{"product_id":"runaway-realization-isbn-9781611802023","title":"Runaway Realization","description":"\u003cb\u003eSpiritual teacher A. H. Almaas presents the highest level and most profound teachings of the Diamond Approach on the true nature of reality and the path to enlightenment\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e The teaching in this book is off the map—because reality itself cannot be captured in a map. In fact, reality is far more alive, far more mysterious than anything we can conceive of.  It is always revealing itself by knowing itself; and knowing reality and living it becomes the fulfillment of our life. Here, A. H. Almaas, the originator of the Diamond Approach, presents a new paradigm for understanding reality: the view of totality. He reveals that our life can become an endless revelation of reality, an adventure with neither beginning nor end.\u003cbr\u003e    \u003cbr\u003e A. H. Almaas has been developing and teaching the Diamond Approach, a spiritual path of self-realization and maturity based on an original synthesis of modern discoveries in the field of psychology and a new paradigm about spiritual nature, for more than thirty years. The Diamond Approach aims to realize the truth at progressively deeper levels until one reaches the ultimate Truth—the Absolute—and to become integrated into that truth so that we are a living presence and embodiment of it. The teachings of this path have been unfolding over time, and \u003ci\u003eRunaway Realization\u003c\/i\u003e presents—for the first time in print—the highest level of teachings in the Diamond Approach in the most profound work by Almaas so far. Almaas offers a detailed look at the true nature of reality and the nature of enlightenment. He also talks about practice—what it is and what it isn't, and how it relates to the process of realization. He looks at what it is to be a human being and what our role is in the totality of the universe. The material includes a discussion of the nature of space and time, as well as a view of more and more subtle levels of realization.Introduction: The Turnings of the Wheel\u003cbr\u003ePART ONE: PRACTICE IS REALIZATION\u003cbr\u003eChapter 1: Continual Practice\u003cbr\u003eChapter 2: The Enlightenment Drive\u003cbr\u003eChapter 3: Motiveless Practice\u003cbr\u003eChapter 4: Practice to No End\u003cbr\u003eChapter 5: Uncaused Realization\u003cbr\u003eChapter 6: Non-Self-Centered Practice\u003cbr\u003ePART TWO: ENDLESS ENLIGHTENMENT\u003cbr\u003eChapter 7: Opening Time and Space\u003cbr\u003eChapter 8: Total Being\u003cbr\u003eChapter 9: The Organ of Realization\u003cbr\u003eChapter 10: The Dynamic of Realization\u003cbr\u003eChapter 11: The Paradox of Nondoing\u003cbr\u003eChapter 12: The Mystery of Emptiness\u003cbr\u003eChapter 13: Delusion beyond Realization\u003cbr\u003ePART THREE: VIEWS OF FREEDOM\u003cbr\u003eChapter 14: Steps to Nowhere\u003cbr\u003eChapter 15: Total Nonconceptuality\u003cbr\u003eChapter 16: Featureless True Nature\u003cbr\u003eChapter 17: Not One, Not Two\u003cbr\u003eChapter 18: Total Freedom“Beyond duality and nonduality, the realizations voiced here are like the immediacy and laughter of Zen, expressions of untethered freedom beyond fixed view, the joy of letting go, embracing paradox, liberating wisdom, a gift of grace.”—Jack Kornfield, author of \u003ci\u003eA Path with Heart\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e  \u003cbr\u003e “It’s exhilarating to see a master teacher break free and clear—even of his own teaching! This book confirms suspicions that have long been growing in me and encourages me even more to trust my own inner compass as I bushwhack my way along the pathless path. \u003ci\u003eRunaway Realization\u003c\/i\u003e offers an inviting and hopeful alternative vision of the mature stages of spiritual life, served up with the author’s signature clarity and a newfound note of gentleness.”—Cynthia Bourgeault, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Holy Trinity and the Law of Three\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\"As we awaken to the field of aliveness in which we live, we enter the realm of this magnificent and important book. Almaas combines penetrating insight with clear communication to describe the self-sustaining fire of awareness awakening to itself. He challenges us to see the profound depth of our freedom as beings of cosmic aliveness who are learning to live in a living universe. A gem of a book!”—Duane Elgin, author of \u003ci\u003eThe Living Universe, Awakening Earth, \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Voluntary Simplicity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cb\u003eA. H. Almaas\u003c\/b\u003e is the pen name of Hameed Ali, the Kuwaiti-born originator of the Diamond Approach, who has been guiding individuals and groups in Colorado, California, and Europe since 1976. He is the author of \u003ci\u003eSpacecrusier Inquiry\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe Pearl Beyond Price\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eFacets of Unity\u003c\/i\u003e, the five-volume Diamond Heart series, and other books.","brand":"Shambhala","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46301512073445,"sku":"NP9781611802023","price":29.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/1842\/7735\/files\/9781611802023.jpg?v=1767735977","url":"https:\/\/k12savings.com\/es\/products\/runaway-realization-isbn-9781611802023","provider":"K12savings","version":"1.0","type":"link"}