RADIANT MIND: Awakening Unconditioned Awareness, by Peter Fenner, Phd.

RADIANT MIND: Awakening Unconditioned Awareness

by Peter Fenner, Phd.

Whether it is called enlightenment, pure presence, or "unconditioned awareness," there exists an awakened state of true liberation that is at the heart of every contemplative tradition. Yet according to Peter Fenner, this experience of boundless consciousness does not have to exist separately from your day-to-day "conditioned" existence. Rather, you can learn to live as a unique individual at the same time as you rest in a unified expanse of oneness with all existence--in a state he calls "Radiant Mind." Fenner shares the techniques and exercises he has developed in teaching the thousands of students who have attended his sold-out workshops, including: how to observe and dissolve fixations, how to live in the here and now without being controlled by our desires; listening and speaking in a way that moves us toward pure openness--and lets us share this experience with others; tools for identifying our conscious and unconscious sources of suffering--and learning to transcend those patterns.

Students in the West often feel frustrated in trying to follow the Eastern path to awakening; confused by seemingly vague or counter-intuitive teachings. Peter Fenner created the Radiant Mind practice to help you break through the obstacles that are often challenging for practitioners in our culture. Drawing upon his background in both Eastern spirituality and Western psychology, Fenner brings you a precise, step-by-step approach to non-dual practice that includes:

How to observe and dissolve fixations to live in the here and now, without being controlled by your desires
Practices to deepen and stabilize your experience of presence until it becomes second nature
Communication as a path to openness--for you and those around you
Tools for identifying your conscious and unconscious sources of suffering--and learning to transcend those patterns, and much more

"As extraordinary as unconditioned awareness may sound," teaches Peter Fenner, "it isn't distant from our everyday life; it's always readily available to us." With Radiant Mind, this master teacher crystallizes the contemplative wisdom of the East into an eminently accessible guide for living a life "suffused with pure bliss."

'[The Radiant Mind course] is a brilliant postmodern implementation of Buddhist nondual wisdom. Peter Fenner has taken the refined deconstructive practices that have liberated tens of thousands of Asian contemplatives and adapted them for effective Western use. I highly recommend it."--Robert Thurman, Ph.D., Buddhist scholar, Columbia University, President of Tibet House in New York City

Peter Fenner studied as a monk for nine years with many notable Buddhist lamas, including Thubten Yeshe and Sogyal Rinpoche. He is founder of the Center for Timeless Wisdom, and author of numerous books, including Reasoning into Reality and The Edge of Certainty. He has taught workshops at Stanford Medical School, Columbia University, and elsewhere.