A radical shift in identity. The direct experience of unity with all things. Unexplainable joy and a blissful ease of being. These are just some of the ways in which a growing number of people have described the experience of spiritual awakening. But is it the same for everyone? What if we've only had glimpses of "waking up"? How does the process unfold - and does it end? Waking Up brings you the insights of 34 of today's leading authors and teachers who have deeply explored the implications of spiritual awakening. Sounds True publisher Tami Simon will speak with the teachers about their personal understandings of awakening - how it happened, what changed (and what didn't), and how their experiences can inspire and inform our own realizations.
- A Radical Shift in Identity - Adyashanti
- The Mandala of Awakening - Jack Kornfield, PhD
- The Death of the Little Me - Eckhart Tolle
- "Awake, Yes, But Keep Practicing" - Sally Kempton
- A Freedom That Leaves Nothing Out - Reggie Ray
- There Is No End to How We Explore True Nature - AH Almaas
- Directness with Life - Thomas Hübl
- Being a Light in the World - Sandra Ingerman
- Saying Yes to Being Found - Richard Rohr
- Loving Ourselves into Freedom - Tara Brach
- Recognizing Your Original Face - Ken Wilber
- Whatever Arises, Love That - Matt Kahn
- Shifting to the Infinite Lifestyle - Robert Thurman
- The Call of Aliveness - Mark Nepo
- Dropping the Mind Into the Heart - Cynthia Bourgeault
- Discovering Happiness Independent of Conditions - Shinzen Young
- Life Is Here: Awakening Is Not a Destination - Jeff Foster
- Divinized and Humanized - David Frenette
- Remembering Our True Nature as the Ground of Being - Tsultrim Allione
- Nothing Special - Thomas Moore
- Small Glimpses, Many Times - Loch Kelly And more.
Author
Jack Kornfield trained as a Buddhist monk in the monasteries of Thailand, India and Burma. He has taught meditation internationally since 1974 and is one of the key teachers to introduce Buddhist mindfulness practice to the West. He began his training after graduating from Dartmouth College in Asian Studies in 1967. Then he joined the Peace Corps and was assigned to the Public Health Service in northeast Thailand, which is home to several of the world’s oldest Buddhist forest monasteries. He met and studied under the Buddhist master Ven. Ajahn Chah, as well as the Ven. Mahasi Sayadaw of Burma. After returning to the United States, Jack co-founded the Insight Meditation Society in Barre, Massachusetts, with fellow meditation teachers Sharon Salzberg and Joseph Goldstein. He is also a founding teacher of the Spirit Rock Center in Woodacre, California, where he currently lives and teaches. Over the years, Jack has taught in centers and universities worldwide, led International Buddhist Teacher meetings with the Dalai Lama and worked with many of the great teachers of our time. He holds a Ph.D. in clinical psychology and is a husband, father and an activist. His books have been translated into 20 languages and sold more than a million copies. They include, A Wise Heart: A Guide to the Universal Teachings of Buddhist Psychology, A Path with Heart; After the Ecstasy, the Laundry; Teachings of the Buddha; Seeking the Heart of Wisdom; Living Dharma; A Still Forest Pool; Stories of the Spirit, Stories of the Heart; Buddha’s Little Instruction Book; The Art of Forgiveness, Lovingkindness and Peace, Bringing Home the Dharma: Awakening Right Where You Are, and his most recent book, No Time Like the Present: Finding Freedom, Love, and Joy Right Where You Are.
