TY  - BOOK
AU  - Smith,Rodney
TI  - Awakening: a paradigm shift of the heart 
SN  - 9781611801262
AV  - BL624 .S59485 2014
U1  - 204/.2 23
PY  - 2014///
CY  - Boston, MA
PB  - Shambhala
KW  - Spiritual life
KW  - Buddhism
KW  - Spirituality
KW  - Enlightenment (Buddhism)
N1  - Includes bibliographical references; Machine generated contents note: Introduction -- 1. In Search of the Essence -- 2. Consensus Paradigm and Abstract Thought -- 3. The Divided Mind -- 4. Governing Laws of the Formless Paradigm -- 5. Comparing Strategies: Adaptation and Surrender -- 6. Crossing the Divide -- 7. The Buddhist Continuum: Suffering and the End of Suffering -- 8. Other Continuums -- 9. The Discerning Power of Awareness -- 10. The Principles of Practice -- 11. The Applications of Practice -- 12. A Paradigm's Shift Toward the Heart -- 13. Living Non-Separation
N2  - "An amazingly succinct and accessible answer to the question "What is enlightenment?"--from one of America's most prominent teachers of Insight Meditation.  One of today's most highly regarded Insight Meditation teachers describes the process of enlightenment in a way anyone can understand--demonstrating in clear language why we operate with the illusion of separation, how we can move out of it to the realization of emptiness and no-self, and how we can live from that state of awakening.  He provides brief, powerful exercises that enable us to challenge the reality of our thoughts in order free ourselves from the illusion they keep us bound to, all the while steering us away from the temptation to regard spiritual practice as a process of self-improvement or a goal to be obtained"--
ER  -