From the Book - Bantam trade paperback edition
Prologue: Seekers, Then and Now
Part 1. The Problem of Ordinary Unhappiness
Jake: The Quest for the Firebird
1. The Secret Strength of Disillusionment
2. Close Encounters with Mind
Part 2. Illumined Mind in Everyday Life
Maggie: The Search for Authentic Self-Expression
4. Tying the Puppy to a Post
5. Explorers of Inner Space
Part 3. Karma and Character: The Bondage to Pattern
Susan: Filling the Hungry Heart
6. The Roots of Suffering
7. The Laws of Cause and Effect
Part 4. The Freedom in Skillful Action
Kate: The Invisible Suffering of Delusion
9. The Hidden Power of Restraint
10. Practice the Opposite
11. At the Still Point of the Turning World
12. Breath, Trust, and the Transmutation of Hunger
Part 5. Meditative Transformations of Self
Rudi: Living at Ease in the World
13. The Vision of Sameness
14. Shiva's Dance: Insight and Dissolution
Appendix A. Yoga and Buddhism
Appendix B. The Yoga-Sutra in English
