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THE EMPTY PATH

Billy Wynne

Finding Fulfillment Through the Radical Art of Lessening

A clear and reasoned antidote to our current epoch of insatiable more-ness, this is a how-to manual and spiritual guidebook for realizing and practicing emptiness as the source of inherent joy and satisfaction in our lives.

By exploring this core, often-misunderstood Buddhist teaching, author Billy Wynne dispels the common misconception that peace and fulfillment will come via accumulation or achievement. He shows that instead of resolving our suffering, the quest for more only increases our problems by preventing us from engaging with the full breadth of our authentic life experience.

The book leads readers on a modern-day hero's journey, with Wynne as a guide. He uses real-life examples and accessible practices to help readers wake up to their inherent wholeness, navigate the barriers between self and true peace, and clear a path to replacing existential unease with abundant gratitude and joy.

At the other end of this journey, readers will be equipped with insight and tools to greet life with presence, curiosity, and ease. By presenting a new understanding of the emptiness of our experience, THE EMPTY PATH demonstrates how everyone can fundamentally reorient their relationship with life by remembering the truth of what they already are.

Billy Wynne has studied Buddhism and mindfulness for 30 years and received lay Zen Buddhist ordination from the Zen Center of Denver, where he now teaches and serves on the board, and certification as a meditation teacher under Jack Kornfield and Tara Brach. After traveling the world with an NGO that provides medical care to children, he launched a career as a health and well- being entrepreneur, including founding one of the world's first alcohol-free bars, Awake. Frequently quoted by national news outlets, including the New York Times and Washington Post, Wynne is an experienced commentator and writer celebrated for his ability to make complex concepts digestible and relatable. Billy serves on the Board governing Colorado's new psychedelic therapy program and engages with leaders in Presence-Based CoachingTM.

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Book Published 2025-03-01 by New World Library

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An engaging, practical and readable guide to the mystery at the heart of every ordinary moment the "emptiness" that Mahayana Buddhism considers the most important thing there is, even though it's not a "thing" at all. Yet it's the heart of who and what we are, the groundless ground of all our being. Billy Wynne makes tastes of it accessible in this enjoyable offering.

Billy Wynne gently calls into focus the richness of this moment in his accessible and actionable guidebook for living fully.

Wynne promotes the practice of stepping back from a life packed with work, self-help, and unhealthy attachments, and finding meaning with less.Each chapter includes reflections and detailed guided meditations, making the book both personal and practical.

THE EMPTY PATH is a profound commentary on where true peace lies. A counterintuitive approach in a world that is forever caught up in the next thing, this book allows us to calm our minds and open our eyes to the perfection in this moment. I felt both less alone and more alive while reading this book. Thank you, Billy.

There are the events of our lives and there is how we experience these events. THE EMPTY PATH is a heartfelt and wise guide for reflecting on and transforming our most basic assumptions about how we experience time and space, showing us the way toward greater spaciousness and ease.

THE EMPTY PATH is a masterful expression of the empty path itself and at the same time a guidebook for the journey. Through Billy Wynne's words we can grasp the great reality and begin to experience the "lessening" through which a lightness of being and innate joy come to life. This book is wise and inspiring, tender and loving. It will open your heart.

This is a truly extraordinary and transformative book. It distills the most profound and fundamental truths about happiness and healing to their essence and it's beautifully written as well. Highly recommended!