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A B L E O F C O N T E N T S

Foreword By Bob Weinstein

Preface


Acknowledgements

A Note to The Reader

Introduction
Intuiting Oneness
Untangling Free Will
Conceptual-Free-Will
Conscious-Free-Will
Concealed Conditioning
What is
Consciousness?
The Two Sides of Narcissism
The Vice-Grip on Your Spirit
Verifying The Way
Relationships Free From Personal Conflict
Peter
and Rebecca’s Story
Convenient and Awakened De-centering
The ego’s Dharma
Determining Your Interest
Missy’s
Story

chapter 1 – An Overview of The Four Insights
The Four Insights of Awakening Conscious-Free-Will
The
Dalai Lama’s Shoes
The
First Insight - Renounce Conditioned Motives
The
Second Insight - Reclaim Your Consciousness from Conditioning
The
Third Insight - Recall Your Origin of Oneness
The
Fourth Insight - Relate as Your Full Potential

chapter 2 – The Whole ‘I’
Toward
Oneness
The
Ego and The ‘I’
The
Ego - Capital ‘E’
The
ego - Small ‘e’
Suing
The Buddha
The
Unhealthy-Ego
Spirit
Distracted?
The
Ego-Mind Defends Itself
Tara’s
Story
The
Shadow’s Trap
April’s
Story
Identifying The Shadow
Reintegrating The Shadow
Adrian’s
Story
Christopher
and Hazel’s Story
The Unconscious Becomes Conscious
The
Declaration of Freedom
Jessica’s
Story
I
Am Buddha
Stepping
on The Path
The
Power to be Yourself
The
Hand of Grace
The
Source of Wisdom
chapter 3 – Two Ways to Joy
The Ego-Mind is 4,000 Years Old
The Timeless Lesser-Self
Unknowingly One with The Little-Self
The Relationship with Me
Me, Myself and I
Forming The Separate sense-of-self
The Culturally-Created-Self
True Individuality
Brenda’s
Story
Two Forms of Affliction
Death and The Lesser-Self
Oops! I Must be Dead
chapter 4 – The Grace of
Resistance
Change and Changelessness
Chaos and
Serenity
Change and Clock Time
Measuring Global Change
Change and The Present Moment
Change and Psychotherapy
The Bright Side of The Road
The
Doctor’s Story
Don’t Worry, Be Happy
Numbing The Voice of God
The Way of Resistance
Melissa’s
Story
Change is The Natural State
chapter 5 – Freeing Your Mind
The Courtesan
of The Lesser-Self
Who
You Are is Not Your Thoughts
Mick’s
Story
Enlightenment
– The Way You Relate
Paying
Attention to Thoughts
Conditioned
Attention to Thinking
No
Attention to Thinking
Awakened
Attention to Thinking
The
Harmless Nature of Thought
Tom
and Helen’s Story
Be
Unmindful
Sir
Lancelot’s Email
Liz’s
Story
Unknowing
Experts at Disregarding Thoughts
How
You Relate to Your Mind
Discern,
Decide and Disregard Consciously
Accessing
Conscious-Free-Will
chapter 6 – Karma
and Ego’s Dharma
The Relevance of Karma
The
‘X’ Factor of Karma
Jill’s
Story
Back
to Basics
Karma
– A Steady Compulsion
Acting
Without Creating Karma
Karma
- The Spark of Release
Karma
and Your Past and Future Lives
Finding
Your Karma
Karma
and Your Attention
Amy’s
Story
Locating
Your Attention
chapter 7 – Awakening
Conversations
The Ego-Mind in Your Fifth-Chakra
A Word to The Wise
John’s
Story
Kevin’s
Story
The Unhealthy-Ego Snaps
The Soccer Captain
The Threshold in an Awakened Person
Choosing Your Words Carefully
Sarah’s
Story
The Lesser-Self’s Favorite Topics of
Conversation
Uncovering
Concealed Conditioning in Conversations
Jennifer’s
Story
Ryan’s
Story
The
Little-Mind Stands Up for Itself
Selective
Silence
Taking the Truth Home
