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To the spiritual warriors who continue to walk a path filled with paradox and are called to surrender again and again. To all sentient beings, May you be free of suffering. May you be at peace.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
CHAPTER TWO A Place to Practice
Thoughts That Encourage Enlightenment
CHAPTER THIRTEEN Practice Radically
CHAPTER FOURTEEN Compassion or Codependency?
CHAPTER FIFTEEN Ninety Sits in Ninety Days
CHAPTER SIXTEEN The Four Noble Truths
CHAPTER SEVENTEEN Mindful Walking
CHAPTER EIGHTEEN Hindsight
Thoughts to Contemplate
CHAPTER NINETEEN Paradox
CHAPTER TWENTY The Five Hindrances
CHAPTER TWENTY-ONE Tonglen
CHAPTER TWENTY-TWO Retreats
CHAPTER TWENTY-THREE The Breath
CHAPTER TWENTY-FOUR The Sound of the Tibetan Bowl
CHAPTER TWENTY-FIVE Surrender and Letting go
CHAPTER TWENTY-SIX A Mind of Its Own
CHAPTER TWENTY-SEVEN Desire and Longing
Think About This
CHAPTER TWENTY-EIGHT Service
CHAPTER TWENTY-NINE Prayer
CHAPTER THIRTY Silence
CHAPTER THIRTY-ONE Therapy and Stress Reduction
CHAPTER THIRTY-TWO Brain Food
CHAPTER THIRTY-THREE Right Now
CHAPTER THIRTY-FOUR Becoming Vulnerable
CHAPTER THIRTY-FIVE Gratitude
CHAPTER THIRTY-SIX Just Work It
Insights to Ponder
CHAPTER THIRTY-SEVEN Beginner’s Mind
CHAPTER THIRTY-EIGHT Simplicity
CHAPTER THIRTY-NINE Nothing But Love
CHAPTER FORTY Follow Your Bliss
CHAPTER FORTY-ONE Synchronicity
CHAPTER FORTY-TWO Living the Dharma
CHAPTER FORTY-THREE The Sound of Music
