CHAPTER ONE The Flowering of Human Consciousness   1
  Evocation                                        1
  The Purpose of This Book                         5
  Our Inherited Dysfunction                        8
  The Arising New Consciousness                    13
  Spirituality and Religion                        17
  The Urgency of Transformation                    20
  A New Heaven and a New Earth                     23
CHAPTER TWO Ego: The Current State of Humanity     25
  The Illusory Self                                27
  The Voice in the Head                            30
  Content and Structure of the Ego                 34
  Identification with Things                       35
  The Lost Ring                                    38
  The Illusion of Ownership                        42
  Wanting: The Need for More                       46
  Identification with the Body                     49
  Feeling the Inner Body                           52
  Forgetfulness of Being                           53
  From Descartes's Error to Sartre's Insight       54
  The Peace That Passes All Understanding          56
CHAPTER THREE The Core of Ego                      59
  Complaining and Resentment                       61
  Reactivity and Grievances                        64
  Being Right, Making Wrong                        66
  In Defense of an Illusion                        67
  Truth: Relative or Absolute?                     69
  The Ego Is Not Personal                          72
  War Is a Mind-set                                74
  Do You Want Peace or Drama?                      77
  Beyond Ego: Your True Identity                   77
  All Structures Are Unstable                      79
  The Ego's Need to Feel Superior                  81
  Ego and Fame                                     82
CHAPTER FOUR Role-playing: The Many Faces of       85
the Ego
  Villain, Victim, Lover                           87
  Letting Go of Self-Definitions                   89
  Pre-established Roles                            90
  Temporary Roles                                  93
  The Monk with Sweaty Palms                       94
  Happiness as a Role Vs. True Happiness           95
  Parenthood: Role or Function?                    97
  Conscious Suffering                              101
  Conscious Parenting                              103
  Recognizing Your Child                           104
  Giving Up Role-playing                           106
  The Pathological Ego                             109
  The Background Unhappiness                       112
  The Secret of Happiness                          114
  Pathological Forms of Ego                        118
  Work邑ith and Without Ego                        121
  The Ego in Illness                               124
  The Collective Ego                               125
  Incontrovertible Proof of Immortality            127
CHAPTER FIVE The Pain-Body                         129
  The Birth of Emotion                             131
  Emotions and the Ego                             134
  The Duck with a Human Mind                       137
  Carrying the Past                                139
  Individual and Collective                        141
  How the Pain-Body Renews Itself                  144
  How the Pain-Body Feeds on Your Thoughts         145
  How the Pain-Body Feeds on Drama                 148
  Dense Pain-Bodies                                151
  Entertainment, the Media, and the Pain-Body      152
  The Collective Female Pain-Body                  154
  National and Racial Pain-Bodies                  157
CHAPTER SIX Breaking Free                          161
  Presence                                         164
  The Return of the Pain-Body                      167
  The Pain-Body in Children                        169
  Unhappiness                                      172
  Breaking Identification with the Pain-Body       174
  "Triggers"                                       177
  The Pain-Body as an Awakener                     180
  Breaking Free of the Pain-Body                   183
CHAPTER SEVEN Finding Who You Truly Are            185
  Who You Think You Are                            186
  Abundance                                        190
  Knowing Yourself and Knowing About Yourself      192
  Chaos and Higher Order                           194
  Good and Bad                                     195
  Not Minding What Happens                         198
  Is That So?                                      199
  The Ego and the Present Moment                   200
  The Paradox of Time                              204
  Eliminating Time                                 206
  The Dreamer and the Dream                        208
  Going Beyond Limitation                          210
  The Joy of Being                                 213
  Allowing the Diminishment of the Ego             214
  As Without, So Within                            217
CHAPTER EIGHT The Discovery of Inner Space         223
  Object Consciousness and Space Consciousness     227
  Falling Below and Rising Above Thought           229
  Television                                       230
  Recognizing Inner Space                          233
  Can You Hear the Mountain Stream?                236
  Right Action                                     238
  Perceiving Without Naming                        239
  Who Is the Experiencer?                          241
  The Breath                                       243
  Addictions                                       246
  Inner Body Awareness                             248
  Inner and Outer Space                            250
  Noticing the Gaps                                253
  Lose Yourself to Find Yourself                   254
  Stillness                                        255
CHAPTER NINE Your Inner Purpose                    257
  Awakening                                        259
  A Dialogue on Inner Purpose                      262
CHAPTER TEN A New Earth                            279
  A Brief History of Your Life                     282
  Awakening and the Return Movement                284
  Awakening and the Outgoing Movement              288
  Consciousness                                    291
  Awakened Doing                                   293
  The Three Modalities of Awakened Doing           295
  Acceptance                                       296
  Enjoyment                                        297
  Enthusiasm                                       301
  The Frequency-holders                            306
  The New Earth Is No Utopia                       307
Notes                                              311