chapter 8 – Awakening
Relationships
The True Nature of Your Relationships
Your Image in Relationships
Jasmine’s
Story
Uncovering
The Unhealthy-Ego
Shaking The Ground
Defining a
Relevant Relationship
Identifying Relevant Relationships
Awakening Your Relationships
An
Authentic Stand
Eric’s
Story
The Greatest Expression of Love
Carla’s
Story
A New Way of Interacting
Nefresh or Ruach/Animal or Spirit
Devora’s
Story
Philanthropy as an Expression of
Awakening
Peony’s
Story
chapter 9 – The First Insight
Renounce
Conditioned Motives
Identifying Conditioning in Everyday Life
The Object of Your Desire
Unconsciousness
Before Coffee
Motives
of The Malicious Ego-Mind
Uncovering
Concealed Conditioning
Instructions for The Exercise
Q
1 – Subjective:
Thoughts, Emotions,
Meditation and Introspection.
Q
2 – Inter-Subjective:
Relationships, Belief Systems and Culture.
Q
3 – Objective:
Home, Health, Possessions
and the Sciences.
Q
4 – Inter-Objective:
Finances, Politics and Social Structures.
Analyzing Your Ratings
Transcending Conditioned Motives
chapter 10 – The Second Insight
Reclaim
Your Consciousness
Knowing Your Values
Defining Values
Understanding Your Choices
The Choices You Make
Alex’s
Story
Liberating Your Value Structures
Complexity and Transformation
Life Domains / Value Spheres
Josh
and Diane’s Story
Aligning Your Values with the Awakened Life – A Ten-Part
Exercise:
Part 1 – Life Domains in the Four Quadrants
Values Within Your Life Domains
Amanda and Katie’s Story
Part 2 – Identify
Your Life Domains
Part 3 – Identify
Your Values
Part 4 – Allocating
Your Values into Your Life Domains
Part 5 – Ordering
Your Life Domains
Part 6 – Ordering
Your Values
Part 7 – Confirming
Your Life Domains
The New Delhi Taxi
Degrees of Giving
The Value of Money
Madison’s Story
Part 8 – Evidence
for Your Values
Part 9 – Comparing
Your Life Domains
Part 10 – Comparing
Your Values
The Values of an Awakened Person
The Conflict
of Multiple Value Spheres
Karen’s
Story
The Values of an Awakened Person
– Part II
A Single Hierarchy of Values
chapter 11 – The Third Insight
Recall
Your Origin of Oneness
Being in Stillness
The Practice of Stillness Meditation
Meditation is Your Natural State
The
Story of The White House
The Purpose of Meditation
The Spiritual Encounter Junkie
Going Beyond the Separate Self
Elizabeth’s
Story
Be the Witness of the Ego-Mind
Meditation and No
Attention to Thinking
Disregarding a Founding Thought
Stillness Meditation
Sanjeev’s
Story
An Instruction in Stillness Meditation
Wisdom and Emptiness
chapter 12 – The
Fourth Insight
Relate
as Your Full Potential
A New World
Awakened Relationships
A Continual State of Resolution
The Beginning of Awakened Relationships
Acknowledging Perspectives
Nonviolent Communications and Awakened Compassion
Awakened Love is Perfectly Conditional
The Purpose of Awakened Relationships
‘What You Do’ versus ‘How You Feel’
Natural Hierarchies
Three Experiences of Collective Consciousness
Event-Driven
Collective Consciousness
Restorative
Collective Consciousness
Spontaneous
Collective Consciousness
Spontaneous Right-Speech
Spontaneous Right-Action
Initiating Awakened Mind - Six Questions
Daniel’s
Story
The Man in the Rain
The Tears of the Bodhisattvas
The Awakened Life
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