spiritual dozen of, 40–57
Bethe, Hans, 37
Bhagavad Gita, 15, 17, 31, 191, 240
bitterness, 54, 71–72
Blake, William, 37–38, 133
Bock, Hal, 281–82
body:
capabilities of, 47, 66, 82, 197, 227–28, 260–64, 268, 280–86
creating miracles of, 280–99
manifesting real magic in, 267–74
overcoming weaknesses of, 271–72, 286–89
perception of, 24–26, 179–80
spiritual self vs., 33–38, 66, 103–107, 116–20, 130, 142–43, 167, 181, 233, 296, 303–304, 324–25
body (continued)
study of, 264–67, 290–91
thankfulness for, 70–71, 271
see also health; sports
brain, 34, 37, 125
Braun, Wernher von, xii
breast feeding, 171
Bridge Across Forever, The (Bach), 152
Bristol, Claude, 204
Broughton, James, 21
Buddha, 72
Buddhism, 38–39, 54
Busey, Gary, 242
business, 107
flow of, x, 191–93
relationships in, 134, 143–44, 154, 158
service in, 190
see also work
Cancer Conqueror, The (Anderson), 277
Carver, George Washington, 140
Cather, Willa, 12–13
children, 11–12, 16, 19, 52, 62, 78–80
relationships with, 99–100, 134, 136, 145–46, 149, 155, 169, 171–72
choice, xi, 104, 107
addiction vs., 28
power of, 12, 55–56, 91–92, 167
of roles, 112 216–17, 220–21, 223–24
spiritual, 104, 167
Chopra, Deepak, 234–36, 261, 278–79, 294
Christianity, 38–39, 54–55, 241
circle of truth, 126–27
Coleridge, Samuel Taylor, vi
communism, 307–308
compassion, 21, 47, 139–40
competition, 17, 43, 47, 62, 184–86, 195, 283
conception, 11, 12, 36, 224
conflicts, 64–65, 71–72, 136–37, 143–44, 165, 167–68, 169
Cofuncianism, 38–39
consciousness, xi, 37, 81, 121, 151
prosperity vs. scarcity, 173–87, 197–98, 202, 204, 207–10, 310
radiating of, 317–20
spiritual, 30, 203
see also awareness
Coram, Robert, 195
Creating Health (Chopra), 278, 279
creativity, 36, 196–97
Crum, Thomas, 170
Csikszentmihalyi, Mihaly, 191–93
Dalai Lama, 128, 319
danger, 84–85
death, 24, 34–35, 37, 40, 45, 88, 179, 224, 239–45
bodily, 179, 242–44, 260
change of form vs., 59–60
connecting with, 59–60, 258
fear of, 239–40, 243
rebirth and, 244–45
deception, 104–105, 110, 117
depression, 223, 233, 237
Deshimaru, Taisen, 123
Diamond, Harvey, 261
Diamond, Marilyn, 261
disbelief, suspension of, 74–81, 201, 203–204, 219, 263, 290
divorce, 148, 202, 288
DNA, 219, 234–35
Donne, John, 45
Dosessy, Larry, 34–35
dispelling of, 158–59, 161–62, 246, 267, 293–94
dreams, 29, 46, 59–60, 152, 197, 304
drugs, 18, 51, 108–109, 164, 202, 286–89
Dyer, Marcie, 76–79, 84, 100, 111, 148, 152, 168–69, 198–99, 275, 294
Dyer, Marilyn, 243
Dyer, Saje Eykis, 78–79
Dyer, Serena, 91
Dyer, Sir Edward, 199–200
Dyer, Sommer, 205
Dyer, Stephanie, 78–79
Dyer, Tracy, 84
Easwaran, Eknath, 240–41
ecstasy, 195–96, 238, 305
education, 47, 184–85
logic vs. intuition in, 85–86
trust vs. fear in, 89–92
Einstein, Albert, 38, 153, 318–19
Emerson, Ralph Waldo, 25, 114
energy, 14, 70, 77, 99, 153
active vs. inert, 93
mental, 28, 42, 51
enlightenment, 152
definitions of, 13, 71
outcome and, 7–8, 9, 187–88, 270
purpose and, 8–9, 15
reverence for life and, 70–71
suffering and, 6–7, 9, 187–88, 270
three paths toward, 6–9
Essence of Self-Realization, The (Yogananda), 305
eternity, 9–10, 11, 73
ethics, 46–48, 56, 68, 314
evil, 51–52, 57
exercise, 94, 103, 117, 128, 257, 261, 271, 291
Eykis, 81, 215, 314
fantasies, 82, 92, 133–34
fatigue, 98, 99
fear, 146, 202, 237–38, 277, 306
of death, 239–40, 243
impotence caused by, 92
trust vs., 89–92, 155, 209, 293–94
feelings, 29, 32, 61, 84–86, 137, 236–39
fighting, 98
of evil, 51–52, 57
weakening result of, 51–52, 92
Fillmore, Rickert, 198
Fit for Life (Diamond and Diamond), 261
flow, 191–97, 201, 202, 264, 283
in business, x, 191–93
five principles of, 193–97
Flow (Csikszentmihalyi), 191–93, 194
forgiveness, 54–55, 57, 71–72, 104, 142–43, 166
For the Love of God, 47, 128–29
