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acceptance, 110–15, 120, 130, 143–44, 150, 168–69
addictions, 28, 70, 98, 108–109, 117, 164, 260, 263, 267, 271–72, 286–89, 296–97
aging, 38, 60, 100, 158, 234–36
aikido, 42
alcohol, 108–109, 110, 164, 202, 286–89
giving up, 18, 81
Allen, James, 174
alpha state, 124–25, 276, 284
American Scientific Affiliation, 35
Anderson, Greg, 277
anger, 45, 51, 65, 70, 92, 117, 118, 140, 158, 237–38, 277, 318
moving beyond, 71–72, 108–10, 111, 145
animals, xi, 154
apartheid, 308
As a Man Thinketh (Allen), 174
Auguries of Innocence (Blake), 37–38
Auscbwitz, 8
Awakened Life, The (Dyer), 16
awakening, 23
instant, see satori
spiritual 33, 72, 94–98
awarness, x–xi, 224
development of, x–xi, 24
of intention, 92–94
lower vs. higher levels of, xi, 6, 49–50, 146–47
meditation and, 48–49, 152
radiating of, xii, xiii, 6
self-, 138–41
spiritual vs. nonspiritual, 39–57
willingness to reach highest levels of, xii–xiii 4, 5, 30, 38, 58
see also consciousness
awe xii, 53, 57, 70–71, 171, 222, 293
Bach, Richard, 152
Baryshnikov, Mikhail, 226, 227
beliefs, x
acting upon, 82–83, 175–76, 223–24, 315–16
changing of, 27–29, 173–76, 185–86, 190–91, 218, 273–74
examining of, 27–29, 173
in God, 34, 35–36, 38–41, 153
in miracles, ix, 22–30, 55–56, 57, 74, 83
seeing vs., 24, 29, 31, 40–41, 315–16
spiritual dozen of, 40–57
Bethe, Hans, 37
Bhagavad Gita, 15, 17, 31, 191, 240
bitterness, 54, 71–72
Blake, William, 37–38, 133
Bock, Hal, 281–82
body:
capabilities of, 47, 66, 82, 197, 227–28, 260–64, 268, 280–86
creating miracles of, 280–99
manifesting real magic in, 267–74
overcoming weaknesses of, 271–72, 286–89
perception of, 24–26, 179–80
spiritual self vs., 33–38, 66, 103–107, 116–20, 130, 142–43, 167, 181, 233, 296, 303–304, 324–25
body (continued)
study of, 264–67, 290–91
thankfulness for, 70–71, 271
see also health; sports
brain, 34, 37, 125
Braun, Wernher von, xii
breast feeding, 171
Bridge Across Forever, The (Bach), 152
Bristol, Claude, 204
Broughton, James, 21
Buddha, 72
Buddhism, 38–39, 54
Busey, Gary, 242
business, 107
flow of, x, 191–93
relationships in, 134, 143–44, 154, 158
service in, 190
see also work
Cancer Conqueror, The (Anderson), 277
Carver, George Washington, 140
Cather, Willa, 12–13
children, 11–12, 16, 19, 52, 62, 78–80
relationships with, 99–100, 134, 136, 145–46, 149, 155, 169, 171–72
choice, xi, 104, 107
addiction vs., 28
power of, 12, 55–56, 91–92, 167
of roles, 112 216–17, 220–21, 223–24
spiritual, 104, 167
Chopra, Deepak, 234–36, 261, 278–79, 294
Christianity, 38–39, 54–55, 241
circle of truth, 126–27
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, vi
communism, 307–308
compassion, 21, 47, 139–40
competition, 17, 43, 47, 62, 184–86, 195, 283
conception, 11, 12, 36, 224
conflicts, 64–65, 71–72, 136–37, 143–44, 165, 167–68, 169
Cofuncianism, 38–39
consciousness, xi, 37, 81, 121, 151
prosperity vs. scarcity, 173–87, 197–98, 202, 204, 207–10, 310
radiating of, 317–20
spiritual, 30, 203
see also awareness
Coram, Robert, 195
Creating Health (Chopra), 278, 279
creativity, 36, 196–97
Crum, Thomas, 170
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 191–93
