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The Most Important Thing, Volume 1
- Discovering Truth at the Heart of Life
- Narrated by: Adyashanti
- Length: 8 hrs and 29 mins
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Publisher's Summary
From esteemed teacher Adyashanti comes an eight-hour audio learning series on the search for the ultimate reality beneath the narrative of our lives.
“Our inner lives are every bit as astonishing, baffling, and mysterious as the infinite vastness of the cosmos.” - Adyashanti
We all define our lives through the lens of stories. Whether we see ourselves as heroes or victims, good people or bad, everyone lives according to interwoven strands of narrative.
“And yet,” teaches Adyashanti, “the truth is bigger than any concept or story.”
The Most Important Thing, Volume 1 presents a series of intimate, deep-dive talks devoted to the search for the ultimate reality of a self that exists beyond the bounds of storytelling.
In the first of two volumes of vivid anecdotes, incisive observations, and teaching stories, Adyashanti illustrates the felt experience of his teachings - those moments of grace in which every stone, tree, ray of light, and fraught silence reveal that none of us is alone and no one is ever truly isolated from the whole of existence.
These selections consider:
- Why a good question can be far more powerful than a concrete answer
- How grace can arrive both through struggle and as an unexpected gift
- Discovering the wisdom found in surprise, sadness, and challenging moments
- How the things you choose to serve shape your life path
- The moments of grace upon which all great religions pivot
- How revelation arises from darkness and silence
- The great vitality that underlies even the most difficult circumstances
- How surrendering the need for control opens you to a much wider experience of life
- Transcending the fear of ego annihilation
What is the story of your life? Is it happy or adventurous? Sad or lonely?
In The Most Important Thing, Volume 1, this esteemed teacher tells you how to look past your personal narratives, delve inward, and connect with the truths that fundamentally animate all of us.
What the critics say
“In The Most Important Thing, Adyashanti, long known as a kind teacher of embodied being, shares stories of his personal awakening as a way to surface insights that can help us discover the most important thing for ourselves. Central to his journey and ours is the question he offers as our constant guide: ‘How can I be a living expression of what I love?’ This book is a spiritual resource for the necessary arts of dedication and release, immersion and surrender, and the courage to be and love.” (Mark Nepo, author of More Together Than Alone and The Book of Awakening)
“Hopefully, you're interested in being happy in the deepest and most central way possible...happy independent of conditions. If so, this book will point you to the real deal.” (Shinzen Young, author of The Science of Enlightenment)
“While you read this book, you will want to underline wisdom gems on most every page...and you will want to keep pausing and listening to your own Being. Adyashanti offers the blessing of pointing us toward the reality awakening through us right in this moment.” (Tara Brach, PhD, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge)
“In The Most Important Thing, Adyashanti shares his remarkable gift of being able to put the most ineffable and precious truths into down-to-earth language. These short, heartfelt essays are just the right length to get wisdom bites, hints for awakening, and moments of grace when you need them. I hope you will enjoy this generous and important gift for our times." (Loch Kelly, author of Shift into Freedom)
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- Kindle Customer
- 2021-11-06
just so amazing 👏 please read now 🙏
what he was saying was matching up with my life exactly 💯 and it was almost like divine intervention because every new chapter had to do with what I was going through and feeling, there are no mistakes if you're reading this review, just spend the credit on this book now, and also get book 2 😇 I read the second one first and that was perfect for me
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- Kryptonian Customer
- 2021-02-03
Another classic
Adyashanti's calm cool and collected approach to narration is always enjoyable. His conversational delivery feels much more natural than most books read off the script. Tons of intense and meaningful information contained in this book, it will be a staple on my audible shelf going forward. Excited to read Volume 2.
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