Table of Contents
Introduction Steve Taylor 1
Chapter 1 Living in Feeling 7
Chapter 2 Pre-Birth, Birth and Childhood 11
Chapter 3 The Nature of Consciousness 22
Emptiness 22
Consciousness as the Unmanifest 26
Who am I? 30
Shared Consciousness 32
Death and Birth 34
Chapter 4 The War 38
Chapter 5 Freedom Through Loving-Kindness 44
Fullness in Emptiness 44
A Meditation 46
Metta (Loving-Kindness) 49
Freedom Through Metta 50
Consciousness and the Unconditioned 52
Identity 55
Chapter 6 Near-Death Experience 58
Chapter 7 Spirituality and Religion 63
The Traditional Path 63
My Teaching 65
Beyond the Buddha 66
Buddha Dhamma and Christianity 68
Spirituality and Religion 69
Chapter 8 Wandering and Transformation 72
Chapter 9 The Ego 78
Karma 78
Karmic Development Through a Clear Mind 79
Ignorance and the Nature of Happiness 80
You Are Not the Body 82
The Observing Self 83
Beyond Duality 84
Giving Full Attention to Household Tasks 86
An Exercise 89
The Ego 89
Alcoholism and Awakening 91
Chapter 10 Horses and Healing 94
Chapter 11 Spiritual Development 103
The Emotions 105
Making Spiritual Progress 109
Dealing with Pain 110
The Importance of Humour 112
Chapter 12 Confirmation 114
Chapter 13 Becoming Still 118
An Exercise in Stillness 118
Dealing with Difficulties 119
Grasping 121
Nurturing 125
Seeing Clearly 129
Chapter 14 The Buddhist Society of Manchester 132
Chapter 15 The Spiritual Universe 140
Possessions that Possess Us 140
God 141
Chapter 16 The Next Step 145
Chapter 17 A Visitation 150
Real Mindfulness 150
The Unconditioned 151
Letting Go 152
The Stillness 154
There is Only Consciousness 155
The Visitation 156
The End 159
Acknowledgements 160