Dalai Lama, 128, 319
danger, 84–85
death, 24, 34–35, 37, 40, 45, 88, 179, 224, 239–45
bodily, 179, 242–44, 260
change of form vs., 59–60
connecting with, 59–60, 258
fear of, 239–40, 243
rebirth and, 244–45
deception, 104–105, 110, 117
depression, 223, 233, 237
Deshimaru, Taisen, 123
Diamond, Harvey, 261
Diamond, Marilyn, 261
disbelief, suspension of, 74–81, 201, 203–204, 219, 263, 290
divorce, 148, 202, 288
DNA, 219, 234–35
Donne, John, 45
Dosessy, Larry, 34–35
dispelling of, 158–59, 161–62, 246, 267, 293–94
dreams, 29, 46, 59–60, 152, 197, 304
drugs, 18, 51, 108–109, 164, 202, 286–89
Dyer, Marcie, 76–79, 84, 100, 111, 148, 152, 168–69, 198–99, 275, 294
Dyer, Marilyn, 243
Dyer, Saje Eykis, 78–79
Dyer, Serena, 91
Dyer, Sir Edward, 199–200
Dyer, Sommer, 205
Dyer, Stephanie, 78–79
Dyer, Tracy, 84
Easwaran, Eknath, 240–41
ecstasy, 195–96, 238, 305
education, 47, 184–85
logic vs. intuition in, 85–86
trust vs. fear in, 89–92
Einstein, Albert, 38, 153, 318–19
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 25, 114
energy, 14, 70, 77, 99, 153
active vs. inert, 93
mental, 28, 42, 51
enlightenment, 152
definitions of, 13, 71
outcome and, 7–8, 9, 187–88, 270
purpose and, 8–9, 15
reverence for life and, 70–71
suffering and, 6–7, 9, 187–88, 270
three paths toward, 6–9
Essence of Self-Realization, The (Yogananda), 305
eternity, 9–10, 11, 73
ethics, 46–48, 56, 68, 314
evil, 51–52, 57
exercise, 94, 103, 117, 128, 257, 261, 271, 291
Eykis, 81, 215, 314
fantasies, 82, 92, 133–34
fatigue, 98, 99
fear, 146, 202, 237–38, 277, 306
of death, 239–40, 243
impotence caused by, 92
trust vs., 89–92, 155, 209, 293–94
feelings, 29, 32, 61, 84–86, 137, 236–39
fighting, 98
of evil, 51–52, 57
weakening result of, 51–52, 92
Fillmore, Rickert, 198
Fit for Life (Diamond and Diamond), 261
flow, 191–97, 201, 202, 264, 283
in business, x, 191–93
five principles of, 193–97
Flow (Csikszentmihalyi), 191–93, 194
forgiveness, 54–55, 57, 71–72, 104, 142–43, 166
For the Love of God, 47, 128–29
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 3, 41
Frankl, Victor, 8
freedom, 36, 111–12
Frost, Robert, 86, 146
fulfillment, 28, 72, 92, 191
in relationships, 149–50, 158, 165–66
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma), 15
Gibran, Kahlil, 210–11
Gide, André, 17
Gifts from Eykis (Dyer), 197
giving, 63, 93, 104, 109, 139–40, 141–42, 188–91, 209–11
getting vs., 14, 17, 43, 47, 115, 154, 191
Gliedman, John, 36–37
goals, ix–x, 5, 8, 183
awareness of intention and, 92–94
spiritual, 193
God, 12, 73
belief in, 34, 35–36, 38–41, 153
contact with, 49–51, 57, 84–86, 121, 125–26, 128–29, 191, 240–41
definitions of, 35–36
love and, 39, 47
seeing humanity in, 44, 128, 142
synchronizing with work of, 14–15, 34, 112, 118, 211, 254, 323
God Who Would Be Known, The (Herrman), 35
God Will Work with You, Not for You (Rushell), 244–45
Going Within (MacLaine), 75–76
Golden Gavel Award, 90
golden rule, 44, 140, 144
Goldman, Burt, 124
Goldsmith, Joel, 162–63
grief, 109
guidance, 41, 42, 55, 56, 59–62, 76
of heroes and models, 61–62
making contact with, 49–51, 59–61, 73, 81–82, 84–86, 88–89, 120
