About this book
This book is about Freedom. It's not about a special state or condition called "Freedom, " some idea or concept to be believed in; rather, it is about the recognition and realization of our essential nature.
When we arrive in this moment and awaken to the truth of our existence, we discover that Freedom is completely ordinary—ordinary, yet awesome. The recognition and realization of our essential nature is for many a gradual transition. The challenge of our generation is to find out how to support this transformation in the midst of our everyday lives.
Adyashanti writes, "This wonderful collection of Jon's teachings really captures his ability to point us back to our own innate freedom. What makes Jon's teachings so powerful and relevant, though, is that no part of the human experience is denied. Indeed, there is an open encouragement for all of our human experience to be included and embraced as a means of discovering the infinite ground of being, within which all of our experience unfolds. This in itself is a great gift to any spiritual seeker looking to find out what freedom is really all about."
Reading Ordinary Freedom is like having a wise and loving but uncompromising friend on the path to discovering our true nature.
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Table of contents
- Cover Image
- Title Page
- About the Author
- Praise for Ordinary Freedom
- Copyright & Permissions
- Dedication
- Table of Contents
- Foreword by Adyashanti
- Introduction by Jon Bernie
- Being Here
- Walking the Path
- Aliveness
- Energy and Spirit
- Dissolving Into Light
- Being the Feeling
- Letting Go
- Finding the Balance
- Returning to Awareness
- Allowing the Struggle
- Relief Is Only the Beginning
- The Only Thing Holding Us Back
- Reality Begins When the Story Ends
- Readiness
- The Role of the Mind
- The Light of Attention
- Everyone Is the Teacher
- Being Available to What Is
- Falling Into the Fire
- Obsession
- Tending To This Moment
- The Mind Is the Last to Get It
- Telling It Like It Is
- Allowing the Pain of Wanting
- Beliefs Fall Away On Their Own
- Feel What You Need to Feel
- The Joy of Open-Heartedness
- Allowing the Truth to Unfold
- Discovery
- Enjoy Yourself!
- Being It
- Resistance Is Just Too Much Effort
- High Expectation Meditation
- Finding Our Own Way
- Allowing the Struggle
- Embracing Compulsion Without Acting
- Forgiveness Begins With Feeling Completely
- Self-Acceptance
- The Question of Service
- Asking Without Attachment
- Drop That Belief and It’s Accomplished
- Being Free Means Not Knowing What’s Going On
- As You Realize It, Move Towards It
- The Field of Presence
- The Realm of Blessing
- Acknowledgements
- Backcover
