Practicing the Presence of God for Practical Purposes

by Whitehouse, Deborah G.; Anderson, C. Alan

• ISBN13: 9781588202642
• ISBN10: 158820264X
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2000-10-01
• Publisher: Authorhouse

Table of Contents

Preface	vii
Our Story Begins	1	(26)
Science and Insanity	3	(3)
Where Covey Got the Seven Habits	6	(5)
Ancient Roots	11	(3)
Health	14	(1)
Wealth	15	(1)
Happiness	15	(1)
Putting It Together	16	(3)
The Philosophy to be Tested	19	(4)
Our Purpose	23	(4)
Practicing	27	(34)
What Practice Involves	29	(9)
How to Get to Carnegie Hall	38	(4)
But How Do I Do It?	42	(2)
An Adult Partnership	44	(2)
Getting In the Habit	46	(1)
All We Like Sheep Have Gone Astray	47	(3)
Changing Beliefs	50	(3)
Practice as the Path	53	(5)
Summary	58	(3)
The Presence of God	61	(38)
Metaphysical Metamorphosis	64	(6)
Which Breed of God Should I Pick?	70	(6)
Jesus	76	(6)
The Arrival of the Cavalry, German Style	82	(3)
God: Up Close and Personal	85	(1)
God's Mind and God's Body	86	(1)
Changing the Pattern of the Past	87	(2)
Hell, and Other Graceless States	89	(2)
Open at the Top	91	(1)
Study vs. Treatment	92	(2)
Portrait--er, Movie of God, New Every Moment	94	(1)
What About God's Body?	95	(4)
Practical Purposes	99	(36)
Affirmative Prayer	102	(5)
Health	107	(9)
Wealth	116	(10)
Happiness	126	(4)
Relationships	130	(1)
Divine Guidance	131	(4)
The Black Hole	135	(26)
Evil	135	(6)
Did Brother Lawrence Have Bad Hair Days?	141	(2)
Sin, Original and Unoriginal, Which It Mostly Is	143	(2)
What To Do When the Roof Falls In	145	(1)
Grief	146	(1)
Illness	146	(1)
Financial Challenges	147	(2)
Relationship Difficulties	149	(2)
Feelings, Who-o-oa Feelings	151	(1)
Toxicity and Cults	152	(1)
Grownup or Adult?	153	(5)
In Parting	158	(3)
Bibliography	161