Adyashanti

Adyashanti hjälper oss i Öppna upp, släpp taget – finn livets sanna väsen att upptäcka livet så som det verkligen är – vackert, odelbart och ett uttryck för det obestämbara och oändliga. En nyckel är att sluta tro på de tankar som sätter krokben för oss och skapar lidande, en annan att bli djupt förtrolig med sig själv och allt vad livet bjuder. När vi börjar utgå från denna inre plats av stillhet kan vi också börja relatera till varandra från den platsen. Ju mer vi gör det och ju mer vi släpper taget, desto mer naturligt blir det för vårt medvetande att öppna sig. Då kommer också vårt handlande att präglas av respekt, vishet och kärlek – både gentemot mot oss själva och dem vi har omkring oss, liksom mot hela vår planet. Och på samma sätt som vi i förtröstan lägger huvudet på kudden om natten kan vi överlämna oss i tillit till skönheten i vad vi innerst inne är – och finna livets sanna väsen. I boken vänder sig Adyashanti direkt till oss läsare med ett personligt, varmt tilltal och fördjupar sitt budskap från Sann meditation, som Dana Förlag gav ut 2018. OM ADYASHANTI: Adyashanti kommer från Kalifornien i USA där han bor med sin fru Mukti. Adyashanti hette som ung Steven Gray och började undervisa 1996 på inrådan av sin zenlärare, som han då studerat för under fjorton år. Adyashanti har skrivit ett flertal böcker. På svenska finns även Sann meditation – frihetens och självkännedomens väg. Han undervisar och håller retreater och kurser både i och utanför USA.

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 death • Why grace can arrive both through struggle and as an unexpected gift • Meditation as the art of "listening with one’s entire being" • Why a good question can be far more powerful than a concrete answer • How the things you choose to serve shape your life • Discovering the wisdom found in surprise, sadness, and uncertainty • Embodying your innate and inextricable connection with the total environment • The nature of ego and the ways it manifests • The moments of grace upon which all great religions pivot What 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.

I Sann meditation presenteras ett nytt, enkelt sätt att meditera, bortom tekniker och krav på att göra ”rätt”. Adyashanti för samtidigt fram ett omvälvande sätt att se på vår mänskliga medvetenhet – en väg mot självkännedom och inre upplysning. Adyashanti har sin bakgrund i zenbuddhistisk tradition och boken presenterar en tydlig, enkel och samtidigt djupgående väg som röner allt större uppmärksamhet världen över. Till boken hör två av Adyashantis meditationer, som lästs in i svensk översättning och kan laddas ner som mp3-filer kostnadsfritt på förlagets hemsida för den som har köpt boken. En guide för nedladdning finns under presentationen av Sann meditation på www.danaforlag.se. OM ADYASHANTI: Adyashanti kommer från Kalifornien i USA där han bor med sin fru Mukti. Adyashanti hette som ung Steven Gray och började undervisa 1996 på inrådan av sin zenlärare, som han då studerat för under fjorton år. Adyashanti har skrivit ett flertal böcker. På svenska finns även Öppna upp, släpp taget – finn livets sanna väsen (Dana Förlag, 2019). Han undervisar och håller retreater och satsangs både i och utanför USA. UR BOKENS SVENSKA FÖRORD AV BJÖRN NATTHIKO LINDEBLAD:"Du håller nu en liten skattkista i dina händer. När jag säger 'du' tänker jag på dig som tycker att meditation verkar tråkigt eller jobbigt. Jag tänker på dig som inte hittat någon meditationsmetod som fungerar i längden – eller som aldrig ens förstått värdet av meditation. Jag tänker på dig som är trött på murarna mellan religioner eller som inte orkar med fler andliga lärare som använder stora ord utan att själva bottna i dem. Jag tänker också på dig som törstar efter djup livsvisdom som inte låter ihålig, akademisk eller abstrakt. Välkommen till friskt vatten från en klar källa. (...)För mig har Adyashanti varit just friskt vatten från en klar källa – en levande påminnelse om att det går att resa genom sitt eget liv med lätt bagage, utan att skapa onödigt psykiskt lidande för sig själv och andra. Så trots att den här boken är liten till omfånget, så var så säker: du håller sprängstoff i dina händer."

In sehr beeindruckender Weise erzahlt Adyashanti, spiritueller Lehrer mit Zen-buddhistischem Hintergrund, von seiner Faszination fur die Geschichte Jesu. Uber seine Zen-Praxis entdeckt der Meditationslehrer aus Kalifornien die tiefe Wahrheit der Bilder und Geschichten der Evangelien und findet neu zum Ursprung der Mystik. Das Bewusstsein um den gottlichen Urgrund, die Erfahrung eines ewigen Funkens in uns, ist die tiefe Wahrheit, die alle Religionen miteinander verbindet. Adyashanti fand erst spat zur Praxis des buddhistischen Zen. Seine Familie war christlich, doch praktizierte ihren Glauben kaum. Die tiefe, offene und innige Liebe zu Gott, die er in der Sonntagsschule seiner Kindheit kennengelernt hatte, blieb in ihm jedoch immer lebendig. "Adyas Jesus ist eine revolutionare Figur, und Jesus, der Zenmeister ist ein revolutionares Buch - ein Buch, das unsere konventionellen Interpretationen herausfordert und unsere Erwartungen bei jeder neuen Wendung unterlauft. Die Jesus-Geschichte, wie Adya sie erzahlt, ist eine Blaupause fur den Prozess des Erwachens, eine Lehre, die uns zeigt, wie wir gottliches Sein in menschlicher Form verkorpern konnten - wie es auch Jesus tat. ...] Der Jesus, dem Sie in Jesus, der Zenmeister begegnen werden, ist ein spiritueller Revolutionar, ein Beispiel erwachter Menschlichkeit in Aktion, jenseits der begrenzten Vorstellungen irgendeiner Religion oder Theologie. Dieser Jesus ist nicht an Zeit und Historie gebunden; er verweist uns auf den zeitlosen Bereich des Geistes. Dennoch ist er weder fern noch transzendent; seine Geschichte ist eine Einladung, den Geist in der Gegenwart zu verkorpern, in uns selbst." (Mitchell Clute, Herausgeber)

