The paradox of awareness is very profound and yet very simple. It can't be described because it has no objective qualities and no limitation. Sometimes it comes naturally to the surface when we are fully in the present moment and no longer lost in thought or mental projections. Pure consciousness is neither high nor low, neither pleasant nor unpleasant, neither good nor bad. No matter where we are, no matter what we are doing, we always have an immediate access to that inner stillness. It can be experienced in an instant in all circumstances once we know how to pay attention to it. It is utterly peaceful and it is also insightful, so it sees through all illusions. Whenever there is a moment of being deluded, we can use that moment to practice settling in the very perfect sphere of the Buddha mind without trying to change anything. When we reside in that liberated mind, we find the very thing we have been seeking all along.
Magic of Awareness , Anam Thubten, Snow Lion Publications, Paperback, 2012, 146 Pages, $16.95
Anam Thubten, an accomplished Tibetan Buddhist meditation teacher, speaks with clarity, humor, and refreshing honesty as he shares his own spiritual journey. With profound knowledge and insight into the human condition, he illuminates the path to enlightenment for those willing to go to the heart of the matter. Anam Thubten was born in Golok, eastern Tibet and undertook Buddhist training in the Nyingma tradition at an early age. He has been teaching in the West since the 1990's and is the spiritual advisor and Dharma teacher for the Dharmata Foundation.
Nature of Mind
Magic of Awareness
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Editor's Preface
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CHAPTER ONE: Being Nobody
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CHAPTER TWO: Flipping Our Consciousness
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11
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CHAPTER THREE: Awakening to Our True Nature
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21
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CHAPTER FOUR: Enlightenment as an Ordinary Human
Experience
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FIVE: The Art of Enjoying Life
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41
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CHAPTER SIX: Unconditional Freedom
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49
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CHAPTER SEVEN: Melt into Love
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59
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CHAPTER EIGHT: Transcendent Bliss
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71
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CHAPTER NINE: Relaxing the Mind
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77
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CHAPTER TEN: Glimpsing the Truth
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87
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CHAPTER ELEVEN: Crazy Love, An Ecstatic Way of
Transcending Mind
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95
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CHAPTER TWELVE: Pure Awareness Is Available in
Every Moment
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103
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CHAPTER THIRTEEN: Ecstatic Compassion
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115
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CHAPTER FOURTEEN: Waking Up to Real Life
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125
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CHAPTER FIFTEEN: Devotion, Surrendering to the
Present Moment
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137
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