“The aliveness we long for will never be found by eliminating the unwanted, but in embodiedattunement to the love and information it carries.”We hear much about spiritual awakening and the deep joy, clarity, and peace that are its promised fruits. Often ignored, however, are the disappointments of awakening and the ways it can break our hearts, cracking us open to the reality of the crucifixion, resurrection, and transfiguration we are likely to encounter along the way....

A gifted teacher explores how both hardship and joy can lead us back to the sacredness of ordinary life.What does healing mean to you? For many of us, to "heal" is to solve a problem—to remove an illness, put a trauma behind us, or change something we don't like in our life so we never have to deal with it again. Yet does that idea of healing serve us … or does it cut us off from life's gifts? "True healing is not a state where we become liberated from feeling, but...

What does healing mean to you? For many of us, to ‘heal’ is to solve a problem – to remove an illness, put a trauma behind us, or get rid of something we don’t like in our life. Yet does that idea of healing serve us … or does it cut us off from life’s gifts? With A Healing Space, Dr. Matt Licata extends an invitation to explore the endless richness of your life – without minimising or turning away from hardship, nor by seeking the shelter of comfort or certainty. ‘I do not have any answer...

As we open up to life and love and each other, as we awaken from our dream of separation, we encounter not just the bliss of existence, but its pain, too; not only life’s ecstasy, but also its agony. Healing doesn’t always feel good or comfortable or even “spiritual,” for we are inevitably forced to confront our shadows, fears, and deepest longings—those secret parts of ourselves that we have denied, repressed, or deemed “negative” and unworthy of our love. How can we find the calm in the ...

"You've felt it your whole life. You've always known there's something inside of you that's sought to be born fresh and real–something far beyond your imagination trying to break out and be. Everyone feels this inside. But to allow life to express itself in that way, with that much abandon, requires a true surrender into the unknown."—AdyashantiAdyashanti 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 ...

Caution Spiritual Seekers: You Might Just Find What You're Looking For!Underneath the turmoil of thought, emotion, and personal will, there is a flow. If you're reading these words, you've probably felt it—the natural movement of life, the truth that beckons below the surface of things. What would happen if you were to stop avoiding this universal energy, and instead completely embrace it?According to author and teacher Adyashanti, herein lies the heart of sp...

Rediscover the Transformational Power of the Life and Teachings of JesusThe life of Jesus offers each one of us a map to the direct realization of our eternal and divine nature. On Resurrecting Jesus, Adyashanti excavates the deep, mythic underpinnings of the Gospels to show how we can all find in the story of Jesus the spark for our own spiritual unfolding.The Perennial Mystic Revelation: At One with the DivineJesus crossed all of the...

"This book is meant for the rapidly growing number of spiritual seekers who are approaching the end of their seeking and who are ready for the undiluted truth. The fact that you are reading these words means that it is your destiny to be an essential part of this great adventure of collective awakening."—From the foreword by Eckhart Tolle, author of The Power of NowWith The Diamond in Your Pocket, Gangaji describes our never-ending search to find fulfillment, which, paradoxi...

Brought to you by Penguin.The audiobook edition of Happy, read by Derren Brown.Everyone says they want to be happy. But that's much more easily said than done. What does being happy actually mean? And how do you even know when you feel it?In Happy Derren Brown explores changing concepts of happiness - from the surprisingly modern wisdom of the Stoics and Epicureans in classical times right up until today, when the ...

A combined and fully revised edition of Jeff Foster's first two books Life Without a Centre and Beyond Awakening.What if life is infinitely simpler than you ever imagined?We spend our lives seeking wealth, success, love, fulfilment, and even "spiritual enlightenment" in the future. Yet right at the heart of life there is an intimacy, a simplicity, a wholeness that is totally beyond words—and which cannot be reached through any kind of effort. In o...

Poems for accepting all that you are—including those parts of yourself that you wish you could disown“Give yourself permissionto rest, and be silent,and do nothing.Love this aloneness, friend.Fall into it.(Don’t worry. You won’t disappear. I am here to catch you.)Invite warm, curious attention

“Rupert Spira is one of the great souls. Read his books, and be clarified.”—Coleman Barks, translator of Rumi, including Soul FuryA contemplative poem about the intimate, impersonal, infinite nature of being.In A Meditation on I Am, Rupert Spira contemplates the essential nature of our self before it has been conditioned or qualified by the content of experience. It is a poem, a prayer and a hymn of...