Natural Wakefulness: Discovering the Wisdom We Were Born with

By Gaylon Ferguson

Book Overview

"There are two essential elements to the spiritual path says this popular teacher from the lineage of Ch?gyam Trungpa- (1) understanding that you're already enlightened, already perfect in wisdom... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1590307690
• ISBN13: 9781590307694
• Release Date: September 2010
• Publisher: Shambhala
• Length: 224 Pages
• Weight: 0.64 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.6" x 5.5" x 8.3"

Customer Reviews

Natural Wakefulness

The book is clearly written, and the author gives practical advice on how to meditate. This was the perfect read in preparation for a workshop on meditation.

Practical and insightful look at Wakefulness from a great teacher!

Had the privilege to attend a teaching (one day workshop) from the author/teacher Gaylon Ferguson, and his book reads just like his workshop. Very practical advice, surrounded by the foundational teachings and sources he gained insight from. Highly recommend it!

insightful

A gentle and profoundly insightful book. As a newcomer to meditation, I found it both welcoming and highly instructive.

A GREAT RESOURCE FOR SOCIALLY-ENGAGED MEDITATORS

In this guide to meditation practice, Gaylon Ferguson places the practice of meditation squarely within the need to engage in the pressing social issues of our time. He broadens the scope of meditation and the spiritual path altogether beyond the more limited self-help approach and the even more escapist approach of disengagement and self-absorption. Gaylon gently guides the reader through the many questions that arise as one begins to meditate and infuses his writing with the gentle tones of a wise grandfather. His clarity as to the relevance of meditation to the demands of daily living and as to the way in which layers of greater and greater depth naturally unfold as one practices--and his personal joy and delight in the practice--shine through. This book on the practice of meditation is an accessible, straightforward, comprehensible and charming conversation about this simple, but oddly powerful, method of personal and social transformation.