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Everything Is Useful
Turning Obstacles into Opportunities on the Road to Enlightenment
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Everything Is Useful
Turning Obstacles into Opportunities on the Road to Enlightenment
About this book
A spiritual quest typically begins with a critical shock or loss, one that casts us back upon ourselves to question the meaning of life. Should our suffering affect us deeply enough, it will plummet us into our hearts, where the hidden treasures of life are to be found. Should we happen to fully let go, we will let go into what IS; and thus, adversity and pain fulfill their natural roles.
From that point onward, our emphasis and priorities change. But discovering our truth and living by it are entirely different things. Obstacles frequently beset our path, some without, the greater part within. Everything is Useful identifies such obstacles. It offers strategies for overcoming them by seeing them as what they are, cosmic strength-building exercises that empower us to learn, to grow, and, ultimately, to transcend; for like the pain that sparked our quest, the obstacles in our way, double as a means to enlightenment.
From that point onward, our emphasis and priorities change. But discovering our truth and living by it are entirely different things. Obstacles frequently beset our path, some without, the greater part within. Everything is Useful identifies such obstacles. It offers strategies for overcoming them by seeing them as what they are, cosmic strength-building exercises that empower us to learn, to grow, and, ultimately, to transcend; for like the pain that sparked our quest, the obstacles in our way, double as a means to enlightenment.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Half Title
- Dedication
- Contents
- Acknowledgments
- Introduction
- Chapter 1: Obstacles and Order
- Chapter 2: Why We are Here
- Chapter 3: The Most Profound Religious Statement of All
- Chapter 4: Obstacles in General
- Chapter 5: The Spiritual Treasures of the Past
- Chapter 6: The First Principle: The Principle of Flow
- Chapter 7: Faith, Trust, and the Principle of Flow
- Ego
- Chapter 9: Id, Superego, and Soul
- Chapter 10: Moving Forward
- Chapter 11: The Principle of the Vacuum
- Chapter 12: The Principle of Balance
- Chapter 13: The Pivotal Role of Meditation
- Courage
- Chapter 15: Experience
- Chapter 16: The Realities of Change and Suffering
- Chapter 17: The Gardener
- Chapter 18: Independence: “Ye are all gods.”
- Chapter 19: Change, Independence, and “The Powers That Be”
- Chapter 20: The Three Dark Doors
- Chapter 21: Sex and Spirituality
- Chapter 22: Self-confidence and Independence
- Worry
- Chapter 24: The Principle of “Positivity”
- Chapter 25: The Nature and Plan of Evil
- Chapter 26: The Principle of the One
- Chapter 27: The Principle of Notable Victories in Partial Gains
- Chapter 28: The Nemesis
- Chapter 29: Michelangelo’s Guide to Life
- Chapter 30: Mindfulness
- Chapter 31: Mindfulness, Acceptance, and Inquiry
- Chapter 32: The Power of Not-Doing
- Chapter 33: Rashness
- Anger
- Chapter 35: Poverty and Wealth Consciousness
- Chapter 36: Procrastination
- Despair
- Chapter 38: The Most Dangerous Words in the English Language
- Chapter 39: Everyone is Selfish
- Chapter 40: Gratitude
- Chapter 41: The Right Goal
- Chapter 42: The Way is Not Complicated
- Chapter 43: Right Speech
- Memory
- Chapter 45: Know When the Time to Go—and to Let Go—Has Come
- Chapter 46: Self-Confidence Must Come from the Self
- Chapter 47: The Easter Egg Hunt that Never Grows Old
- Chapter 48: To Go Unmurmuring
- Chapter 49: Be Here Now
- Work
- Chapter 51: The Principle of the Staircase
- Chapter 52: Develop Your Talents Outwardly
- Chapter 53: Completeness
- Chapter 54: Concepts and Reality
- Chapter 55: Substance and Form in the Mind
- Chapter 56: Seeking Substance from Illusion
- Chapter 57: Life is Composed of Both Light and Shade
- Chapter 58: The Obstacle of False Renunciation
- Chapter 59: A Seeming Contradiction
- Chapter 60: Reasons to be Happy
- Chapter 61: Revisiting the Past to Rekindle a Sense of Love
- Chapter 62: Virtual Realty
- Chapter 63: The Need for a Guru
- Chapter 64: The Tao of Metaphysics
- Chapter 65: The Role of Thought
- Chapter 66: Fear of the End
- Chapter 67: Resentment
- Chapter 68: Forgiveness
- Chapter 69: The Wanderer
- Chapter 70: Perspective on Persistent Obstacles
- Chapter 71: Perspective in General
- Chapter 72: Karma and Reincarnation
- Chapter 73: Normality
- Chapter 74: Faith and Action
- Chapter 75: Life is an Opportunity
- Chapter 76: Meditation and Manifestation
- Chapter 77: Karma and the New Thought
- Desire
- Chapter 79: A Clear Benefit
- Chapter 80: Using the Effect to Produce the Cause
- Chapter 81: Better than a Koan
- Chapter 82: Sincerity
- Chapter 83: Simplicity
- Chapter 84: Taking the Bad with the Good
- Chapter 85: Written Goals
- Chapter 86: When Fear is Positive
- Chapter 87: Could It Be That Simple After All?
- Chapter 88: Victimization
- Chapter 89: Egotism vs. the Glory of the Realm
- Chapter 90: The Obstacle of Moral Superiority
- Chapter 91: Two Types of People
- Chapter 92: Compassion
- Chapter 93: What Success Is and What It Is Not
- Chapter 94: The Conclusion of Our Journey
- Chapter 95: How it Concludes: The Ideal Person
- Bibliography