Awake Joy : The Essence of Enlightenment

Gratitude xiii Introduction xv Book Origin xv Meditative Reading xv The Book Title xviii Terminology, Structure and Format xix PART 1: THE DREAM 1 Chapter One: The Joy of Being 3 Chapter Two: Open to the Unknown 5 Truth and Relative Truth 5 The End of Suffering 6 The Diamond 7 Chapter Three: The Secret Ocean 9 Seashells for Happiness 9 Chapter Four: The Garden of Splendor 13 Fall from the Garden 13 The Dream of Form 14 Are You the Conditioned Child? 16 Freedom Child and Conscious Parenting 18 "Dreaming I" 19 Imagining Separation 21 Is Anyone Really Here? 22 Wake Up to Wakefulness 25 Chapter Five: Innocence 29 Amy's Innocence 29 The Mirror is Self-Revealing 30 Consciousness is the Mirror 35 The Field of Consciousness 36 Chapter Six: The Truth of Renunciation 41 Ramana and the Buddha 41 Renunciation is Being Now 42 Ego Speaks of Renunciation 44 Chapter Seven: The End of Time 47 Ego's Story-Time 47 The Ground of Now 50 True Forgiveness 54 Living Free Laboratory 54 The End of Time Prophecy 56 The Time Laboratory 57 The Seeds of Now 60 PART 2: THE EYEWITNESS 61 Chapter One: Realize that I am 63 No Rain, No Rainbows 63 Nature as Teacher 65 Aware of Being Aware 67 Peak Performance 68 Attentive Movement 69 Reinforcing the Practitioner 71 "I am" Meditation 72 Practices and Meditations 73 Unity Consciousness 74 Chapter Two: The Gift of Dispassion 77 The Role of Dispassion 77 The Passion of Presence 79 Chapter Three: The Ugly Duckling Named Mind 81 From Conditioned to Radiant 81 The Nature of Conditioned Intelligence 82 Neither This nor That 86 Moonbeam's Moondance 87 Chapter Four: The Sky over the Sea of Emotion 91 Waves of Emotion 91 The Sky of Now over the Sea 93 Sailing the Storm of Conscious Suffering 95 The Inner Tides of True Compassion 95 You Cannot Drown in this Ocean 97 Chapter Five: Body Watch 99 The Body Shop 99 Body Watch Duality 101 PART 3: THE PURE BEING 103 Chapter One: Awake in the Dream 105 The Daytime Dream 105 Only the Light of Consciousness Is 106 The Mystical Dance of Life 108 Chapter Two: Inner Space 111 Objective Space 111 The Collective Consciousness 113 Detachment from Form 115 Stunned out of Body 117 Visions and Psychic Powers 119 Chocolate Cake 120 Chapter Three: Impermanence and Permanence 125 The Nature of Impermanence 125 Discernment 127 Chapter Four: Surrender, Presence and Welcoming 129 Four Intensities of Surrender 129 Resistance is the Ego 130 Unconditional Surrender 131 Unequivocal Surrender 133 When Surrender is the Ego 133 Vigilant Surrender 134 Transcendental Surrender 135 Glimpses of Truth 135 The Grace of Welcoming 136 Chapter Five: The Waiting Place 137 I am the Witness Only 137 Satsang or Awake Essence 139 Control, Forbearance and Selfless Service 140 I Doubt It! 142 "Kissed by the Angel of Peace 144 PART 4: THE HEART 145 Chapter One The New Dawn 147 Tripping Over Joy 147 Chasing Life 148 Why are You Here? 148 Love, Serve and Remember 151 Divine Longing and Fearing Death 151 The Valley of the Shadow of Death 152 The Concept of God 153 I am That! 153 "Silent Mystery in the Heart of Night" 155 Chapter Two: Spontaneous Awakening 157 The Awakening Story 157 Sundance, Gangaji and Eckhart 161 "Enigmatic" 163 Chapter Three: Life is the Way 165 The Teachings of the Heart 165 "The Mystical Sky" 173 Chapter Four: Roses for Awake Living 175 The Way of the Heart 175 Four Roses 176 Wisdom People 177 Life's Children 178 Chapter Five: True Nature's Garden 181 Appendix I Preparation for Meditative Reading 185 Appendix II Practices and Meditations 187 Presence Meditation 187 Silent Space Meditation 188 Inner Silence Meditation 188 Testing the Body Hypothesis 189 Movement Meditation 189 Self-inquiry: Encountering "I" 190 Devotional Chanting 191 "I am" Meditation 191 Breath Control 193 Breath Retention 193 Life is the Way 193 Four Roses 193 Index of Quotes, Lyrics and References 195 Contact Katie Davis, Related Websites, Publisher 197