The radical premise here is that we are already the awake awareness that we seek.

The more I’m able to let go, the greater the unconditional, loving support that has appeared within, around, and throughout my life. I experience deeper levels of vulnerability and courage by opening to parts of myself that I avoided in the past. I’ve been able to feel my interconnectedness with other living beings, and as a result, I’ve gained a new level of motivation to be of service. (Location 72)

The primary way of practicing effortless mindfulness is small glimpses, many times.

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Once we experience awake awareness as the foundation of our identity, we experience our conditioned thoughts, emotions, and sensations as waves within the ocean of our life. (Location 309)

In deliberate mindfulness, we intentionally cultivate a loving attitude, calm our small thinking mind, and then observe our thoughts and feelings. In effortless mindfulness, we shift out of our small thinking mind into the source of mind, which is already calm, focused, interconnected, and compassionate. (Location 536)

Effortless mindfulness is letting go of thoughts, present moments, and attention—opening to a naturally compassionate, nonconceptual awake awareness that is interconnected here and Now. (Location 551)

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Deliberate mindfulness focuses on the contents of consciousness, while effortless mindfulness turns back to be aware of the context—awareness itself. With deliberate mindfulness, we discover who we are not. With effortless mindfulness, we discover who we essentially are.

In effortless mindfulness, rather than “paying” attention, we are letting go of attention to receive another kind of awareness, namely awake awareness. (Location 555)

In effortless mindfulness, rather than paying attention “on purpose,” we are relaxing the goal-oriented mindful meditator to discover a nonconceptual awake awareness that is aware...(Location 558)