Francis of Assisi, Saint, 3, 41
Frankl, Victor, 8
freedom, 36, 111–12
Frost, Robert, 86, 146
fulfillment, 28, 72, 92, 191
in relationships, 149–50, 158, 165–66
Gandhi, Mohandas K. (Mahatma), 15
Gibran, Kahlil, 210–11
Gide, André, 17
Gifts from Eykis (Dyer), 197
giving, 63, 93, 104, 109, 139–40, 141–42, 188–91, 209–11
getting vs., 14, 17, 43, 47, 115, 154, 191
Gliedman, John, 36–37
goals, ix–x, 5, 8, 183
awareness of intention and, 92–94
spiritual, 193
God, 12, 73
belief in, 34, 35–36, 38–41, 153
contact with, 49–51, 57, 84–86, 121, 125–26, 128–29, 191, 240–41
definitions of, 35–36
love and, 39, 47
seeing humanity in, 44, 128, 142
synchronizing with work of, 14–15, 34, 112, 118, 211, 254, 323
God Who Would Be Known, The (Herrman), 35
God Will Work with You, Not for You (Rushell), 244–45
Going Within (MacLaine), 75–76
Golden Gavel Award, 90
golden rule, 44, 140, 144
Goldman, Burt, 124
Goldsmith, Joel, 162–63
grief, 109
guidance, 41, 42, 55, 56, 59–62, 76
of heroes and models, 61–62
making contact with, 49–51, 59–61, 73, 81–82, 84–86, 88–89, 120
openness to, 22–23
see also meditation; teachers
habits, 49, 105
change of, 98, 104, 116–18, 232–34, 251–52
cultivating of, 69, 291–92
letting go of, 26–27, 138
negative vs. positive, 70, 138, 267
self-defeating, 26–27, 232, 295
happiness, 106, 202, 231, 233, 325
relationships and, 150–51, 158, 166
harmony, 13–17, 42–43, 52, 64, 95, 104, 258, 285, 303–304, 318
hatred, 51–52, 54, 64–65, 71–72, 92, 139, 140, 306
Healers on Healing (Kübler-Ross), 265–67
healing, 78, 79, 94
self-, 100, 127–28, 265–67, 274–80, 286–89
health, 24, 260–99
aging and, 38, 60, 100, 158, 234–36
creating miracle of, 280–99
emotional, 236–39
illness and disease vs., x, 28, 127–28, 219–20, 237–38, 260, 263–64, 268, 269–70, 274–80, 294–96
intelligence and, 278, 292–93
health (continued)
insent and, 94, 100, 102–103
mental, 224
physical limitations and, 260–64, 268–70, 280–86
responsibility for, 268, 294, 297
see also addictions; exercise; nutrition
heroes, 61
Herrman, Robert, 35
Hesse, Hermann, 259, 299
Hinduism, 15
Hofstadter, Douglas, 79–80
Holly, Buddy, 242
Holt, John, 184–85
hostility, 53–55, 57, 64–65, 109, 143, 148, 154
Houdini, Harry, 3
How Children Fail (Holt), 184–85
How to Better Your Life with Mind Control (Goldman), 124
Huxley, Aldous, 216, 323
illusion, 3, 108, 230
imagination, 32, 37, 38, 197
immortality, 240–45
immune system, 227, 279
Infinite Way, The (Goldsmith), 162–63
infinity, 53
inner world, 32, 38
freedom from limitations in, 4, 26, 58, 81–84
getting in touch with, 58–59, 66
material world vs., xi, 13, 14, 15–16, 32–33, 36–37, 40–43
see also self
inspiration, 95, 105
intelligence, 216, 228–31, 253–54, 255–56, 278–79, 292, 324
universal, 10, 24, 26, 41, 84, 94–95, 112
intention:
awareness of, 92–94
definition of, 92
desire vs., 92–94, 163, 208
health and, 94, 100, 102–103
reality created by, 92–94, 99–103, 130, 294
relationships and, 92, 93, 163–65
taking charge of, 94, 252–53
intuition:
acting upon, 84–86, 172
cognitive knowledge vs. 85–86, 225
of danger, 84–85
miracle mind-set and, 84–86, 129
senses vs., xiii, 29–30, 33, 45, 49–51, 56, 57–58
trust in, 50–51, 69–70, 84–86, 154, 159–60, 206–207, 248–50, 292
Iron Curtain, 307
Islam, 38–39, 54
Jackson, Michael, 319–20
James, William, 320
jealousy, 186–87, 195, 237
Jesus Christ, 23, 54, 241
John of the Cross, Saint, 109, 323
Jordan, Michael, 226, 227
journals, 57–58
joy, 14–17, 49, 72, 105, 133, 237
Judaism, 38–39, 54
judgment, 44, 62, 92, 137, 142, 143, 184, 186, 226–27, 305
reserving of, 74–80, 111, 129, 137, 140, 157, 169, 290
Kafka, Franz, 122
Kapleau, Philip, 123
Khan, Hazrat Inayat, 73
kindness, 54, 316
knowing, ix–x, xii–xiii, 22–23
action based on, ix–x
