Practice Makes PURPOSE · Six Spiritual Practices that Will Change Your Life and Transform Your Community by Schroeder, C. Paul -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

ACKNOWLEDGMENTS THE SIX SPIRITUAL PRACTICES THE BASICS: The Way of the Six Practices PART ONE: Compassionate Seeing

THE ISSUE: Work of Fiction THE FIX: Seeing You (and Me) DEEP DIVE: Seeing Through Another's Eyes THE MANTRA: I Accept Everything I See THE CHALLENGE: Compassion is Not a Feeling THE PRACTICE IN PRACTICE: I Wonder What It's Like to Be You

PART TWO: Heartfelt Listening

THE ISSUE: Deaf to Self THE FIX: Awakening to Joy DEEP DIVE: Acedia THE MANTRA: I Hear What My Heart is Saying THE CHALLENGE: Chasing Peace and Joy THE PRACTICE IN PRACTICE: Please Tell Me More

PART THREE: Intentional Welcoming

THE ISSUE: Too Much Yes THE FIX: Saying No for the Greater Good DEEP DIVE: Sacred Boundaries THE MANTRA: I Honor the Boundaries I Set THE CHALLENGE: Dance of Differentiation THE PRACTICE IN PRACTICE: The Toughest Boundaries

PART FOUR: Joyful Sharing

THE ISSUE: Gifts are Rarely Free THE FIX: Give Your Gift Wings DEEP DIVE: Like Water from a Well THE MANTRA: I Share What I Have Freely THE CHALLENGE: Letting Go of Success THE PRACTICE IN PRACTICE: Do With It What You Will

PART FIVE: Grateful Receiving

THE ISSUE: Gray-Tinted Glasses THE FIX: Changing Our Lenses DEEP DIVE: No One is Self-Made THE MANTRA: I Receive the Gift that is Offered THE CHALLENGE: The Gift of Difficult People THE PRACTICE IN PRACTICE: Gratitude Connects Us

PART SIX: Cooperative Building

THE ISSUE: Defaulting to Iron THE FIX: Respecting Tension DEEP DIVE: The New Human Community THE MANTRA: I Co-Create a New Reality THE CHALLENGE: Taming the Need to Win THE PRACTICE IN PRACTICE: Let's Figure This Out Together

THE FINAL STEP: Integrating the Six Practices PURPOSE Circles Discussion Guide