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TABLE OF CONTENTS

 


Chapter 1: Open-Mindedness
Chapter 2: Who or What is God?
Chapter 3: Who are You?
Chapter 4: Cause and Effect
Chapter 5: Present Moment Awareness
Chapter 6: Oneness
Chapter 7: Abundance
Chapter 8: Non-Attachment
Chapter 9: Forgiveness
Chapter 10: The Path of Spiritual Growth
Epilogue
Appendix
Selected Bibliography
Selected Discography
Index


DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION

1. OPEN-MINDEDNESS
  OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND RELIGION
     - Primary Value of Religion
  OPEN-MINDEDNESS AND 'ECCENTRIC' RELIGIOUS/ SPIRITUAL PRACTICES
  DEVELOPING OPEN-MINDEDNESS
     - Observe Yourself
  HOW I BECAME MORE OPEN-MINDED
     - Anything Is Possible
  OPEN-MINDEDNESS & SPIRITUAL GROWTH
2: WHO OR WHAT IS GOD?
  THE TRADITIONAL VIEW OF GOD
     - The Value in Religious Texts
     - Traditional Religious Concepts and Fear
  AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF GOD
     - A Judgmental God?
     - The Belief-Review Process
     - God as Co-Creator
  WHICH VIEW OF GOD WORKS FOR YOU?
     - Your Philosophical Challenge
  BREAKING FREE OF RELIGIOUS TRADITION
     - The Path of Spiritual Growth & Organized Religious Practice
  COMMUNICATING TO GOD THROUGH PRAYER
     - The Value of Affirmations and Prayer
  FAITH IS THE KEY
     - Learned Fear Opposes Faith
  DEVELOPING TRUST IN GOD
     - Acceptance of "What Is" and an Openness to Consider "All Possibilities"
  COMMUNICATION FROM GOD (INSPIRATION)
     - God Communicates in Many Ways
  MY OWN STORY ABOUT MESSAGES FROM GOD
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
3: WHO ARE YOU?
  WHO/WHAT ARE YOU PHYSICALLY?
     - Your Basic Physical Identity
     - Genetic Encoded Survival
     - Acknowledging the Miracle
  WHO ARE YOU AT THE SPIRITUAL LEVEL?
     - Defining A Higher Self
  THOUGHTS ARE THE "CURRENCY OF CREATION"
     - Thoughts as Energy
     - Speech as Physical Thought
  SO WHAT IS THIS THING CALLED "I"?
  SO WHAT ABOUT YOUR "SOUL?"
  REINCARNATION
     - Relevance of Other Lifetimes to a Current Life
     - Regression Therapy
     - Past Life Readings with Psychics/Spirit Channels
     - My Experience with the Awareness of a Past Life
  CURRENT LIFE ISSUES AND THE "INNER CHILD"
     - Healing Your Wounded Child
  WHO YOU ARE NOT!
     - Your Profession Is Not Your Identity
  AN ALTERNATIVE VIEW OF SUCCESS
     - Living the Fully Aware Life
     - Living Independent of Other's Opinions
     - Abandoning Your Approval Programming
  A CLOSING WORD ABOUT SUCCESS
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
4: CAUSE AND EFFECT
  CAUSE AND EFFECT AS A BOOMERANG
  SPIRITUAL GROWTH REQUIRES MORE CONSCIOUS DECISION-MAKING
  WHAT ABOUT PAST CHOICES?
     - Reframing Negative to Positive
  TAKING FULL RESPONSIBILITY FOR YOUR LIFE
     - You Create Your Life
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
5: PRESENT MOMENT AWARENESS
  LIMITED AWARENESS OF THE 'NOW'
  PROBLEMS TYPICALLY RELATE TO THE PAST & FUTURE
  A CLOSER LOOK AT "THE PAST"
     - The Past Is Only An Illusion
     - Remorse, Regret, and Forgiveness
     - Accepting Responsibility Negates Anger
     - Reminiscing is Non-productive
     - Wasting Energy on That Which is Over & Done

