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
DEDICATION
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
INTRODUCTION
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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
Chapter 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