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.

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 moment • Why spiritual awakening can be a disturbing process • Intimacy and availability—feeling absolute union with every part of our experience • True 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.”

What would happen if you were to allow everything to be exactly as it is? If you gave up the need for control, and instead embraced the whole of your experience in each moment that arose? In the fourteen years that he studied Zen, Adyashanti found that most seasoned meditators had used the practice as an end instead of a means to an end. What he ultimately realized was that only when you let go of all technique seven the concept of yourself as a meditator will you open to the art of True Meditation, dwelling in the natural state. True Meditation invites you to join the growing number of seekers who have been touched by the wisdom of Adyashanti to learn; How to make the effortless effort that will vivify the present moment Meditative self-inquiry and The Way of Subtraction; how to ask a spiritually powerful question and determine the real answer Two guided meditations on CD intended to reveal what Adyashanti calls your home as awareness itself We've been taught that awakening is difficult, explains Adyashanti, that to wake up from the illusion of separation takes years. But all it really takes is a willingness to look into the depths of your experience here and now. True Meditation gives you the opportunity to reclaim the original purpose of meditation as a gateway to the objectless freedom of being.

More and more people are “waking up” spiritually. And for most of them, the question becomes: now what? “Information about life after awakening is usually not made public,” explains Adyashanti. “It’s most often shared only between teachers and their students.” The End of Your World is his response to a growing need for direction on the spiritual path. Consider the book you hold in your hands Adyashanti’s personal welcome to “a new world, a state of oneness.” Adyashanti begins by describing the “I got it/I lost it” phenomenon that perplexes so many of his students—the fluctuation between what he calls “nonabiding” awakening and the ultimate state of “abiding” enlightenment. With straight talk and penetrating insight, Adyashanti then points out the pitfalls and cul-de-sacs that “un-enlighten” us along the journey, including the trap of meaninglessness, how the ego can “co-opt” realization for its own purposes, the illusion of superiority that may accompany intense spiritual breakthroughs, and the danger of becoming “drunk on emptiness.” “Full awakening comes when you sincerely look at yourself, deeper than you’ve imagined, and question everything,” teaches Adyashanti. The End of Your World is your invitation to join Adyashanti for an honest investigation of what you really are—and how to live once you discover it. Contents Chapter One: Exploring Life After Awakening Chapter Two: Authentic Awakening—And the Disorientation That Can Follow Chapter Three: “I Got It, I Lost It” Chapter Four: We Come to Nirvana by Way of Samsara Chapter Five: Coming Completely Out of Hiding Chapter Six: Common Delusions, Traps, and Points of Fixation Chapter Seven: Life Itself Holds Up a Mirror for Our Awakening Chapter Eight: The Energetic Component of Awakening Chapter Nine: When Awakening Penetrates the Mind, Heart, and Gut Chapter Ten: Effort or Grace? Chapter Eleven: The Natural State Chapter Twelve: The Story of the Wedding Chapter Thirteen: An Interview With Adyashanti Excerpt There’s a phenomenon happening in the world today. More and more people are waking up—having real, authentic glimpses of reality. By this I mean that people seem to be having moments where they awaken out of their familiar senses of self, and out of their familiar senses of what the world is, into a much greater reality—into something far beyond anything they knew existed. These experiences of awakening differ from person to person. For some, the awakening is sustained over time, while for others the glimpse is momentary—it may last just a split second. But in that instant, the whole sense of “self” disappears. The way people perceive the world suddenly changes, and they find themselves without any sense of separation between themselves and the world. It can be likened to the experience of waking up from a dream—a dream you didn’t even know you were in until you were jolted out of it. In the beginning of my teaching work, most of the people who came to me were seeking these deeper realizations of spirituality. They were seeking to wake up from the limited and isolated senses of self they had imagined themselves to be. It’s this yearning that underpins all spiritual seeking: to discover for ourselves what we already intuit to be true—that there is more to life than we are currently perceiving. But as time has passed, more and more people are coming to me who have already had glimpses of this greater reality. It is because of them that I am giving the teachings of this book.

More and more people are ''waking up'' spiritually. And for most of them, the question becomes: now what? ''Information about life after awakening is usually not made public, '' explains Adyashanti. ''It's most often shared only between teachers and their students.'' The End of Your World is his response to a growing need for direction on the spiritual path. Consider the book you hold in your hands Adyashanti's personal welcome to ''a new world, a state of oneness.'

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.