     - Your Past Doesn't Have to Drive the Present
  A CLOSER LOOK AT "THE FUTURE"
     - Plan for the Future or Focus on the Present
     - Overcoming Concerns About the Future
  STAYING IN THE PRESENT MOMENT
     - Being More Attentive to Sensory Input
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
6: ONENESS
  SEPARATION IS A CONDITIONED PERCEPTION
  EMBRACING ONENESS IN YOUR LIFE
  JUDGMENT
     - Judging Others
     - Look Within When Judging
     - Judgment and Your Connection to Divinity
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
7: ABUNDANCE
 

ABUNDANCE AS A NATURAL STATE
     - The Truth of Abundance
     - Abundance, Money, and Conditioning

  GRATITUDE
     - Expressing Gratitude to Attract Greater Abundance
 

GIVING
     - The Principle of "Cause & Effect" and Giving
     - The Principle of "Oneness" and Giving
     - Giving from Obligation

  SPENDING
     - Acting Abundantly
 

DOING WHAT YOU LOVE
     - Effortless Accomplishment
     - The Risk of Not Doing What You Love
     - Putting Love Into Your Existing Work

  MONEY
     - Limiting Beliefs About Money
     - Adopting More Empowering Money Beliefs
     - Money Buys 'Experiences'
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
8: NON-ATTACHMENT
  THE PROBLEM WITH ATTACHMENTS
  ATTACHMENTS TO PEOPLE
     - Attachment to a Romantic Partner
     - Attachment to How Someone Should Think and Behave
     - Attachment to Approval from Others
  ATTACHMENT TO OWNING THINGS
     - The "More" Disease
     - The Cost of Clinging
  ATTACHMENT TO TRADITION
  ATTACHMENT TO RELIGIOUS CUSTOMS
  ATTACHMENT TO OTHER CUSTOMS
  ATTACHMENT TO BEING RIGHT
     - Conflict and the Need to be Right
  ATTACHMENT TO THE PHYSICAL BODY
  ATTACHMENT TO WINNING
  ATTACHMENT TO MONEY
  ATTACHMENT TO SECURITY
   - Overcoming the Need for Security
  ACCEPTING NON-ATTACHMENT
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
9: FORGIVENESS
  IS ANYTHING UNFORGIVABLE?
  MY EXPERIENCE WITH FORGIVENESS
  A HELPFUL FORGIVENESS PRAYER
  THEY "KNOW NOT WHAT THEY DO"
  FORGIVING YOURSELF
  FORGIVENESS AND BLAME
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
10: THE PATH OF SPIRITUAL GROWTH
  DEVELOPING "YOUR" SPIRITUAL PHILOSOPHY
  DEVELOPING A SPIRITUAL PRACTICE
  MEDITATION
  SELF-HELP TECHNIQUES AND PERSONAL/SPIRITUAL GROWTH
     - Fr. Anthony DeMello's "Four Steps to Wisdom"
     - Lynn Grabhorn's "Four Steps to Deliberate Creation"
     - Don Miguel Ruiz's "The Four Agreements"
     - Dr. Wayne Dyer's "Meditations for Manifesting"
     - Debbie Ford's "Shadow Process"
  OTHER SPIRITUAL/PERSONAL GROWTH RESOURCES
     - Psychologists and Psychiatrists
- Clairvoyants and Psychics
     - --Identifying Competent Clairvoyant Resources
  AVOIDING SPIRITUAL PRIDE
  SPIRITUAL GROWTH IS A JOURNEY NOT A DESTINATION
  SUMMING IT ALL UP
     - Related Reading
EPILOGUE
APPENDIX
  RECOMMENDED READING
  AUTHOR CONTACT
SELECTED BIBLIOGRAPHY
SELECTED DISCOGRAPHY
INDEX