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Index
Cover
Title Page
Welcome
Table of Contents
Dedication
Epigraph
Acknowledgments
Operating Instructions for Inner Simplicity
One: Things you’ll want to do
1. Simplify your life
2. Spend time each day in nature
3. Connect with the sun
4. Create beauty in your life
5. Create simplicity, not austerity
6. Learn to enjoy the silence
7. Have a family meal in silence
8. Figure out what you need to do to get well
9. Get in touch with your creativity
10. Latch on to synchronicity
11. Slow down
12. Learn to receive
13. Be realistic
14. Figure out what you don’t want in your life
15. Enjoy each moment
16. Take time to read
17. But don’t read in bed
18. Sleep a lot
Two: Easy things to think about doing
19. Have weekend retreats at home
20. Consider a family retreat
21. Remember, growth isn’t always a family affair
22. Don’t get caught in the righteousness of your path
23. Form a support group
24. Create a positive structure for your group
25. Have some fun while you’re at it
26. Monitor the obvious distractions
27. Create your own sanctuary
28. Use affirmations
29. Use visualizations
30. Use your right brain mode
31. Expand your journal
32. Ask for help if you need it
33. Ask for help from the universe
34. Figure out what others have to teach you
35. Use the events of the day to bring you back
36. Find a teacher
37. But don’t get too attached
38. Ignore the skeptics
39. Establish a routine
40. Break your routine once in a while
41. Review your day
42. Smile a lot
Three: More difficult things to think about doing
43. Be selective about current events
44. Reduce your need to be in the know
45. Rethink the beliefs of your childhood
46. Rethink your current beliefs
47. Get some counseling
48. But don’t get stuck in therapy
49. Practice detaching
50. Do the things you fear
51. Share your fears with someone else
52. Practice dying
53. Release your attachment to possessions
54. Just say no
55. Examine the costs of not saying no
56. Be honest with people
57. Choose to ignore an insult
58. Be patient
59. Laugh a lot
Four: The hard stuff
60. Realize the importance of self-discipline
61. Find a box of stars
62. Harbor no thought that will burn
63. Try a modified version of an ancient technique
64. Stop Worrying
65. Stop judging others
66. Get rid of your anger
67. Ask what’s happening
68. Take responsibility for your life
69. Accept the things you can’t change
70. Learn to forgive
71. Get out of relationships that don’t support you
72. Keep your own counsel
73. Figure out your big issue
74. Get your finances under control
75. Get your body in shape
76. Keep your energy up
77. Let go of the addictions that hinder your progress
78. Figure out the right foods for you
79. Eliminate your old patterns
80. Get comfortable with change
81. Learn to see the problems in your life as gifts
82. Develop gratitude
83. Take time to think
84. Cry a lot
Five: Some fun stuff
85. Consult a psychic
86. Cast a rune
87. Check out subliminal tapes
88. Stop the world—you can get off
89. Write like mad
90. Chant
91. Dance
Six: The real stuff
92. Learn to listen to your inner voice
93. Learn to enjoy solitude
94. Do nothing
95. Do a retreat
96. Check your breathing
97. Explore your sleep consciousness
98. Explore meditation
99. Create joy in your life
100. Love a lot
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