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A   Welcome/Initial Quick Tips    

A1   What Spirituality Can Do for You

A2   Dispelling Several Myths about Spirituality

A3   Ten Places to Meditate Before and After You’re Spiritually Enlightened

A4   Dedication

 

 

     

Part One: Getting Acquainted with Spirituality

 

     

1  Chapter One: Finding Authentic Spirituality  

 

1a   Intro

1b   Spirituality and Self-Knowledge

1c   Spiritual Practices

1d   Spiritual Living

1e   Spiritual Wisdom

1e1   Trusting Yourself

1e2   Serve Joyfully



2   Chapter Two: Defining Spirituality  



 

2a   Intro

2b   Spirituality: The Basic Idea

2b1   Opening up to a spiritual view of life

2b2   Making a best guess

2b3   Spirituality: The true wealth

2b4   Spirituality is about following your heart

2b5   Experiencing self-awareness right here and right now

2b6   Getting to know your spiritual heart

2b7   Oh, the contradictions!

2c   The Difference between Spirituality and Religion

2c1   GOD: Generous Omniscient Divinity

2c2   Playing “My God is Better than Your God”

2d   What Spirituality Can Do for You

2d1   Great things about being spiritual today

2d2   Not so great things about being spiritual today



3 Chapter Three: Discovering Your Own Spirit  

 

 

3a Intro

3b The First Step: Knowing That You Don’t Know

3b1 Two kinds of ignorance

3b2 You are a worldview maker

3c The Truth Is Simple, but You Have to Be Ready

3d Who Are You?

3d1 Knowing thyself

3d2 Looking at your shadows

3d3 Appreciating your depths

3d4 You are the flowing water

3e Yes, But Who Are You Really?

3e1 Big Self, little self

3e2 Good news! You already are spiritual

3e3 Fanning the divine flame

3e4 Taming the donkey

3e5 Diving into the experience of pure soul

3f Moving Beyond Ego

3g Being Nothing Isn’t So Bad Either

 

4 Chapter Four: Exploring Your Soul’s Journey  

 

 

4a Intro

4b Why Are You Here?

4b1 You’re here to evolve

4b2 Life is a School for the soul

4b3 Finding the hidden gems

4c Where Will You Go Next?

4d Befriending Death

4e Death: Period or comma?

4f Reincarnating all over again

4g A guided tour through an experience of death

 

 

5 Chapter Five: Finding Your Spiritual Path  

 

 

5a Intro

5b Searching for Truth in a World of Pretense

5b1 Being a good editor

5b2 Following your intuition

5c Spirituality is Not One Path Fits All

5d Separating the Wheat from the Chaff

5e Benefiting from Teachers, Thinkers, Saints, and Sages

 

 

Part Two: Spiritual Practice Makes Perfect

 

     

6 Chapter Six: If You’re Already Spiritual, Why Practice?  

 

6a Intro

6b Growing Through Spiritual Practices

6b1 Clarifying what you want

6b2 Applying steady effort

6c Finding What Practices are Right for You

6c1 Discovering the techniques

6c2 Letting your practices flow

6c3 Doing practices for body, mind, and spirit

6c4 Strengthening your willpower

6c5 Practicing being happy

 

7 Chapter Seven: Spiritually Energizing Your Body  

 

 

7a Intro

7b Taking Care of Your Body Temple

7b1 Adding spiritual touches to physical activities

7b2 Exploring food choices

7b3 To indulge or not to indulge

7b4 Staying natural

7c Stretching, Exercising, and Hatha Yoga

7c1 Where hatha yoga postures come from

7c2 Remembering to rest

7d Practicing Spiritual Breathing

 

8 Chapter Eight: Empowering Your Mind   

 

 

8a Intro

8b The Amazing Value of Your Mind

8b1 Opening up your creative mind

8b2 Change your outlook, change your life

8b3 Taking steps to refine your mind

8c Recognizing and Clearing Your Mental Clutter

8c1 Using contemplation to clear your mental clutter

8c2 Focusing your thoughts

8c3 Putting your desires in order

8d Contemplating Spiritual Teachings

8d1 Unlocking the scripture of your own life

8d2 Tapping into the power of contemplative writing

8e Meditating: Silent Mind, Holy Mind

8e1 Meditation: a natural part of life

8e2 Relaxing into meditation

 

9 Chapter Nine: Nourishing Your Spirit  

 

9a Intro

9b Understanding Spiritual Communion

9c Prayer: Touching the Sacred

9c1 Connecting through prayer

9c2 Giving Blessings to Others

9c3 Be your own house of worship

9d Worshipping God in Form

9e Creating a sacred space

9f Singing to the Divine

9f1 Singing with a group

9f2 Singing and your breath

 

Part Three: Living a Spiritual Life

 

     

 

10 Chapter Ten: Cultivating Spiritual Virtues   

 

 

10a Intro

10b Discovering How Spiritual Awareness Brings Virtues

10b1 Watching virtues come naturally

10b2 Recognizing the signs of a sage

10b3 Understanding how one virtue leads to another

10c Gaining the Power of Truth through Honesty

10c1 Discovering the perks of being truthful

10c2 Being honest with yourself

10d Understanding Humility

10d1 Resting in the humility of your heart

10d2 Protecting your virtues through humility

10e Wishing Everyone Well With Compassion

10e1 Increasing your power of compassion through empathy

10e2 Being compassionate in today’s world

 

11 Chapter Eleven: Uplifting Your Whole Life  

 

 

11a Intro

11b Moving from Worldly Limitations to Spiritual Freedom

11b1 Moving beyond desires and attachments

11b2 Entering a vision of equality

11c From Work to Divine Service

11c1 Serving without personal motives

11c2 Seeing how service and success work together

11d From Forgiveness to Gratitude

11d1 Moving beyond forgiveness

11d2 Maintaining an attitude of gratitude

11e From Greed to Divine Abundance

11e1 Can you really have it all?