openness to, 22–23
see also meditation; teachers
habits, 49, 105
change of, 98, 104, 116–18, 232–34, 251–52
cultivating of, 69, 291–92
letting go of, 26–27, 138
negative vs. positive, 70, 138, 267
self-defeating, 26–27, 232, 295
happiness, 106, 202, 231, 233, 325
relationships and, 150–51, 158, 166
harmony, 13–17, 42–43, 52, 64, 95, 104, 258, 285, 303–304, 318
hatred, 51–52, 54, 64–65, 71–72, 92, 139, 140, 306
Healers on Healing (Kübler-Ross), 265–67
healing, 78, 79, 94
self-, 100, 127–28, 265–67, 274–80, 286–89
health, 24, 260–99
aging and, 38, 60, 100, 158, 234–36
creating miracle of, 280–99
emotional, 236–39
illness and disease vs., x, 28, 127–28, 219–20, 237–38, 260, 263–64, 268, 269–70, 274–80, 294–96
intelligence and, 278, 292–93
health (continued)
insent and, 94, 100, 102–103
mental, 224
physical limitations and, 260–64, 268–70, 280–86
responsibility for, 268, 294, 297
see also addictions; exercise; nutrition
heroes, 61
Herrman, Robert, 35
Hesse, Hermann, 259, 299
Hinduism, 15
Hofstadter, Douglas, 79–80
Holly, Buddy, 242
Holt, John, 184–85
hostility, 53–55, 57, 64–65, 109, 143, 148, 154
Houdini, Harry, 3
How Children Fail (Holt), 184–85
How to Better Your Life with Mind Control (Goldman), 124
Huxley, Aldous, 216, 323
illusion, 3, 108, 230
imagination, 32, 37, 38, 197
immortality, 240–45
immune system, 227, 279
Infinite Way, The (Goldsmith), 162–63
infinity, 53
inner world, 32, 38
freedom from limitations in, 4, 26, 58, 81–84
getting in touch with, 58–59, 66
material world vs., xi, 13, 14, 15–16, 32–33, 36–37, 40–43
see also self
inspiration, 95, 105
intelligence, 216, 228–31, 253–54, 255–56, 278–79, 292, 324
universal, 10, 24, 26, 41, 84, 94–95, 112
intention:
awareness of, 92–94
definition of, 92
desire vs., 92–94, 163, 208
health and, 94, 100, 102–103
reality created by, 92–94, 99–103, 130, 294
relationships and, 92, 93, 163–65
taking charge of, 94, 252–53
intuition:
acting upon, 84–86, 172
cognitive knowledge vs. 85–86, 225
of danger, 84–85
miracle mind-set and, 84–86, 129
senses vs., xiii, 29–30, 33, 45, 49–51, 56, 57–58
trust in, 50–51, 69–70, 84–86, 154, 159–60, 206–207, 248–50, 292
Iron Curtain, 307
Islam, 38–39, 54
Jackson, Michael, 319–20
James, William, 320
jealousy, 186–87, 195, 237
Jesus Christ, 23, 54, 241
John of the Cross, Saint, 109, 323
Jordan, Michael, 226, 227
journals, 57–58
joy, 14–17, 49, 72, 105, 133, 237
Judaism, 38–39, 54
judgment, 44, 62, 92, 137, 142, 143, 184, 186, 226–27, 305
reserving of, 74–80, 111, 129, 137, 140, 157, 169, 290
Kafka, Franz, 122
Kapleau, Philip, 123
Khan, Hazrat Inayat, 73
kindness, 54, 316
knowing, ix–x, xii–xiii, 22–23
action based on, ix–x
dispelling of misperceptions and, xii–xiii, 58, 217–22
divine guidance and, 41, 42, 59, 208–209, 292–93
doubt and fear vs., 89–92, 152, 228, 293–94
secret of nothingness and, 86–89, 129
spiritual, 32, 34–35, 130
see also intuition
Krishnamurti, J., 141, 155
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, 243, 265–67
Lao-tzu, 87, 130, 153, 285
Law, Jim, 281–82
laziness, 99, 233
Learned Optimism (Seligman), 224–25, 227
Lee, Luane, 242
life:
beginning of, 36, 224
