Seeking Wholeness : Insights into the Mystery of Experience

by Evans, Roland

• ISBN13: 9781888604184
• ISBN10: 1888604182
• Format: Paperback
• Copyright: 2001-02-01
• Publisher: Sunshine Pr Pubns

Author Biography

Roland Evans is a transpersonal psychotherapist, writer and gardener who teaches at Naropa University in Boulder, Colorado.

Table of Contents

Forward	p. 7
Preface	p. 9
Introduction	p. 15
Approaching this Book	p. 18
Experience and Process
The Gift of Experience	p. 23
Experience	p. 24
The Gift of Experience	p. 32
Process: The Flow of Life	p. 35
What is Process?	p. 39
Process and Life	p. 46
Tuning to the Life Force	p. 49
Dimensions of Process	p. 51
Experiencing Process	p. 56
Knowing Our Own Process	p. 60
Exploring the Dimensions of Process	p. 63
The Greater Process	p. 67
The Deeper Process	p. 70
The Inner Process	p. 74
The Outer Process	p. 78
Living in Process	p. 84
How We Become Who We Are
The Thread of Life	p. 91
The Long Body	p. 94
Finding the Right Relationship	p. 105
Finding the Right Work	p. 109
The Risk of Life	p. 112
Embracing the Thread of Life	p. 115
Vulnerability and Resilience	p. 117
Constitution and Temperament	p. 118
Vulnerability	p. 121
Life Turbulence	p. 130
Resilience	p. 135
Transpersonal Resilience	p. 140
Suffering	p. 143
Disconnection	p. 147
Stuckness	p. 157
Recognizing Our Patterns	p. 164
The Path Toward Wholeness
Connection and Wholeness	p. 171
Connecting to Our Senses	p. 173
Connecting to Others	p. 175
Therapeutic Relationship	p. 180
Connecting to Ourselves	p. 184
Connecting to the Natural World	p. 189
The Presence of Wholeness	p. 190
Finding Our Way	p. 195
Embracing Impermanence	p. 196
Enriching Experience	p. 198
Awakening	p. 201
Finding Our Way	p. 204
Surrendering to the Way	p. 209
Notes	p. 213
Bibliography	p. 229
Index	p. 235
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