11e2 Living in pursuit of lasting fulfillment

11f From Relationships to Divine Love

11f1 Love, Relationships, and potential potholes

11f2 Avoiding mediocre relationships

11f3 Understanding the power of company

11f4 Finding love inside yourself


12 Chapter Twelve: Turning Troubles into Triumphs  

 

 

12a Intro

12b Seeing Troubles with a Positive Eye

12b1 Rising above suffering

12b2 Finding blessings from tragedy

12c Recognizing That There Are No Mistakes

12d It’s Not Punishment but Guidance

12e Transforming Challenge into Ecstasy

12e1 Weathering the storms

12e2 This too shall pass

 

13 Chapter Thirteen: Finding the Deep Calling of Your Soul

 

 

13a Intro

13b Discovering your dharma

13b1 Discovering your righteous path of living

13b2 Finding your calling

13b3 Being guided from within

13b4 Following your bliss

13c Being an Artist of Life

13c1 Finding your own style

13c2 Sharing the treasures of your journey through writing

 

Part Four: Connecting With This Conscious Universe

 

     

 

14 Chapter Fourteen: The Individual Nature of Universal Creation  

 

 

14a Intro

14b The Spiritual Science of Universal Creation

14b1 Stage 1 of Universal Creation

14b2 Stage 2 of Universal Creation

14b3 Stage 3 of Universal Creation

14b4 Stage 4 of Universal Creation

14b5 Stage 5 of Universal Creation

14b6 Stage 6 of Universal Creation

14b7 Stage 7 of Universal Creation

14c What is the world made of?

14c1 How this world is like a movie

14c2 Rising above illusions

14c3 Life is but a dream

14c4 Shifting into a Higher Perspective

14c5 First cause versus second cause

 

15 Chapter Fifteen: The Laws of Karma and Attraction

 

 

15a Intro

15b The Laws of Karma

15b1 Karma is a natural law

15b2 So, is the idea to make lots of good karma?

15b3 Cleaning up your karmas

15c The Law of Attraction

15c1 Checking out some laws

15c2 Applying the laws

15c3 You are a co-creator

15c4 Untangling the web of desires

15c5 Ask for the whole cosmos!

15d Appreciating the Power of Words

15d1 Empowering your affirmations

15d2 How affirmations affect your mind

15d3 How affirmations transform the world

15d4 The Universe is always listening

 

16 Chapter Sixteen:When Thy Will Be Done Becomes My Will Be Done  

 

 

16a Intro

16b Spirituality and Worldly Desires

16b1 Clarifying what spirituality is by describing what it’s not

16b2 Using manifestation techniques

16b3 It’s not nice to fool Mother Nature

16b4 Are you really ready to drive this thing?

16c Clarifying Your Intentions and Goals

16c1 Weeding your desires

16c2 Asking for the highest

16c3 Accepting the inevitable

16d The Supreme Surrender

16d1 The importance of divine guidance

16d2 Understanding to whom you’re surrendering

16d3 Welcoming “Thy Will Be Done”

16d4 Understanding that everything happens for the best

16e Depending on Spirit

 

17 Chapter Seventeen: Liberation, Enlightenment, and the Cosmic Joke   

 

 

17a Intro

17b What Enlightenment is Like

17b1 You become yourself, but more so

17b2 It’s a shift of awareness

17c Being in the Flow

17c1 Being here, now

17c2 Flowing with time

17c3 Dancing through life

17d Enjoying the Cosmic Joke

17d1 Why do you think they call it realization?

17d2 And life goes on. . .

 

 

Part Five: Extra Sections with Lists of Ten Things (not part of the audiobook)

 

     

 

18 Chapter Eighteen:Ten Small Things You Can Do to Uplift Your Life  

 

 

18a Intro

 

18b Add Conscious Pauses to Your Day

 

18c Read Uplifting Words

 

18d Bless Your Day When You Wake Up

 

18e Play Spiritual Music to Soothe Your Spirit

 

18f Do Your Work with an Attitude of Service

 

18g Surround Yourself with Things that Evoke Positive Feelings

 

18h Be Friendly to the People Around You

 

18i Add Symbolic Contemplations to Your Actions

 

18j Watch Your Breath

 

18k Use Rituals and Affirmations to Invoke Spirit

 

 

19 Chapter Nineteen: Ten Spiritual-Sounding Linesand What They May Really Mean

 

 

 

20 Chapter Twenty: Ten Opportunities to See Your Life with Spiritual Eyes  

 

 

20a Intro

 

20b When Obstacles Block Your Way

 

20c When You Have a Dream but Don’t Know How to Get There

 

20d When You’re Afraid of Losing Something or Someone

 

20e When You’re in Love

 

20f When You’re Under Ongoing Pressures

 

20g When You Don’t Like Your Job

 

20h When You’ve Experienced a Difficult Childhood

 

20i When You Feel Spiritually Lost

 

20j When Something Awful Happens

 

20k When Good Fortune Comes Your Way

 

 

21 Chapter Twenty-One: Ten More Commandments  

 

 

21a Intro

 

21b Do Unto Others As You Would Have Them Do Unto You

 

21c Think Good Thoughts

 

21d Look Beyond Matter to Spirit

 

21e Keep Good Company

 

21f Turn Within for Guidance

 

21g Be Moderate and Balanced

 

21h Remember Death

 

21i Express Yourself Freely

 

21j Keep Your Word

 

21k Have a Good Sense of Humor

 

21l Never Let Your Creative Spirit be Limited by Numbers

 
 

 


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