Broken Open by Lesser, Elizabeth -- Read -- Imperial Library of Trantor

Index

Cover Title Copyright Dedication Contents Prelude Introduction Part I: The Call of the Soul

What Einstein Knew What Dante Knew The Hands That Work on Us Open Secret Bozos on the Bus Open-Heart Surgery Heart Warrior Lightening Up and Falling Down When They Revolutionize the Cocktail Parties Sleeping Giants and Strange Angels The Rapture of Being Alive

Part II: The Phoenix Process

Chimidunchik Here Begin the Terrors, Here Begin the Miracles Fierce Grace Before and After A Broken Heart Is an Open Heart September 11th Crooked Hearts

Part III: The Shaman Lover

Leaving My Father’s House Marriage Math The Shaman Lover Initiation The Crossroads Goethe’s Chain Letter The Joy of Being Wrong

Part IV: Children

Firstborn Run Away, Bunny! The Great Movement of the Couch Gift The Vroom, Vroom Gene Letting Them Go Iron John Widening the Circle Despair and Dulcimers

Part V: Birth and Death

Trailing Clouds of Glory The Hundredth Name No Birth, No Death Visitation Dreams Good Grief Karaoke Practicing Death The Turtles and the Trees A Meditation for Practicing Dying

Part VI: The River of Change

Enjoying the Passage of Time The Workshop Angel When Grapes Turn to Wine Ch-ch-Changes Comfortable with Uncertainty For Hugo Peaceful Abiding The Truth Epilogue Appendix: Toolbox

Meditation Meditation Instructions Ten-Step Meditation Practice Psychotherapy Working with Teachers, Therapists, and Healers Prayer

Acknowledgments Permission Credits