.e. dawn is at hand. I highly recommend this book; isn't it time to quit being somebody?

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.

I will frequently return to my underlinings and boxed-off quotations in this book. There were many passages where I felt someone was finally speaking to me in a language I understood, but had long forgotten. The teachings in The Impact of Awakening go subtly deeper than in Emptiness Dancing, and it is well worth the extra concentration required for reading.

I ORIGINALLY SAW ADYASHANTI'S BOOKS AND CD'S IN A SOUNDS TRUE CATALOG. I HAVE SINCE PURCHASED A GREAT NUMBER OF HIS MATERIALS THAT ARE IN PRINT AND OFFERED HERE AT AMAZON. THIS PARTICULAR BOOK "THE IMPACT OF AWAKENING" HAS NOW BEEN READ TWICE BY ME AND I'M SURE I'LL COME BACK TO IT A THIRD TIME...IT IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND MAKES ME QUESTION MANY OF THE TRADITIONALLY HELD IDEAS AND BELIEFS I HAVE HELD TIGHTLY. THE READING REQUIRES A LOT OF "STILLNESS" AND "LETTING GO"...SOMETHING I AND MANY OTHERS ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO...

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.

I have honesty read this book 10 times at least. It is beautiful and each time I pick it up and read....I discover something new. A brilliant gem. And a gift I have given to several friends. This book is alive and has been a teacher to me over and over again. Thank you Adyashanti!

This is a book I find myself returning to time and time again. The insights are multi-dimensional; and every reading is a fresh esperience. Take the mystery out of Awakening/Enlightment and read this powerful book.