In recent years, the bold new teacher known as Adyashanti has dared hundreds of students across North America to ask, ?What is ultimately behind this set of eyes?? For it is in the process of this inquiry that we let go of who we think we are, and begin to understand what we are. With Emptiness Dancing, readers will explore these subtle differences, and many other human perceptions?and misconceptions?that we live by, including: ? Openness: Discover the freedom available when you cultivate an open heart and an open mind, and lose your self-image to total presence. ? Love: Enjoy the peace from being the essence of love at every moment, with everyone and everything you experience. ? Ego: Unmask the ?fall guy of spirituality? for what it is, and release yourself from the fruitless pursuit of?and running away from?something that doesn?t really exist. ?The funny thing about enlightenment, or awakening, is that we miss it even though it's not hidden, ? Adya teaches. ?It is hard to find because it is right here.? Destined to become a spiritual classic, Emptiness Dancing brings readers Adyashanti's quintessential teachings in a mind-to-mind transmission from this gifted teacher....

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 a means to a goal they never reached. What he ultimately realized: that only when you let go of all techniques—even 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 • Three 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 today have had a glimpse of genuine spiritual awakening, only to see it slip away after a few hours or days. Adyashanti calls this the "I got it/I lost it" phenomenon, and it perplexes many of his students. For those caught between what he calls "non-abiding" awakening and the ultimate state of "abiding" enlightenment, Adyashanti offers The End of Your World--an in-depth look at the remarkable yet enigmatic process of spiritual awakening. With straight talk and penetrating insight, Adyashanti helps readers navigate 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
* The danger of becoming "drunk on emptiness".

"I often ask people who come to me, `Are you ready to lose your world?'" explains Adyashanti, "Because true awakening will not fit into the world as you imagine it or the self you imagine yourself to be." Covering a range of topics ordinarily kept private between student and teacher, The End of Your World invites you to join Adyashanti for an honest investigation of what you really are--and how to live when you discover it....