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Listen to a preview audio clip here: http://www.soundstrue.com/mp3/af00916d.m3u”Do not think that enlightenment is going to make you special – it’s not. If you feel special in any way, then enlightenment has not occurred,” teaches Adyashanti.There are a lot of myths and misconceptions about awakening, as many traditions declare that only a chosen few can ever experience it. But Adyashanti demystifies this coveted state on his first-ever widely published audio retreat Spontaneous Awakening.Here, you will join this emerging teacher and author – whose fresh and incisive teachings break open the fixations of the conceptual mind. There is, however, one catalyst required: your willingness to look very deeply, your strong desire to inquire into truth. It’s not really about “the me” becoming enlightened, he explains. It’s about giving way to the truth of what you are. There is still the person – but what is really occupying the person?The Courage to QuestionAs a young man, Adyashanti’s own spiritual quest landed him at the feet of older Zen students who had been sitting for 20 to 30 years. When pressed, they admitted that they had given up on the possibility of ever attaining enlightenment, and instead had made peace with having become simply “a little kinder” as human beings. But that wasn’t enough for the spirited Adyashanti, who set out to find his own answers.What he discovered through long periods of silence and his own deep investigations was that awakening is indeed possible – and it is available to each of us. Today, he speaks to learge sold-out groups around the country and offers his radical approach to spiritual liberation, including his clear and simple instruction for meditation: no manipulation. “When you stop resisting experience, what remains is the bliss of sheer nothingness. And everything that is possible lives in that nothingness,” he explains.Only Awareness RemainsAccording to Adyashanti, the role of the teacher is to introduce you to the natural state and truth of what you are. With more than 7 hours of teachings, two guided meditations, and an exclusive interview, Spontaneous Awakening is designed to bring you into communion with this gentle and straightforward teacher, awakening you again and again – simply through the process of listening.Spontaneous Awakening Highlights# How genuine spiritual discovery is self-authenticating# Finding for yourself “what is the most important thing”# Lucid dreaming: a powerful analogy for the process of awakening# A guided meditation to “Allow Everything to Be As It Is”# Why genuine spiritual knowing requires mental subtraction—not addition# Discover the link between personal awareness and awareness itself# How attachment can lead to complete freedom and unattachment# Self-inquiry: how to use this potent catalyst for awakening# The all or nothingness of every moment# How holding even one idea about what is true can be an obstacle# The teacher-student relationship: is there a correct form?# How paradoxical teachings can help your mind relax# Learn to identify and disengage from spiritual by-passing# More than 7 hours of teachings, including two complete guided meditations and an exclusive interview, for discovering your own “direct path to realization”6 CDs, 7 3/4 HoursAbout The AuthorAdyashanti began teaching in 1996 after a series of transformative spiritual awakenings, at the request of his Zen teacher with whom he had been studying for 14 years. Adyashanti’s teachings have been compared to some of the early Ch’an (Zen) masters of China as well as teachers of Advaita Vedanta in India. He is the author of Emptiness Dancing, The Impact of Awakening, and My Secret Is Silence.