| Preface |
|
| Introduction |
|
1 | (2) |
| The AHA! moment |
|
3 | (5) |
| Section One Illusion and Myth |
|
|
The 7 Prevailing Myths about Stress |
|
|
|
Myth 1 "Stress has a natural, positive part to play in modern life" |
|
|
8 | (4) |
|
Myth 2 "You have to be a doctor to diagnose and treat stress" |
|
|
12 | (4) |
|
Myth 3 "Stress is necessary to achieve peak performance" |
|
|
16 | (4) |
|
Myth 4 "Stress is simply a physical phenomenon and some rest and relaxation will make it go away" |
|
|
20 | (4) |
|
Myth 5 "A change of diet, a little jogging, and a good holiday will banish stress" |
|
|
24 | (4) |
|
Myth 6 "You have to be working 14 hours a day and constantly under pressure to experience stress" |
|
|
28 | (4) |
|
Myth 7 "Other people, situations, and events are responsible for your stress" |
|
|
32 | (8) |
| Section Two Wisdom and Truth |
|
|
The 7 Essential Insights into Your Self |
|
|
|
Insight 1 - Your Identity |
|
|
40 | (4) |
|
You are not what you have been taught to think you are! |
|
|
|
|
|
44 | (4) |
|
You are drop-dead stunningly gorgeous, but you won't see your beauty in the bathroom mirror! |
|
|
|
Insight 3 - Your Responsibility |
|
|
48 | (4) |
|
Your destiny never leaves your hands, it only seems to! |
|
|
|
|
|
52 | (4) |
|
Forget blind faith, it's blind belief that makes life an unhappy, stressful experience |
|
|
|
|
|
56 | (4) |
|
You think you're free, don't you? No you're not! Not until you make conscious daily choices about what you do with the energy of your life |
|
|
|
Insight 6 - Life's Paradoxes |
|
|
60 | (4) |
|
You are already perfect, you already have all that you will ever need, and you are already completely free, you just don't know it |
|
|
|
Insight 7 - Your Relationships |
|
|
64 | (8) |
|
Each and every one of us is a source of love, truth, peace, and contentment in the world. This is what makes us naturally rich |
|
|
| Section Three Action and Transformation |
|
|
The 7 AHAs of Highly Enlightened Souls |
|
|
|
|
|
72 | (4) |
|
The greatest power is the power of silence, and the essential self is silent |
|
|
|
|
|
76 | (6) |
|
All suffering and sorrow have the same cause-attachment-don't get attached to anything |
|
|
|
|
|
82 | (4) |
|
|
|
|
|
|
86 | (4) |
|
Your inner tutor is always available to you |
|
|
|
The 5th AHA - Accept Everything |
|
|
90 | (6) |
|
Resist nothing because it only strengthens what you resist and prolongs the struggle |
|
|
|
|
|
96 | (4) |
|
You cannot start living for 'real' until you know who and what you are |
|
|
|
|
|
100 | (5) |
|
Everything comes to pass, it is for use not possession, and passing everything on enhances the value of the passed and the passer |
|
|
| Why enlightenment and transformation does not happen...very quickly! |
|
105 | (3) |
| Starting Points |
|
108 | (2) |
| One Final Thought |
|
110 | |
