| 4 Habits for Inner Peace |
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The back-cover blurb from Four Habits for Inner Peace: If you want inner peace, then this book can guide you to it. In simple, direct language, it explains that inner peace comes only from an awareness of the Truth within you and not from anything in the world. It teaches you how to become aware of the Truth, how to recognize and undo your obstacles to being aware of the Truth, and four habits to use to keep the Truth in your awareness, so that you can experience the peace that is always within you. This book is for anyone - religious, spiritual, or neither - who truly wants lasting peace. You can use it as your only guide to inner peace, or as a supplement to any religious or spiritual study that you have undertaken with the goal of inner peace. |
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| For a further sense of what is in 4 Habits for Inner Peace here is the Contents page: Preface Introduction I. Truth and Not-Truth 1. Truth a. Direct and Indirect Experiences of Truth 2. Not-Truth a. The Origin and Perpetuation of Not-Truth b. Your Seemingly-Individual Mind c. Your Obstacles to Inner Peace: Guilt/Fear, Attachment, and Projection d. Not-Truth and Time 3. Truth, Not-Truth, and God a. Righteousness or Peace 4. Sorting Out Truth and Not-Truth a. Truth, Not-Truth, and the Law of Mind b. Knowing instead of Thinking II. Four Habits for Inner Peace Introduction 1. Habit #1: Commune with Truth Daily a. Processing b. Meditating with the Teacher of Truth in Your Mind c. Communing with Truth 2. Habit #2: Turn Within to Truth Throughout the Day 3. Habit #3: Call on the Teacher of Truth for Guidance 4. Habit #4: Allow Love to Extend Through Your Mind to Remember That You are Love III. The Process of Attaining Inner Peace Introduction 1. Conflicted a. The Conflict b. External Shifts c. Re-evaluating the Idea of Sacrifice d. Developing an Awareness of the Teacher of Truth 2. Willing 3. Comprehensive Peace 4. Choosing Truth Over Not-Truth 5. Complete Peace IV. Contrasting Concepts for Overcoming Obstacles to Peace Introduction 1. One Truth instead of Dualism 2. Formlessness instead of Emptiness 3. Universal Truth instead of Personal Specialness a. Guilt and Specialness b. Eternal Life instead of Life After Death c. The Enlightened Mind 4. Mind as Cause instead of Mind as Effect a. The Law of Mind and Attracting, Creating, or Manifesting b. The Law of Mind and Physical Healing c. The Law of Mind and True Power d. Extending Love instead of Fixing the World 5. Sin as a Mistaken Belief instead of Sin as Reality a. Eternal Innocence and the World’s Laws 6. Judging with an Awareness of Truth instead of Judging with the Personal Thought System a. Using Practical Judgment to Become Aware of Truth b. Releasing Judgment-to-make-not-Truth-real 7. Forgiving to Release Not-Truth instead of Forgiving to Validate not-Truth a. Being Forgiven b. Forgiving Others c. The Results of True Forgiving 8. Openness to Truth instead of Prayer a. “Praying for” Yourself b. “Praying for” Others 9. The Unity of Truth instead of Personal Joining a. True Love instead of Personal Love b. Awareness of Truth and Healthy Boundaries 10. Learning From the Teacher of Truth instead of Learning From Others |
