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Whether it is called enlightenment, pure awareness, or the "unconditioned mind," there exists an awakened state of pure 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 our day-to-day, "conditioned" existence. Rather, we can learn to exist as unique individuals at the same time as we rest in a unified expanse of oneness with all existence--in a state he calls "Radiant Mind." In Radiant Mind, Peter Fenner shares the insights, 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, 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 "As extraordinary as unconditioned mind may sound," teaches Peter Fenner, "it isn't distant from our everyday life; it's always readily available to us." Now, this respected authority on both Eastern spirituality and Western psychology introduces readers to a set of practices available to anyone open to the complete possibilities of their spiritual evolution--and to the experience of the unconstrained bliss of Radiant Mind.

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• Amazon Sales Rank: #141276 in Books
• Published on: 2007-07-01
• Original language: English
• Number of items: 1
• Binding: Hardcover
• 291 pages

About the Author
Peter Fenner, Ph.D. studied as a monk for nine years with many notable Buddhist lamas, including Sogyal Rinpoche, Zopa Rinpoche, and Thubten Yeshe. He is founder of the Center for Timeless Wisdom, and the author of numerous books, including Reasoning Into Reality (Wisdom Publications, 1995) and The Edge of Certainty (Nicolas-Hays, 2002). He has taught workshops at Stanford Medical School, Columbia University, and elsewhere.

Customer Reviews

A Modern Classic
Peter Fenner's Radiant Mind contains the essence of the information offered in his highly respected eight-month course, also called the Radiant Mind. As a graduate of the Radiant Mind course, I was very pleased to have the timeless wisdom presented in the course packaged with a very complete index for easy reference. Just reading Fenner's work often seems to lift the veils of conditioning and to open one to unconditioned awareness. For example, his wonderful insights about our addiction to suffering, our need to be constantly doing, our need to know where we are and what's happening, and various other modes of ego-control, gently remind us how we unconsciously construct much of our suffering by believing our "stories" and acting on them as though they were real. There is much very valuable information in this book on many psycho-spiritual subjects. It contains very clear descriptions of the differences between the unconditioned and the conditioned and dispells many psycho-spiritual myths. It is a book for mature students and one I highly recommend.

A Beautiful Blend of East and West!
Imagine if after only 20 years of practicing meditation you could experience the same unconditioned peace and bliss as the Buddha, Lao Tzu, Milaropa, St. Theresa of Avila, Ramana Maharshi, Krishnamurti and all the great sages from past to present. Now, imagine you can experience it in just a few moments from now...

This is the promise of Peter Fenner's most accessible and comprehensive book to date, and it delivers in a gentle yet challenging style. If you're willing to step outside the strictures of religious tradition to taste the spiritual fruits of all seeking, this book will prove a reliable and friendly guide.

Radiant Mind
Radiant Mind: Awakening Unconditioned Awareness

Peter Fenner's teachings are extremely powerful. He has isolated the essential elements of Buddhist non-dual teachings and presented them in a manner that can be comprehended and deeply engaged by someone of this day and age. The wisdom and exercises in the book are all coherently directed at opening to, and deepening into, underlying Unconditioned Awareness.

I have taken Peter's training for two years and have been profoundly affected by it. He is a man of heart who lives deeply in the waters of contentless awareness. His capacity to presence this consciousness is transmitted to the student, and creates a palpable field of support for those doing the work. The book was clearly written from this depth of connection which is conveyed directly to the reader.

These teachings lead one on the path of disidentification with the beliefs, assumptions and basic orientations of the old identity. There is a satisfaction in seeing more clearly the immensity of the mind's operation that keeps us from discerning and opening to this universal underlying consciousness. And pleasure in having tools that actually succeed in helping us to question and erode the framework of fundamental beliefs that obfuscate our True Nature. And a joy in the direct experience of the constant presence of Unconditioned awareness. There is especial power in the ongoing discovery of how the presensing of Awareness infuses and transforms one's entire perceptual orientation to ordinary reality.

Over the last 45 years I have studied with many teachers, and walked many paths. I have come to see that all were absolutely necessary at the time. The Radiant Mind teachings have been wonderfully valuable for me, and unquestionably the just right teaching for this stage of my journey.

Ron Aarons