a guide through the perils and promises of spiritual life /
Jack Kornfield
New York, N.Y. :
Bantam Books,
1993
xii, 366 p. ;
23 cm
"Bantam new age books"--P. [4] of cover
Includes bibliographical references (p. 351-352) and index
Did I love well? -- Stopping the war -- Take the one seat -- Necessary healing -- Training the puppy : mindfulness of breathing -- Turning straw into gold -- Naming the demons -- Difficult problems and insistent visitors -- The spiritual roller coaster : Kundalini and other side effects -- Expanding and dissolving the self : dark night and rebirth -- Searching for the Buddha : a lamp unto ourselves -- Accepting the cycles of spiritual life -- No boundaries to the sacred -- No self or true self? -- Generosity, codependence, and fearless compassion -- You can't do it alone : finding and working with a teacher -- Psychotherapy and meditation -- The emperor's new clothes : problems with teachers -- Karma : the heart is our garden -- Expanding our circle : an undivided heart -- Spiritual maturity -- The great song -- Enlightenment is intimacy with all things