Adyashanti – författare

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.

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."

Originally created as an online course called The Wake Up Challenge, the 30 practices that make up this potent exploration of awakening are the most direct and distilled teachings on enlightenment that Adyashanti has ever offered. In these pointers and practices, Adya distills more than 20 years of teaching experience to evoke the experience of awakening. He shares practices for each of the three pathways that awakening can take— on the level of mind, heart, and ground of being—and offers additional practices for embodying our awakened awareness in all the situations of our daily human lives.

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 freedomIn 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.”

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 AwakeningChapter Two: Authentic Awakening—And the Disorientation That Can FollowChapter Three: “I Got It, I Lost It”Chapter Four: We Come to Nirvana by Way of SamsaraChapter Five: Coming Completely Out of HidingChapter Six: Common Delusions, Traps, and Points of FixationChapter Seven: Life Itself Holds Up a Mirror for Our AwakeningChapter Eight: The Energetic Component of AwakeningChapter Nine: When Awakening Penetrates the Mind, Heart, and GutChapter Ten: Effort or Grace?Chapter Eleven: The Natural StateChapter Twelve: The Story of the WeddingChapter 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.

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.

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 14 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 realised was 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• Two guided meditations 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.'