Infinite Awakening - by Stephan Bodian (Paperback)

About the Book

"A comprehensive guide to understanding and practicing Western nondual spirituality, often referred to as the "pathless path" or the "direct approach.""-- Provided by publisher.

Book Synopsis

Spiritual awakening is not a distant goal. The peace, joy, and wholeness you seek are waiting to be discovered in this very moment. This book is your guide.

Infinite Awakening is a comprehensive guide to the "pathless path" of nondual spirituality. It reveals that awakening is the recognition of your true nature--a state of peace, freedom, and interconnectedness that's already complete and present within you. It invites you to explore the immediacy of your "natural state" and embrace awakening as a direct experience.

Drawing from decades of experience, including training in Zen, Tibetan Dzogchen, and Advaita Vedanta, and his many years as a spiritual teacher and director of the School for Awakening, author Stephan Bodian addresses essential questions, such as:

• What are the stages of spiritual awakening?
• How does the direct approach of the pathless path encourage awakening?
• What are the common challenges on this path, and how can we work with them?
• How does nondual spirituality differ from other spiritual perspectives?
• What is the role of a teacher, and what are the potential pitfalls?
• How can we live from an awakened understanding in every moment of our lives?
• How does trauma affect the awakening process?

As a teacher and psychotherapist, Bodian demystifies awakening with his down-to-earth approach, offering practical teachings, meditations, direct pointers, and exercises to help you not only wake up but also integrate your realization into the ordinary situations and relationships you encounter in everyday life.

Those new to the spiritual path, as well as fans of teachers like Adyashanti, Eckhart Tolle, Loch Kelly, and Sam Harris, will find this an invaluable guide to nondual wisdom and the pathless path.

Review Quotes

"With deep clarity and a heart attuned to our shared humanity, Stephan Bodian illuminates a path to freedom and love that feels both timeless and intimately grounded and alive."
--Tara Brach, author of Radical Acceptance and True Refuge

"Stephan Bodian is a master teacher sharing a lifetime of realizations and exquisitely skillful guidance, with both deep insights and powerful experiential practices. With a kind smile he invites us to come home, in the experiencing beyond all understanding, to a natural resting in awareness, love, and inner peace."
--Rick Hanson, PhD, New York Times best-selling author of Buddha's Brain, Hardwiring Happiness, Resilient, and Neurodharma

"Stephan Bodian offers a tender, clear, compassionate, and beautifully articulated guide to the timeless understanding that lies at the heart of all true spirituality."
--Rupert Spira, author of The Nature of Consciousness and Being Aware of Being Aware

"Having read many books in this field, I can say that Infinite Awakening will be at the top of my recommended reading list for students. Stephan's beautiful writing opens doorways to the infinite and intimate exploration of who we truly are while addressing the roadblocks and challenging emotions we meet along the way."
--Loch Kelly, author of Shift into Freedom and The Way of Effortless Mindfulness

"Infinite Awakening is a wise, nuanced, warm-hearted, honest, and beautifully written distillation of living insight into the open-ended nature of nondual spiritual awakening. Stephan Bodian clearly points to and evokes our undivided nature while creatively addressing the psychological challenges of trauma, eros, and intimate relationship."
--John J. Prendergast, PhD, author of Your Deepest Ground and The Deep Heart

"Infinite Awakening is both a comprehensive map for understanding the nondual path and a treasure chest of practical meditations, pointers, and wise advice. But most remarkably, it's a portal through which to discover ourselves as pure presence. A must-read for anyone longing to taste the fullest nectar of life."
--Nancy Colier, author of Can't Stop Thinking and The Emotionally Exhausted Woman

"Infinite Awakening is a concise but thorough compendium of the primary approaches to the groundless ground of awakening that we all share, and so often don't know how to find. It's a book that had to be written, at this time of growing interest in true awakening, and Stephan's training in several spiritual traditions, as well as psychotherapy, and above all his own deep experience and his skill as a writer, make him ideally placed to provide it."
--Henry Shukman, Zen teacher and author of Original Love and One Blade of Grass

"A marvelously practical and sensible guide to the process of spiritual awakening. With great clarity, Stephan Bodian distills the essence from a variety of spiritual traditions and crystalizes the wisdom of a lifetime of spiritual exploration."
--Steve Taylor, PhD, author of The Leap and Extraordinary Awakenings

"A seasoned spiritual teacher and psychotherapist, Stephan Bodian artfully blends psychological insights with timeless spiritual teachings, offering a compassionate and accessible path to liberation. This book is an invitation to shed limiting beliefs and awaken to boundless peace and clarity."
--Lama Palden Drolma, Buddhist teacher and author of Love on Every Breath

"An articulate and comprehensive guide to seeing through and working with what brings forth unnecessary suffering. Stephan draws from Eastern spiritual traditions, Western psychology, and his own direct observations and insights to provide a richly textured, multidimensional approach to being alive."
--Joan Tollifson, author of Nothing to Grasp and Death: The End of Self-Improvement

"Stephan Bodian has devoted his life to exploring what it means and what it takes to recognize who we truly are, and to live wisely and well in this challenging world. This multifaceted book makes his many hard-won discoveries and gentle wisdom available to us all."
--Roger Walsh, MD, PhD, professor at the University of California and cohost of the podcast Deep Transformation: Self-Society-Spirit

"I believe this book will become a classic, essential reading for anyone who wishes to practice, experience, or teach the truth of the non-dual. Stephan's clear and nuanced writing is informed by his knowledge gained as a therapist as well as by the wisdom revealed through decades of deep spiritual inquiry and practice in the Zen, Advaita, and Dzogchen traditions."
--Jan Chozen Bays, MD, Zen teacher and author of How to Train a Wild Elephant and Mindful Medicine

About the Author

STEPHAN BODIAN is the founder of the School for Awakening and author of several books, including Meditation for Dummies (which has sold over half a million copies), Wake Up Now, and Beyond Mindfulness. A psychotherapist by training, Bodian integrates nondual wisdom with Western psychology, pioneering a unique style that combines self-inquiry and nondual insight with practical applications to address the individual needs of his students.