Hard zen, soft heart : the adventures of Roshi Chaos

Life becomes an endless meditation when we make a conscious decision to live in the present. Every act becomes a reality. Most of us live our whole lives in either the past or in expectations. This book helps you learn how to acknowledge and change styles of reactive behaviour which are no longer useful to you. Title Page 2 Introduction 10 Foreword 12 To Know Enlightenment, Not Just To Know Of It 15 Bursting the Bubble of Perception 27 Part I 28 Where Am I Going and How Will I Know I’ve Arrived When I Make It There? 28 “It’s the End of the World As You Know It” 29 Task #1: Become a Hero 32 The Hungry Ghosts of Past and Future 35 When You’re In Pain, Opiates Can Be A Good Thing 37 Claiming the Burden of Wings 41 What in the World is the World Made Of? 42 Time is the Mother of Many Worlds 43 Words and Words Only? 46 The Trance Is Over When the Music Stops 48 Cause and Effect & The Case of Cold Susan 50 Mind Versus Body 54 Time to Regroup 56 At Play in the Field of Lies 57 Part II 59 The Practice of Putting Yourself On 59 The Psycho-Physical Journey 60 At Play in the Transactional Fields 61 Life As an Alchemical Process 62 A Lot of It Is in the Name 64 Breaking the Bonds of Fear 66 A Smart Pig Can Recognize a Pearl When He Sees One 70 Breaking Up Is Hard To Do 73 Self-Assessment 74 You Are the Artist That Paints Your Life 75 Finding Home in the State of Being 82 Something to Consider 84 Hi! Tension 86 How the Ego Works 91 Fight, Flight, or Be Still 95 Being Here Now Is Easier Said Than Done 97 ANS: The Bottom Line When It Comes to a Happy Mind 98 HAR and the Creation of the False Self 100 When Habitual Fear Paves the Road to Failure 103 Part III 104 The Endless Meditation 104 Some Issues Concerning Meditation 105 The Western Method of “Mental Health” 106 Mental Health Means Functioning Like an Average Person 110 The Ego and The Art of Staying Liquid 113 Ego As “Evil” 118 The “Good” Ego: Ego as Authentic Self 119 Western Meditation 122 Devotion 128 A Special Message For the Over Thirty Crowd 141 The Enlightenment of Sex 148 Eris: Chaos as Prerequisite to Change 157 Self-Help,Meditation "Life becomes an endless meditation when we make a conscious decision to live in the present. Every act becomes a reality. Most of us live our whole lives in either the past or in expectations. We become the puppets of automatic reactions created by past experience, and while we continue on hoping and dreaming of a better future, we often just end up in the same old muddle. The aim of this book is to help you learn how to acknowledge and change styles of reactive behaviour which are no longer useful to you."--Publisher description