dispelling of misperceptions and, xii–xiii, 58, 217–22
divine guidance and, 41, 42, 59, 208–209, 292–93
doubt and fear vs., 89–92, 152, 228, 293–94
secret of nothingness and, 86–89, 129
spiritual, 32, 34–35, 130
see also intuition
Krishnamurti, J., 141, 155
Kübler-Ross, Elisabeth, 243, 265–67
Lao-tzu, 87, 130, 153, 285
Law, Jim, 281–82
laziness, 99, 233
Learned Optimism (Seligman), 224–25, 227
Lee, Luane, 242
life:
beginning of, 36, 224
cause/effect interpretation of, 45–46, 56, 66
finding models and heroes in, 61
microscopic, 29, 37, 65–66
moment of conception in, 11, 12, 36, 224
purpose in, 26, 52, 62, 73, 108–109, 138, 248, 270–71
relatedness of events in, 10–12, 19–20, 43–45
revelation of mission in, 12–13, 138
reverence and awe for, 53, 57, 70–71, 171, 222, 293
taking inventory of, 110
thought and, 24–25
Light of Consciousness, The (Mann), 121
Lincoln, Abraham, 73
Living Time (Nicoll), 32
defiance of, 4, 29, 33
Long Beach Press, 242
Longhi, Bob, 76–77
Longhi, Gail, 76, 114
love, xi, 12, 93, 104, 105, 242
acting on, 44, 105, 139–40, 144–45
extending of, 21, 63, 64, 71, 109, 115, 134–36, 141–45, 158, 164, 165, 167, 171–72, 297, 298, 317–20
God and, 39, 47
of neighbor, 44, 140, 144
power of, 39, 42–43, 52, 92
relationships and, 141–45, 148–50, 157, 158, 164–65, 166, 171–72
religious message of, 39
self-, 139
sexual, 134, 135, 141–42, 192
unconditional, 13, 169
luck, xiii, 19, 82, 151
MacLaine, Shirley, 75, 76
Magic of Believing, The (Bristol), 204–205
Magic of Conflict, The (Crum), 170–71
manic depression, 225
Mann, Richard D., 121
mantras, 48, 125, 284
marathons, 280
Mark, Gospel of, 173, 174, 208
marriage, 162–65
martial arts, 12
Maslow, Abraham, 164, 279
material world:
dominance and control of, 40–43
inner world vs., xi, 13, 14, 15–16, 32–33, 36–37, 40–43
nothingness and, 86–89
Maui News, 281–82
Mead, Margaret, 303
meditation, 10, 48–49, 56, 96, 120–29, 146, 199, 284
benefits of, 121–24, 127–29, 292–93
daily practice of, 68–69, 113–14, 120–21, 130, 169–70, 194, 298
definition of, 121
getting to purpose through, 12, 18, 21
miracle mind-set and, 120–129
signs and answers in, 79, 113–14, 120–21, 126–27, 152
suggestions for, 120–29, 169–70, 214, 258, 298
Mencken, H. L., 33
Metaphysical Meditations (Yogananda), 106
Mill, John Stuart, 185
Miller, Henry, 6
mind, 34, 42, 68, 69, 129
alpha state of, 124–25, 276, 284
creating real-magic zone in, 81, 122, 129, 291
emptying of, 68, 121, 128
energy of, 28, 42, 51
equilibrium of, xi
exercises of, 10–12, 57–72, 110–11
focus of, 193–94, 204–205
infinite capacity of, 223
prosperity and, 197–208
relationships and, 135–41, 150–54, 168–72
see also brain; meditation; miracle mind-set; thought; visualization
miracle mind-set, xii, 73–130
intuition and, 84–86, 129
keys to creation of, 74–125, 129–30
meditation and, 120–29
relationships and, 156–72
surrender and, 94–98, 130, 184
miracles, 19–20, 46
allowing vs. willing of, 114
believing in, ix, 22–30, 55–56, 57, 74, 83
creating of, ix–x, xii, 13, 16–17, 21, 27, 30, 32, 38, 55–56, 72, 94, 231, 320–25
healing, 78, 79
health and, 280–99
investigation and research into, 80–81
of Jesus Christ, 23
love and, 12–13
miracles (continued)
manifesting of, 22–23, 40, 55–56, 57, 74, 79, 203, 304
mind-set for, 73–130
technological, 25–26, 37
transcendent view of, 3–30
Miracles (Wilde), 28
money, 24, 96, 101, 108–109, 173, 180, 195, 201–203, 206–207, 211–13, 318
Montaigne, Michel de, 13
Moody, Raymond, 243
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus, 226, 227
music, 77, 87, 226, 227
“My Mind to Me a Kingdom Is” (Dyer), 199–200
mystics, 37–38
Native Americans, 320–23
Nature of Personal Reality, The (Roberts), 228
Nazis, 8
near death experiences, 242–43
New Testament, 17, 173, 174, 208