I ORIGINALLY SAW ADYASHANTI'S BOOKS AND CD'S IN A SOUNDS TRUE CATALOG. I HAVE SINCE PURCHASED A GREAT NUMBER OF HIS MATERIALS THAT ARE IN PRINT AND OFFERED HERE AT AMAZON. THIS PARTICULAR BOOK "THE IMPACT OF AWAKENING" HAS NOW BEEN READ TWICE BY ME AND I'M SURE I'LL COME BACK TO IT A THIRD TIME...IT IS THOUGHT PROVOKING AND MAKES ME QUESTION MANY OF THE TRADITIONALLY HELD IDEAS AND BELIEFS I HAVE HELD TIGHTLY. THE READING REQUIRES A LOT OF "STILLNESS" AND "LETTING GO"...SOMETHING I AND MANY OTHERS ARE NOT ACCUSTOMED TO...

I will frequently return to my underlinings and boxed-off quotations in this book. There were many passages where I felt someone was finally speaking to me in a language I understood, but had long forgotten. The teachings in The Impact of Awakening go subtly deeper than in Emptiness Dancing, and it is well worth the extra concentration required for reading.

I have honesty read this book 10 times at least. It is beautiful and each time I pick it up and read....I discover something new. A brilliant gem. And a gift I have given to several friends. This book is alive and has been a teacher to me over and over again. Thank you Adyashanti!

This is a book I find myself returning to time and time again. The insights are multi-dimensional; and every reading is a fresh esperience. Take the mystery out of Awakening/Enlightment and read this powerful book.

This is a very good collection of Satsang commentary with primarily a Q&A format. Adyashanti is very clearspoken and obviously has a mastery of his subject. While there is nothing really new in this book, (is there ever?) the message can indeed be earthshakingly new to a "person" who has not yet sensed their own true identity. Beyond that, it is just good solid refresher course Wisdom. This teacher apparently has seen through the idea of the separate existence we tend to believe in for "ourselves." And as other great teachers have insisted, this seeing of our ultimate Oneness, pure Beingness, is itself the final and greatest triumph of life. This is a very good book for the reader whose outlines are fading and whose inlines are brightening, i.e. dawn is at hand. I highly recommend this book; isn't it time to quit being somebody?