Table of Contents
Preface ix
Introduction: Choosing to Live Wholeheartedly 1
Part 1 The Technique of Meditation
1 Preparing for Practice and Making the Commitment 17
2 Stabilizing the Mind 23
3 The Six Points of Posture 29
4 Breath: The Practice of Letting Go 37
5 Attitude: Keep Coming Back 41
6 Unconditional Friendliness 47
7 You Are Your Own Meditation Instructor 53
Part 2 Working with Thoughts
8 The Monkey Mind 61
9 The Three Levels of Discursive Thought 63
10 Thoughts as the Object of Meditation 69
11 Regard All Dharmas as Dreams 73
Part 3 Working with Emotions
12 Becoming Intimate with Our Emotions 79
13 The Space within the Emotion 85
14 Emotions as the Object of Meditation 87
15 Getting Our Hands Dirty 93
16 Hold the Experience 99
17 Breathing with the Emotion 103
18 Drop the Story and Find the Feeling 107
Part 4 Working With Sense Perceptions
19 The Sense Perceptions 115
20 The Interconnection of All Perceptions 133
Part 5 Opening Your Heart to Include Everything
21 Giving Up the Struggle 139
22 The Seven Delights 145
23 The Bearable Lightness of Being 153
24 Beliefs 157
25 Relaxing with Groundlessness 161
26 Create a Circle of Practitioners 165
27 Cultivate a Sense of Wonder 167
28 The Way of the Bodhisattva 171
