Shift into Freedom: The Science and Practice of Open-Hearted Awareness

Wakefulness or enlightenment can be reasonably defined as appreciating the mystery of life in the present moment, while knowing it is the only 'thing' there is. Wakefulness’ opposite – the dissatisfaction brought about by reactive emotions and alienating desire – can be reasonably defined as the futile attempt to ‘get something out of life.’

Gradually, through meditation, we begin to notice that there are gaps in our internal dialogue. In the midst of continually talking to ourselves, we experience a pause, as if awakening from a dream. We recognize our capacity to relax with the clarity, the space, the open-ended awareness that already exist in our minds. We experience moments of bein

When you wake up to the power of Thought rather than being immersed in the content of your thinking, it brings you into the now. When you are in the now, you still have a flow of thinking coming through you that creates your ups and downs. These ups and downs are normal for all of us to have. But when you don't manage your experience, you have more

by relinquishing our need and desire to control, explain, and believe the way that our minds talk to us about what was and what is, we find a capacity to open to a new state of consciousness.