cause/effect interpretation of, 45–46, 56, 66
finding models and heroes in, 61
microscopic, 29, 37, 65–66
moment of conception in, 11, 12, 36, 224
purpose in, 26, 52, 62, 73, 108–109, 138, 248, 270–71
relatedness of events in, 10–12, 19–20, 43–45
revelation of mission in, 12–13, 138
reverence and awe for, 53, 57, 70–71, 171, 222, 293
taking inventory of, 110
thought and, 24–25
Light of Consciousness, The (Mann), 121
Lincoln, Abraham, 73
Living Time (Nicoll), 32
logic, 31, 36, 45, 46, 85, 273–74
defiance of, 4, 29, 33
Long Beach Press, 242
Longhi, Bob, 76–77
Longhi, Gail, 76, 114
love, xi, 12, 93, 104, 105, 242
acting on, 44, 105, 139–40, 144–45
extending of, 21, 63, 64, 71, 109, 115, 134–36, 141–45, 158, 164, 165, 167, 171–72, 297, 298, 317–20
God and, 39, 47
of neighbor, 44, 140, 144
power of, 39, 42–43, 52, 92
relationships and, 141–45, 148–50, 157, 158, 164–65, 166, 171–72
religious message of, 39
self-, 139
sexual, 134, 135, 141–42, 192
unconditional, 13, 169
luck, xiii, 19, 82, 151
MacLaine, Shirley, 75, 76
Magic of Believing, The (Bristol), 204–205
Magic of Conflict, The (Crum), 170–71
manic depression, 225
Mann, Richard D., 121
mantras, 48, 125, 284
marathons, 280
Mark, Gospel of, 173, 174, 208
marriage, 162–65
martial arts, 12
Maslow, Abraham, 164, 279
material world:
dominance and control of, 40–43
inner world vs., xi, 13, 14, 15–16, 32–33, 36–37, 40–43
nothingness and, 86–89
Maui News, 281–82
Mead, Margaret, 303
meditation, 10, 48–49, 56, 96, 120–29, 146, 199, 284
benefits of, 121–24, 127–29, 292–93
daily practice of, 68–69, 113–14, 120–21, 130, 169–70, 194, 298
definition of, 121
getting to purpose through, 12, 18, 21
miracle mind-set and, 120–129
signs and answers in, 79, 113–14, 120–21, 126–27, 152
suggestions for, 120–29, 169–70, 214, 258, 298
Mencken, H. L., 33
Metaphysical Meditations (Yogananda), 106
Mill, John Stuart, 185
Miller, Henry, 6
mind, 34, 42, 68, 69, 129
alpha state of, 124–25, 276, 284
creating real-magic zone in, 81, 122, 129, 291
emptying of, 68, 121, 128
energy of, 28, 42, 51
equilibrium of, xi
exercises of, 10–12, 57–72, 110–11
focus of, 193–94, 204–205
infinite capacity of, 223
prosperity and, 197–208
relationships and, 135–41, 150–54, 168–72
see also brain; meditation; miracle mind-set; thought; visualization
miracle mind-set, xii, 73–130
intuition and, 84–86, 129
keys to creation of, 74–125, 129–30
meditation and, 120–29
relationships and, 156–72
surrender and, 94–98, 130, 184
miracles, 19–20, 46
allowing vs. willing of, 114
believing in, ix, 22–30, 55–56, 57, 74, 83
creating of, ix–x, xii, 13, 16–17, 21, 27, 30, 32, 38, 55–56, 72, 94, 231, 320–25
healing, 78, 79
health and, 280–99
investigation and research into, 80–81
of Jesus Christ, 23
love and, 12–13
miracles (continued)
manifesting of, 22–23, 40, 55–56, 57, 74, 79, 203, 304
mind-set for, 73–130
technological, 25–26, 37
transcendent view of, 3–30
Miracles (Wilde), 28
money, 24, 96, 101, 108–109, 173, 180, 195, 201–203, 206–207, 211–13, 318
Montaigne, Michel de, 13
Moody, Raymond, 243
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 226, 227
music, 77, 87, 226, 227
