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GROWING THROUGH JOY by Shepherd Hoodwin |
- Acknowledgments
- Foreword
- Preface
- Introduction
- Part 1: Growing Consciously
- Chapter 1 Cultivating the Habit of Happiness
- Happiness is partly a habit in the way we approach our lives. We can learn to be happy in all that we do.
- Chapter 2 Growth
- There are two parts to every growth experience: having it, and coming to understand it.
- Chapter 3 Growth with Awareness
- Each person is growing, but usually growth is unconscious, and therefore, often painful. Awareness is the key to growing joyfully.
- Chapter 4 The Speed of Growth
- It is neither better to grow quickly nor slowly.
- Chapter 5 Evolution Through Creative Play
- The more we play at what we have chosen to do, the more easily we grow.
- Chapter 6 Joy
- Joy can be experienced in any circumstance, although in painful situations, the joy is not in the situation itself but in transcending it, in using it as an opportunity to open more deeply to higher energies.
- Part 2: Essence and Guides
- Chapter 7 Essence
- As we integrate all our aspects--especially our essence, or soul--with our conscious selves, we become whole.
- What Is Your Essence?
- Essence Boredom
- Integrating with Your Essence
- Essence Contact
- The Big Picture
- Initiative
- Identity
- Like Parents and Child
- The Coming Forth of Your Essence
- The Technicolor Self
- Chapter 8 Working with Spirit Guides
- We each have a nonphysical support team.
- Part 3: Spirituality
- Chapter 9 The Larger View
- We are individually connected to the whole.
- A Fountainhead
- Universal Energy
- Reality
- Words
- Seeking
- Chapter 10 Life Course
- We improvise on the framework we set up before each lifetime.
- Destiny
- Free Will
- The Value of Acknowledgment
- Where to Live
- Names
- Chapter 11 New Age Modalities
- There is a place for every approach.
- Right for You
- Meditation
- Out-of-Body Experiences
- Dreams
- Pyramids
- Creative Visualization
- Affirmations
- Chapter 12 Mastery
- Spiritual mastery is developed by taking responsibility for your life.
- The Universe-ity
- Being Unlimited
- The Truth
- Knowledge
- Self-Understanding
- Changing Your Beliefs
- Maintaining Spiritual Movement
- The Spiritual Path
- Comfort in the Body
- Suffering
- Crises
- Unpleasantness
- Busy-Mindedness
- Asking
- Being Spirit-Full
- Completing the Physical Plane
- Part 4: Perspectives on Self
- Chapter 13 The Beautiful Self
- We are perfect in our imperfection and worthy of our own care.
- Needs
- Perfection
- Appreciation
- Chapter 14 A House Divided
- Self-judgment and invalid comparisons create unnecessary inner conflict.
- Pure Emotion
- Safety
- Self-Judgment
- False Humility
- Comparisons
- Mastering Duality
- Avoidance
- Guilt
- Wanting
- Chapter 15 Handling Difficult Emotions
- The way to joy is not through denying our painful feelings, but through understanding and healing them.
- Naming Pain
- A Great Opportunity
- Fear
- Doubt
- Anger
- Hate
- Release
- Priming the Pump
- Layers of Emotions
- Valuing Emotions
- Detaching from Feelings
- Whatever You Are Feeling
- Balance
- Chapter 16 Working with Yourself
- We can use simple methods for self-clarification to great advantage.
- Finding Yourself
- Generating Answers
- Changing Your Life
- To Someone Seventy-Five Years Old
- Chapter 17 Choices
- Choosing from your heart allows things to work out in the highest way.
- Lessons
- Priorities
- Decisions
- Solutions
- Keep It Moving
- Chapter 18 Achievement
- There is a balance to be found between achieving and being.
- Accomplishments
- Movement
- Obstacles
- Try and Try Again?
- Experiments
- Chapter 19 Affirming Life
- We can experience enjoyment in our bodies by being in harmony with our souls.
- The Meaning of Life
- Suicide
- To Someone Considering Suicide
- Comfort
- The Pursuit of Joy
- Spontaneity
- Being Carefree
- Happiness
- A Lighter View
- Enjoyment
- Knowing
- Part 5: Following the Path
- Chapter 20 Transcendence and Self-Knowledge
- Taking a higher perspective allows us to see our lives clearly.
- Chapter 21 Integration through the Heart
- Through the heart, the whole self can come together.
- Chapter 22 Acceptance and Taking Action
- In acceptance, we may take appropriate action to change situations when they can be changed, and are at peace when they cannot.
- Chapter 23 Opening to Wholeness
- We can continually open to a larger sense of who we are.
- Part 6: Present in the Now
- Chapter 24 Silence--the Great Mother
- All creation springs from silence.
- Chapter 25 Releasing Fear of the Current Instant
- Fear of experiencing ourselves keeps us from being present in the instant we are living.
- Chapter 26 Engaging with the Uniqueness of Each Moment
- We experience power and effectiveness by addressing the unique elements present in each moment.
- About the Author
- Glossary
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