What Are You Doing With Your Life? : Teen Books on Living Series

Foreword vii Introduction xi Section One YOUR SELF AND YOUR LIFE What Are You? 3(11) What Do You Want? 14(10) Thought, the Thinker, and the Prison of the Self 24(10) Insight, Intelligence, and Revolution in Your Life 34(10) Escape; Entertainment; Pleasure 44(10) Why Should We Change? 54(4) What Is the Purpose of Life? 58(9) Section Two SELF-KNOWLEDGE: THE KEY TO FREEDOM Fear 67(7) Anger and Violence 74(13) Boredom and Interest 87(6) Self-Pity; Sorrow; Suffering 93(8) Jealousy; Possessiveness; Envy 101(10) Desire and Longing 111(9) Self-Esteem: Success and Failure 120(9) Loneliness; Depression; Confusion 129(14) Self-Ending---Not Self-Improvement---Ends Suffering 143(10) Section Three EDUCATION, WORK, AND MONEY What Is Education? 153(8) Comparison and Competition, or Cooperation? 161(7) Work: How Do You Decide? 168(11) What Is the Basis for Right Action? 179(10) Section Four RELATIONSHIPS What Is Relationship? 189(9) Love; Desire; Sex; Dependency 198(5) Family and Society: Relationship or Exclusion? 203(5) Nature and Earth 208(4) Marriage: Love and Sex 212(16) Passion 228(4) Truth; God; Death 232(10) Meditation Is Attention 242(10) Sources and Acknowledgments 252(2) Resources: Schools and Foundations 254(4) Index 258(9) Recommended Reading 267