“My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is” (Dyer), 199–200
mystics, 37–38
Native Americans, 320–23
Nature of Personal Reality, The (Roberts), 228
Nazis, 8
near death experiences, 242–43
New Testament, 17, 173, 174, 208
Newton, Issac, 46
Nicoll, Maurice, 32, 33
Nobel Prizes, 37, 319
No Boundary (Wilbur), 182
nothingness, 11–12, 46, 65–66
material things in, 86–89
nutrition, 117, 257, 261, 271, 291
openness, 22, 27–29, 97
cultivation of, 80
Ornish, Dean, 237
outcome:
enlightenment and, 7–8, 9, 187–88, 270
shifting to purpose from, 8–9, 13–14, 15–16, 66–67, 188, 270–71
Panisset, Mauricio, 75–79, 114
Pascal, Blaise, 49, 122
Paul, Saint, 17, 41
peace, 12, 15, 21, 42, 68–69, 104, 105, 121–22, 258, 314, 318
Perennial Philosophy, The (Huxley), 323
Perfect Health (Chopra), 234–36, 261, 278
personality, 216–22, 224–26, 238–39, 245–59
phase transition, 308–309
Philo, 325
phobias, 98, 223, 237, 238
Political Inquiries, (Coram), 195
pollution, 309–11
possessions, xi, 46–48, 205–206, 275
detachment from, 13, 15–16, 43, 67
see also money
poverty, 51, 96, 175–76, 203
power:
external vs. internal, 42–43, 46, 56, 63, 201–202
of love, 39, 42–43, 52, 92
self-, 42–43, 56, 70, 72, 82–83, 116–20, 130, 297–98, 317
spiritual, 43–45, 52, 55
prayer, 12, 41, 54–55, 84
pregnancy, 100–101
Principles of Political Economy (Mill), 185
priorities, 105–107
prosperity, x, 12, 27, 173–215
applying principles of, 203–15
attracting vs. seeking of, 182–83, 186–87, 194–95, 202–203, 209–11
deficiency vs. growth motivation and, 180–81
five aspects of, 176–87
inner belief and, 173–81, 197–203, 208–209
meditation on, 214
mental manifestation of, 197–209
of others, 186–87
purpose and, 187–91, 202–203
scarcity vs, 174–87, 197, 203, 204, 207–209, 310
singularity of self and, 181–84, 193
wealth and, 173, 181, 195, 201–203, 211–13
worthiness and, 183–86, 208–11
public speaking, 89–90, 120
purpose:
craving and desire vs,. 108–10
focus on, 63, 66–67, 73, 247–48
getting to, xii, 8–14, 17–18, 21–23, 73, 97, 138–50, 187–91
inspiration and, 95
joy of living with, 13–17, 133
life, 26, 52, 62, 73, 108–109, 138, 248, 270–71
meditation and, 12, 18, 21
prosperity and, 187–91, 202–203
readiness for, 14, 15–22
relationships and, 138–50
staying on, 70, 89, 171, 202–203, 270–71
work and, 187–90, 196–97
Quantum Healing (Chopra), 278
Rao, Srikumar S., 189, 193
real magic, ix, xii
application of, 131–299
availability of, 22, 80, 85–86
believing in, 22–30, 79
illusion vs., 3, 108, 230
paradox inherent in, 3–4
relationships and, 133–72
seven beliefs for manifesting of, 24–30, 267–74
Recovering the Soul (Dossey), 34–35
relationships:
acceptance vs. demands in, 110–15, 120, 130, 143–44, 150, 168–69
allowing space in, 146–47
animal, xi, 154
applying miracle mind-set in, 156–72
business, 134, 145–44, 154, 158
conflicts in, 64–65, 71–72, 136–37, 143–44, 165, 167–68, 169
empowerment vs. domination in, 62–63, 99–100, 119–20, 140–41, 163–65
ending of, 148, 156–57
enjoyment vs. possession in, 147–48
family, 99–100, 135–36, 142–43, 145–46, 149, 152–53, 155, 158, 162–66, 168–69, 171–72
friendly, 134, 143, 154
happiness and fulfillment in, 150–51, 158, 166
