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Index
Cover
Contents
Preface
A Little Bit about Ilona
The First Disillusionment
Looking for Truth
Trying Out Some Paths
Deconstruction, Pain, and Peace
The End of the Search, but Not the End of the Journey
A Beginning
Liberation Unleashed
It’s Closer Than You Think
The Word “I” Is a Tool for Communication—Nothing More
How to Use This Book
Set Time for Writing Down Thoughts on Paper Every Day
Quit Following
Your Best Guides Are Fear and Resistance—and Excitement
Be Aware of Distraction
The I Virus
The Symptoms
The Antidote
After the Antidote
More About the Virus
How Do You Know You’re Infected?
How to Remove the Virus
Noticing Is Effortless
Thinking Is Not the Same as Looking
Expectations Are Like Clouds That Cover the Sunshine
Fear Is Sensation
Nona
Recognition
Sacha
Concepts, Words, and Stories Are Not What They Seem
Ideas Are Hypnotic by Nature
The Trick of Language
Language and Labels
Language Assumes a “Doer”
But What If There Is No Doer?
Labels
The Story and the Narrator
The Stories in Our Head
What Happens When You Simply Look?
Lakshmi
Thinking
Belief Is Composed of Thoughts About Thoughts
Thank Thoughts, Don’t Fight Them
Shoulds, Should Nots, and Wants
The Description Is Not the Experience
The Mind and the Heart
What Do You Really Want?
Wanting Control
Wanting Security
Wanting Love and Acceptance
Other Wants
Shanti
Suffering
There Is No Sufferer
Suffering and Acceptance
Resistance and Frustration Are Our Friends
Rowland
Deep Looking
Yes, So Be It
Welcoming
“Thank You” Is the Magic Phrase
Listening Deeply to What the Mind and the Heart Have to Say
Distraction (Again)
Protection
Friederich
Marty
Seven Steps
Step One: Clearing the Path—Meeting the Fear
Step Two: Strip Away All Expectations
Step Three: Get in Touch with the Real
Step Four: “I” Is a Thought—Thought Does Not Think
Step Five: There Is No Separate Self at All in Reality
Step Six: How Does It Feel to Crash the Gateless Gate?
Step Seven: Falling
So What?
The End of the Search, but Not the End of Our Exploring
Some Things Change Quickly, Others May Take Longer
Don’t Hold On to Anything
Pass the Message On
A Note of Gratitude
Afterword by Elena Nezhinsky
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