The End Of Your World: Uncensored Straight Talk On The Nature Of Enlightenment [Paperback]

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. Its most often shared only between teachers and their students.The End of Your Worldis his response to a growing need for direction on the spiritual path. Consider this Adyashantis 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 studentsthe 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 youve imagined, and question everything, teaches Adyashanti.The End of Your Worldis your invitation to join Adyashanti for an honest investigation of what you really areand how to live once you discover it.

Adyashanti
Adyashanti is an American-born spiritual teacher devoted to serving the awakening of all beings. His teachings are an open invitation to stop, inquire, and recognize what is true and liberating at the core of all existence. His books includeEmptiness Dancing,The End of Your World,True Meditation,The Way of Liberation, andFalling into Grace.

Asked to teach in 1996 by his Zen teacher of 14 years, Adyashanti offers teachings that are free of any tradition or ideology. The Truth I point to is not confined within any religious point of view, belief system, or doctrine, but is open to all and found l“/