intention and, 92, 93, 163–65
limitless possibilities of, 159
love in, 141–45, 148–50, 157, 158, 164–65, 166, 171–72
mind as key to, 135–41, 150–54, 168–72
purpose and, 138–50
real magic and, 133–72
relinquishing need to be right in, 145–46
relinquishing understanding in, 149–50
sabotaging of, 98
sexual, 134, 135, 141–42, 192
spiritual partnerships as, x, 43–45, 62, 111, 145, 149–53, 160, 162–65
synchronistic connections in, x, 11, 21, 43–45, 63–64, 151–54
trust vs. fear in, 92
visualization in, 158, 165–66, 169–70
religion, 31–32
message of love in, 39
respect, 148, 150, 157, 314
responsibility, 43, 52–53, 57, 111, 304–305, 322–23
health, 268, 294, 297
Return of the Rishi, The (Chopra), 278
Reversing Heart Disease (Ornish), 237
Roberts, Jane, 228
Rogers, Will, 72
Russell, Lao, 244–45
satori, 94–98, 130, 143, 165, 209, 295
Satya Sai Baba, 14
schizophrenia, 223
science, 4, 33–38, 44, 45–46, 61, 219–20, 224
Scientific Digest, 36
“Scientists in Search of the Soul” (Gliedman), 36
Seat of the Soul, The (Zukav), 40–41, 149
Seattle, Chief, 320–23
self, 216–59
affirming possibilities of, 28–29, 82–84, 89–92, 128–29, 158, 217, 222–25, 245–59, 291–92
awareness of, 138–41
“big lie” and, 38, 95, 217–25, 258
desire as reality and, 176–84, 250, 253–54, 294–96
empowerment of, 42–43, 52, 56, 70, 72, 82–83, 116–20, 130, 297–98, 317
five misbeliefs about, 217–22
healing of, 100, 127–28, 265–67, 274–80, 286–89
inherited characteristics and, 218–21, 248
internal dialogue with, 69, 81, 86, 88–89, 91–92, 94, 113–14, 138–39, 145, 180–82
inventory of, 251–52
love of, 139
multisensory, 40–41, 56, 57–58
opinions of others and, 256–57
self (continued)
optimistic vs. pessimistic view of, 223–24, 246–47, 256–57
personal excellence program of, 257–58
personality and, 216–22, 224–26, 238–39, 245–59
singularity vs. categorical separation of, 181–83, 193
social culture and, 220–22
spiritual vs. physical, 33–38, 66, 103–107, 116–20, 130, 142–43, 167, 181, 233, 296, 303–304, 324–25
superior vs. inferior concepts of, 183–86, 245–48
self-actualizers, 279
Seligman, Martin, 224–25
senses, 58, 117
intuition vs., xiii, 29–30, 33, 45, 49–51, 56, 57–58
multidimensional, 40–41, 56, 57–58
separating from, 65–66
sensory-deprivation tanks, 65
serenity, 46–48, 56, 143, 170, 200
serving, 12, 13, 17, 47, 61, 67, 109, 113, 126, 140, 188–90, 292
sex, 134, 135, 141–42, 192
Shakespeare, William, 260, 280
Shen-hsui, 87
Siddhartha (Hesse), 299
Sikhism, 54
silence, 86–88, 97–98
Silva, José, 274, 276
Silva Mind Control, 274
skepticism, 15, 62, 74–75
moving beyond, 31–38, 81
skills:
development of, 101–103
improvement of, 58, 82–84, 89–92
see also sports
Sky’s the Limit, The (Dyer), 279
sleep, xi, 59–60, 66, 244–45, 304
smoking, 286, 310
solitude, 146–47, 285
souls, 23, 28, 29, 43, 104–106, 264, 273
aspirations of, 104–107, 167
contact with, 60, 157, 167
departed, 59–60, 157
as “ghosts in the machine,” 36
limitless nature of, 32, 34–35, 40–41
theories on existence of, 33–38
spiritual beings, 107
becoming, 31–72, 219
and belief in miracles, 55, 57
ethical living and serenity of, 46–48, 56
forgiveness vs. vengefulness of, 54–55, 57
