Second Chance at Your Dream: Table of Contents
List of learning exercises
Introduction
"I’ll never get old!"
America’s largest power group
From longevity to "fun-gevity"
No pills or harmful side-effects here
Part I. Energy for a Fulfilling Life
Ch. 1. The river wants to flow!
"Out of kilter" for a while or longer
Other blocks to energy flow
Brief life review
Ch. 2. Gifts of the human energy system (Figures 2.1-2.5)
A short history of healing traditions
The biofield and the charkas
The meridians and related acupoints
Comprehensive energy therapies
Ch. 3. What science knows about subtle energy
Vibrational medicine
Quantum interrelationships
The genius of your genes
Research confirmations
Part II. Applications of Energy Concepts in Daily Life
Ch. 4. Making sure your system is "on"
Choosing well-being or acedia
Treating effects of bad news
Ch. 5. Revising belief habit trails
Limiting mindsets…who,me?
Dumping limiting mindsets
Out-of-date patterns traded in for new thoughts
Belief changing strategies
Ch. 6. Transforming the energetic imprint of daily grit
Intrapersonal traits for happiness
Releasing distress
Sparking curiosity and imbedding personal power
Ch. 7. Celebrate the present!
Mindfulness in daily tasks
Beauty in a flower
Experiencing the grace of a moment
Tolerating dualities
Part III. The Relation of personal creativity to well-being
Ch. 8. Gardening in the desert: developing personal creativity
See what you can do!
Impediments to personal creativity
Traits of creative people
Creativity self-inventory
Ch. 9. Inner artists at risk
Protecting delicate plants in asphalt
Daily renewal
Holding beginner’s mind
Developing flexibility in relationships
Ch. 10. Harvesting inner wisdom
Learning to trust positive intention
by writing…talking well to yourself……attending to feedback…noticing dream themes…creating beauty
Ch. 11. The divine spark within
Be careful about your beliefs
Hug trees often
Gratitude—the gift that keep on giving
Connections with higher Self
Ch.12. Trusting in the resilience of hope
Keeping hope alive
Turning pottery cracks into beauty
Opening to full potential
Part IV. Energy resources for special needs
Ch.13. A new look at pain
Is pain ever useful?
Suffering is optional
Help on the way!
Soothing self-care travels faster
Ch. 14. Fully conscious endings
The ghastly scenario
Comforting "little deaths"
Ask for what you want
Explore the mystery
Energy resources to the rescue!
Ch. 15. Keep on evolving!
No longer content to sleepwalk through life
Maps for the journey
Eldership as a revolutionary endeavor
Measures of success