The Impact of Awakening: Excerpts from the Teachings of Adyashanti

by Adyashanti

Book Overview

"The Impact of Awakening" is a collection of excerpts from the dharma talks and dialogues of spiritual teacher Adyashanti on the nature of spiritual awakening and the embodiment of self-realization.... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0971703604
• ISBN13: 9780971703605
• Release Date: February 2002
• Publisher: Open Gate Pub
• Length: 131 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.

Customer Reviews

What a Jewel of a Book

Encompasses what the journey of becoming the AM (as opposed to the "I am") in the universal, rather than a separated journey. Questions and Answers format. A master class, yet put forward in a down to earth (no pun intended) manner.

Beyond Emptiness Dancing

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.

Adyashanti gets right to the Heart of Awakening

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.

Satsang You Can Use

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?

Clear, Direct and Authentic

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.

Enlightenment roadmap

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.