higher power beliefs of, 45–46
human involvement of, 40, 43–45, 56, 72, 81–82, 135–36, 139, 312
intuition as guide to, 49–51, 57
life reverence of, xii, 53, 57, 70–71, 171, 222, 293
meditation important to, 48–49, 56
multisensory experience of, 40–41, 56, 57–58
nonspiritual beings vs., 40–57
personal empowerment of, 42–43, 52, 56
positive vs. negative inclinations of, 51–52, 56–57
spiritual dozen, 40–57
spirituality, 31–72
spiritual revolution, 306–17
sports, 47, 66–67, 82, 197–98, 226–28, 268, 280–66
starvation, 44, 51, 52, 64
stress, 237–38, 277, 318
relief of, 48, 68, 121, 128
students, 17–22, 264–67
Success, 189, 193
suffering, 6–8, 10, 139, 167, 223
decrease of, 13, 14
enlightenment through, 6–7, 9, 187–88, 270
shifting to purpose from, 14, 15, 139–40, 188, 270
Sufism, 38–39
suicide, 202, 288
surrender, 94–98, 130, 154, 165, 194–95, 209
talent, 226–28, 255
Taoism, 54, 87, 153, 154
Tao-te Ching (Lao-tzu), 130
teachers, 17–18, 19–21, 38–39, 54, 65, 97, 102, 114, 121, 240–41, 264, 265, 267, 270
technology, 25–26, 37
Teresa, Mother, 47, 128
Think on These Things (Krishnamurti), 141
Thoreau, Henry David, 46, 197
thought, 32, 49–50
action based on, 26, 44–45, 52, 57, 94, 99, 100–107, 123, 247, 303, 312–15
emotions and, 237–38
love and harmony in, 52, 104–105, 135–37, 303–304
origination of, 24–25, 46, 83, 87, 99, 121, 136–37, 268–69
positive vs. negative, 51–52, 56–57, 70, 71–72, 98, 123, 142–44, 246–47, 313–14, 317
reality and, 37, 99–103, 107, 136, 313–15
relationships created in, 136–38
sensual information vs., 29, 37
Three Pillars of Zen, The (Kapleau), 123
Time, 311–15
Tolstoy, Leo, 4–5
toxins, x, 117, 263, 271–72, 296–97
trust, 33, 89, 95
fear and doubt vs., 89–92, 155, 209, 293–94
in intuition, 50–51, 69–70, 84–86, 154, 159–60, 206–207, 248–50, 292
in mental power, 173–81, 197–203
truth, 104, 110, 126–27
Unconditional Life (Chopra), 261, 278
unemployment, 232
Unity Christian Church, 20, 76, 198
universe, xii
concept of aloneness in, 21, 41–42, 43–45, 56
intelligence of, 10, 24, 26, 41, 84, 94–95, 112
laws of motion in, 45–46
order of, xiii, 84–85, 208–209, 305
purpose of all things in, 6, 8–9, 12, 71
responsibility for, 52–53, 57, 71
synchronization and union with, 6, 65–66
understanding of, xii, 35, 315–17
victimization, 42, 43, 65, 115, 118, 136, 164
visualization, 58, 59–60, 99–103, 107, 118–19, 130, 158, 165–66
acting on, 99–103, 107, 197–98, 200–201, 214
in meditation, 125, 169–70, 214, 298–99
prosperity images and, 197–98, 200–201, 214
relationships and, 158, 165–66, 169–70
self-, 216–17, 262–64, 274–75, 298–99
von Neumann, John, 37
war, 39, 42–43, 51–52, 306
Watts, Alan, 95
Webb, Spud, 227
weight problems, 70, 97, 108, 219, 281–82
Whitman, Walt, 315
Wigner, Eugene, 37
Wilbur, Ken, 182, 183
Wilde, Stuart, 28
Wordsworth, William, 88
work, 232
productivity in, 196–97, 198
purpose and, 187–90, 196–97
see also business
World War II, 8
worry, 96
Yogananda, Paramhansa, 106, 203, 213, 305
You’ll See It When You Believe It (Dyer), 166
Your Erroneous Zones (Dyer), 229, 231
You the Healer (Silva), 274
Zen, 17–21, 95, 108, 264, 265
Zukav, Gary, 40–41, 53, 149