Introduction to the Diamond Body Series
xi
Acknowledgments
xv
Editor's Preface
xvii
Note to the Reader
xxiii
PART ONE: Mystery and Inquiry
Why Inquire?
3(9)
Openness in Inquiry
12(18)
The Adventure of Being
30(18)
Spacecruiser Inquiry
48(15)
PART TWO: The Fundamental Elements of Inquiry
Ordinary Knowledge
63(13)
Practice Session: Your Past Experience with Inquiry
73(3)
Basic Knowledge
76(16)
Practice Session: Your Experience in the Moment
87(5)
Not-Knowing
92(12)
Practice Session: Your Experience of Not-Knowing
100(4)
Dynamic Questioning
104(21)
Practice Session: What Limits and Stops Your Questioning
108(12)
Practice Session: Your Experience of Questioning
120(5)
Loving the Truth
125(25)
Practice Session: Your Motive for Self-Exploration
128(9)
Practice Session: Your Instinctual Needs and Your Love of the Truth
137(9)
Practice Session: The History of Your Love of the Truth
146(4)
The Personal Thread
150(24)
Practice Session: Your Personal Thread
160(14)
Journey without a Goal
174(25)
Practice Session: Your Relationship to Goals and Comparison
194(5)
PART THREE: Diamond Guidance
Guidance of Being
199(10)
Practice Session: Your Relationship to Inner and Outer Guidance
205(4)
True Guidance for Inquiry
209(13)
Guidance as Gift to the Soul
222(14)
Practice Session: Your Experience of Guidance
227(9)
Guidance and Understanding
236(13)
Practice Session: Your Experience of Understanding
241(8)
PART FOUR: The Essential Aspects in Guidance
Inquiry and the Essential Aspects
249(9)
Yellow: Joy in Discovery
258(11)
Practice Session: The Presence of Curiosity and Playfulness
267(2)
Red: Bold Adventure
269(16)
Practice Session: Discrimination in Your Immediate Experience
276(9)
White: Staying the Course
285(16)
Practice Session: Your Ability to Stay with Your Experience
298(3)
Green: Attuned Guidance
301(13)
Practice Session: Your Relationship to Difficult Experiences
311(3)
Black: The Power of Cutting Through
314(18)
Practice Session: Inner Perceptual Capacities in Your Inquiry
322(10)
Knowing in Understanding
332(9)
Practice Session: Your Relationship to Direct Knowing
334(7)
Truth in Understanding
341(15)
Practice Session: Your Own View Regarding Objective Truth
343(13)
Diamond Clarity
356(18)
Practice Session: Your Capacity for Clarity and Precision in Inquiry
370(4)
Focused Inquiry
374(15)
Practice Session: Being Specific in Your Inquiry
386(3)
Personal Inquiry
389(12)
Practice Session: Your Personal Involvement with Your Own Inquiry
395(6)
Brilliant Inquiry
401(30)
Practice Session: Analysis and Synthesis in Your Inquiry
414(17)
Epilogue
431(4)
Index
435