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TENTATIVE CONTENTS

BEING IN THE WORLD

by Shepherd Hoodwin
 
Acknowledgments
Foreword
Preface
Introduction
 
Part 1: A Life's Context
 
Chapter 1 The Game
We are each part of the Tao playing a vast game. The seven-plane universe is our playground.
 
Chapter 2 Life Task
Discovering and working on the life task we planned before incarnating is the key to fulfillment.
 
Chapter 3 Cosmic Order
We can rely on and let go to the cosmic order.
 
Chapter 4 Multiple Aspects of Self
Who we are in an immediate sense is a very small part of our total being. We can benefit from deliberately working with other aspects of ourselves.
 
Chapter 5 Time
Physical plane time is a function of physical planetary movements. Time is different or nonexistent on higher planes.
 
Chapter 6 Beyond Time
Time is a tool that need not control our lives.
 
Chapter 7 Bringing Wholeness
Healing is restoring the compatibility of the parts with the whole. It begins with recognizing the validity of each part.
Part 2: The Life Cycle
 
Chapter 8 Incarnation
Although the essence may not incarnate until after birth, it usually develops its connection with the fetus over a long period.
 
Chapter 9 Aging
Those with a balanced lifestyle and bright outlook can maintain and even increase their vitality into old age.
 
Chapter 10 Death
Our periods between lifetimes can be as active and productive as our lifetimes themselves, or even more so.
 
What Happens After Death?
Relating to the Incarnate
Between Lifetimes
Times of Death and Birth
Fear of Death
 
Chapter 11 Physical Immortality
Although it is a very rare accomplishment, it is possible to transform our physical bodies so that they do not die.
 
Part 3: The World
 
Chapter 12 Karma
If we handle whatever karma comes our way with love and acceptance, we can minimize its negative impact and maximize our growth from it.
 
What Is Karma?
Waking Up
Choice
Jesus's Death
Voodoo
Mind Fuck
Being Triggered
Grace
Embracing Karma
 
Chapter 13 Money
Almost everyone has charged feelings about money. Money is neutral, and it is our own responsibility.
 
Money and Love
Generating Money
The Neutrality of Money
 
Chapter 14 Homelessness
Solving the problem of homelessness will require creativity and intelligence as well as compassion.
 
Chapter 15 Prisons
In this society, we project denied parts of ourselves onto those in prison.
 
Chapter 16 The Environment
It is not certain whether humanity will survive the environmental crisis. Pollution is a reflection of internal pollution.
 
The Problem
Sensitivity to Beauty
Visualization
What Can You Do?
Working Together
Healing the Planet
 
Chapter 17 Dolphins and Whales
Dolphins and whales are sentient creatures, like human beings, but humanity as a whole is not yet ready for direct communication with them.
 
Chapter 18 Animals
Animals grow through positive contact with human beings.
 
Chapter 19 The Races
Each of the races embody unique vibrations.
 
Chapter 20 Drugs
Unless used with high consciousness, drugs are destructive, but widespread drug use has been valuable in opening society to change.
 
Chapter 21 UFO's
Some people have agreed on an essence level to work with "friends" from other planets.
 
Public Contact
Secrets of Peace?
Vacations
Why They Come
 
Chapter 22 The Earth Shift
It is possible that there will be widespread physical changes in the near future, which would ultimately bring a more harmonious state.
 
Will It Be Sudden?
Shift in Consciousness
A Neutral Event
Polar Ice Cap
Death and Destruction
Light and Darkness
Survival
 
Chapter 23 The Future
The future is determined by the choices made in the present.
 
Free Will
Until It Happens
Playing the Game
Prediction or Daydream?
Prophecies
The Economy
Peace
 
Part 4: The Collective
 
Chapter 24 God
God is the overall consciousness of the universe, which is greater than the sum of its parts.
 
Universal Consciousness
Defining God
The Way
The Ever-Changing God
Identity in God
 
Chapter 25 Religion
Creating a living experience of religion requires taking responsibility.
 
What Rings True
Transcending the Body
Prayer
Religions and the New Age
Structure
Living Symbols
 
Chapter 26 Individual and Collective Consciousness
Our thoughts are not separate from those of others.
 
Thought
Knowledge
Thought Creates
Choosing a Topic
 
Chapter 27 Group Energy
Those who know how to work with group energy can achieve more in a group than they can separately.
 
Multiplication of Openness
Blending in a Group
Transforming Unhealthy
Atmospheres
 
Chapter 28 Intent
Our intent directs our energies. Groups can powerfully manifest their intent when their members are aligned with it.
 
Chapter 29 Performing and Energy
Performing is an opportunity to uplift the energies of everyone participating.
 
Part 5: Changing the World
 
Chapter 30 Imagination
Holding a vision of a peaceful and loving world is the first step in creating it.
 
Chapter 31 Continual Evolution
Our individual evolution is inexorably linked to the evolution of the whole.
 
Chapter 32 Infinite Opportunity
Every situation offers an infinite amount of opportunities for creativity and growth in making choices.
 
Chapter 33 Responsibility
Taking full responsibility for our lives does not mean that we blame ourselves for what occurs, but that we accept how things are as starting points for creating our future.
 
Chapter 34 The Adolescent Civilization
An attitude of compassion toward humanity's adolescent "growing pains" can provide a stabilizing influence for its destructive elements.
 
Chapter 35 Pioneering New Images of Reality
Those truly on the spiritual path are pioneers for humanity. It takes courage for pioneers to keep moving in the absence of external reinforcement. Doing so is a great service.
 
Chapter 36 Beauty
The more we perceive beauty, in ourselves and externally, the more we can create beauty in the choices we make.
 
Epilogue
About the Author
Glossary
 

 

 
 

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